Kennedy and Johnson Years QuizReview Game

3. Fidel Castro

• Communist leader in Cuba that America attempted to overthrow during the Bay of Pigs Invasion

8 – Nikita Khrushchev

• Soviet Union Premiere (leader) during the 1960s

11 – Berlin Wall

• Symbol of Divided Germany

• Constructed by Soviet Union to prevent East Germans from escaping through West Berlin

19 - Medicare

• Program designed to provide health insurance for the elderly

16 – Warren Commission

• Agency in charge of investigating the Kennedy assassination

Richard M. Nixon

• Republican candidate for president in 1960

• VP under Eisenhower

• Lost election to JFK

4 – Flexible Response

• JFK’s policy regarding military spending

• Wanted to increase nuclear arsenal as well as funding for traditional military combat

John F. Kennedy

• Democratic candidate for president in 1960 election

• Roman Catholic from Massachusetts

• Believed in flexible response

• Won the election

5 – Peace Corps

• Program designed to give aid and support for developing countries around the world

10 – Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• Signed by US, Soviet Union, and Great Britain

• Agreement to end aboveground nuclear tests

7 – Cuban Missile Crisis

• US discovered Soviet Union attempting to build nuclear missile sites in Cuba

• Kennedy approved naval blockade of Cuba to prevent Soviets from completing the bases

• Deal eventually happened– Soviets remove Cuban missiles– US removes missiles from Turkey

9 – After the Cuban Missile Crisis, what eased Cold War tension?

• Removing missiles from Turkey and Cuba

• Hot Line from Washington DC to Moscow

• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

15 – Lyndon B. Johnson

• VP under JFK; took over president after Kennedy assassination

• Shared many of the same goals as JFK

• Set up War on Poverty and Great Society

12 – New Frontier (what were JFK’s goals?)

• Wanted to improve the:– Economy– Health care– Education system– Civil rights– Space race

14 – Deficit Spending

• Federal government spending more money than it makes from collecting taxes

• JFK promoted this policy

20 - Medicaid

• Program to provide health insurance for the poor and disabled

18 – Great Society (how did these programs benefit average Americans?)

• Name given to President Johnson’s plan for America

• Designed to put an end to poverty and injustice

• Decreased infant mortality rate and poverty rate

21 – Warren Court

• Nickname for Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren

• Most liberal time in court history

• Supported civil rights, civil liberties, personal privacy

• Miranda Rights

13 – Equal Pay Act

• Promoted equality in pay across gender lines

6 – What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion? Why was it so unsuccessful?

• Failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba

• First major foreign policy event under JFK

• Complete embarrassment for Kennedy administration

• Cuban refugees were ill-equipped to hold off Castro’s forces; did not get military support from US

17 – How did Johnson’s War on Poverty and Great Society programs change lift for most Americans?

• Decrease in poverty rate and infant mortality rate

• Medicare, Medicaid gave more health insurance

• Warren Court protected people in legal battles

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act provided funding for schools in low-income settings