APUSH JFK & Great Society Concept Check

Which of the following was an achievement of the John F. Kennedy administration?

• Passage of bills to create health insurance for the aged and to increase aid to education

  
  

• Extension of diplomatic recognition to the People’s Republic of China

  
  

• Passage of civil rights legislation

  
  

• Passage of the Alliance for Progress to provide economic aid for Latin America

  
  

Which of the following resulted from the Cuban missile crisis?

• The Soviets were allowed to keep existing missiles in Cuba but could not increase the number of missiles.

  
  

• The United States agreed to withdraw from Berlin in exchange for Soviet withdrawal from Cuba.

  
  

• The Soviets withdrew their missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise from the United States not to attack Fidel Castro.

  
  

• The United States succeeded in eliminating all communist influence from the Western Hemisphere.

  
  

The major objective of the antipoverty programs of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society was to

• break the cycle of poverty among poor people through education and job training

• provide temporary benefits to the “new poor” during times of recession

• build a socialist society in the United States

• transfer the federal government’s responsibility for welfare back to the states

Michael Harrington’s The Other America most directly inspired support for

• creation of the Environmental Protection Agency

  
  

• desegregation of public schools

• Great Society programs

  
  

• the Social Security and National Labor Relations acts

  
  

Which of the following was a major effect of the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965 ?

• Immigration from the Soviet Union, Poland, and Italy decreased significantly.

• Immigration from Asia increased significantly.

  
  

• Immigrants from within the Western Hemisphere were given preference over other immigrants

• The total number of immigrants admitted to the United States was significantly reduced.

Which of the following is true of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 ?

• It banned immigration from communist-controlled countries into the United States.

  
  

• It eliminated the quotas based on national origins adopted in the 1920s.

  
  

• It contributed to a rise in the percent of immigrants from Western European countries.

  
  

• It lowered the quotas for citizens of Asian and African countries who could immigrate into the United States.

  
  

In 1962, which of the following contributed most directly to a crisis in Soviet-American relations over Cuba?

• Cuban support for leftist guerilla movements in Latin America

• The discovery of Soviet missile sites in Cuba

• Cuban attacks on the United States naval base at Guantanamo

• Cuban withdrawal from the Organization of American States

Which piece of technology had a large impact on the election of 1960 paving the way for Kennedy to be elected?

• Television

• Voting machines

• Radio

• Cars

Kennedy's domestic program that promised aid to education, healthcare, urban renew and civil rights was known as...

• Great Society

• New Frontier

• Responsible Republicanism

• New Look

Kennedy's foreign policy that shifted away from Dulles' idea of massive retaliation and put more money into nonnuclear weapons--encouraged the use of special forces in brushfire wars on commuism

• Brinkmanship

• Flexible Response

• New Frontier

• Vietnamization