Homework Check 15.1

Match the following

• gender

• During the Kennedy administration, Congress agreed with the president and approved a law that raised the ___________ .

• minimum wage

• The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women called for federal action against ___________ discrimination.

• church

• In decisions such as Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court handed down decisions that reaffirmed the separation of __________ and state

• Democratic

• In the Reynolds v. Sims decision that helped promote the principle of "one person, one vote," the Warren Court required state legislatures to  __________ electoral districts so that all citizens' votes would have equal weight.

• reapportion

• Although the  __________  Party enjoyed large majorities in both houses of Congress, Kennedy was unable to push through many of his domestic programs.

The Supreme Courts decision in Reynolds v. Sims shifted political power throughout the country to

• the South.

• urban areas.

• the suburbs.

• rural areas.

In Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court ruled that, regardless of the ability to pay, a defendant in a state court had the right to

• remain silent.

• a lawyer.

• a speedy trial.

• a telephone call.

Republicans, as well as Southern Democrats, viewed the new Frontier as

• too conservative.

• too expensive.

• elitist policies.

• sound economic policies.

Kennedy convinced Congress to invest more funds in

• education.

• urban affairs.

• health insurance for the elderly.

• defense and space exploration.

During the space race, Kennedy's goal for America was to be the first to

• build a space station.

• put a man into orbit.

• put a man into space.

• land a man on the moon.