The New Frontier And The Great Society 1961-1968 Ch24 (Ah)
Students will show evidence of their knowledge and understanding of the period 1961-1968, known as The New Frontier and the Great Society.
- 1.Reapportionment, as ruled on the Warren Court is
- A.
The requirement of separate but equal facilities for schools
- B.
The process courts must follow when trying cases to treat individuals fairly
- C.
The way in which political districts are drown based on population changes
- D.
The separation of church and state for schools
- 2.The policy called _____________ helped nations resist Communism by building up conventioal troops and weapons.
- A.
Military-industrial complex
- B.
Containment
- C.
Mutual assured destruction
- D.
Flexible response
- 3.________________________ means that the law may not treat individuals unfairly or unreasonably and must treat all individuals equally.
- A.
Judicial review
- B.
Reapportionment
- C.
Concensus
- D.
Due Process
- 4.President Johnson was successful at building coalitions and finding a ___________ ir geberak agreement.
- A.
Variance
- B.
Accord
- C.
Discord
- D.
Consensus
- 5.During the presidential election of 1960, Kennedy focused his campaign message on
- A.
How the Democrats' fiscal policies would boost inflation and harm the economy.
- B.
How Catholicism would influence his decision-making as President.
- C.
Continuing the foreign policy of the current administration.
- D.
Bridging the missle gap between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 6.Congress defeated which of the following proposals of Kennedy's New Frontier.
- A.
Health care for senior citizens
- B.
Providing funds to build low-income housing
- C.
Raising the minimum wage
- D.
Investing funds in defense and space exploration
- 7.The Warren Court decision requiring that a defendant in a state court had the right to a lawyer, regardless of his or her ability to pay was
- A.
Engle v. Vitale
- B.
Griswolde v. Connecticut
- C.
Gideon v. Wainwright
- D.
Plessy v. Ferguson
- 8.Kennedy attempted to reduce the threat of nuclear war and stop the spread of communisim by
- A.
Creating the peace corp
- B.
Withdrawing aid from Latin American countries
- C.
Encouraging growth in the automotive industry to assure that capitalism was superior to communisim
- D.
Withdrawing troops from limited military conflicts
- 9.How did Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev respond when Western powers refused to withdraw from West Berlin?
- A.
He enlisted 'La Brigada' to invade Cuba and remove Castro from power.
- B.
He had food and supplies airlifted to Berlin, to end a blockade by American Forces.
- C.
He had a wall built through Berlin, to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.
- D.
He sent long-range missles to Cuba.
- 10.Which Johnson program provided work-study opportunities to help young people earn high-school diplomas or attend college?
- A.
The Peace Corp
- B.
AmericCorps
- C.
The Neighborhood Youth Corp
- D.
VISTA
- 11.Medicare and Medicaid were major accomplishments of
- A.
Richard Nixon's New Federalism
- B.
Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal
- C.
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
- D.
John F. Kennedy's New Frontier
- 12.Which idea was part of Johnson's Great Society?
- A.
Providing federal aid for education
- B.
Eliminating government-funded health care for senior citizens
- C.
Increasing foreign aid to Cuba
- D.
Opposing civil rights legislation.
- 13.How did the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 change the composition of the American population?
- A.
It continued the naional origins sytem, which gave preference to northern European immigrants.
- B.
It set strict limits on the number if immigrants admitted to the United States.
- C.
It did not allow any immigrants to enter the United States from Eastern Europe
- D.
It opened the United States to individuals from all over the world, including Asia and Africa.
- 14.President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society is similar to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in that both programs
- A.
Approved efforts by states to reduce taxes for the middle class
- B.
Supported federal funding of programs for the poor
- C.
Sought ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to guarantee equality for women.
- D.
Advocated passage of civil righs laws to help African Americansw.
- 15.Analyze the document and answer the question, below. Although the standard of livcing for most Americans rose dramatically throught the 1960's, some Americans remained mired in poverty. Read the excerpt below in which John Rath discusses his personal experiences with coping with poverty in his sparely-furnished room in Chicago: "I come home to an empty room. I don't even have a dog... NO, tghis is not the kind of life I would choose. If a man had a little piece of loand or something, a farm, or well....anyway, you've got to have something. You sit downin a place life this, you grit your teeth, you follow me? so many of them are doing that, they sit down, they don't know what to do, they go out. I see 'em in the middle of the night, they take a wald. Don't know what to do. Have no home environment, don't have a dog, don't have nothing....just a big zero. ------------quoted in Division Street: America What does Rath think might help him have some purpose in his life?
- A.
Getting grit between his teeth.
- B.
Owning land or a farm.
- C.
Having a dog.
- D.
Getting a well-paying job.
- 16.
Study the map, below and determine which region of the country gave Kennedy the most electoral votes. For a full-page map, Right-Click here and open it up in a new window.- A.
Midwest
- B.
Pacific Northwest
- C.
Southwest
- D.
Northeast.
- 17.
Analyze the cartoon and decide, according to the cartoon, what is Johnson trying to do? For the original page, Right Click on this link and open in a New Window.
- A.
Johson is trying to give health, education and welfare programs more money.
- B.
Military establishments and arms costs are giving money to social programs.
- C.
Social programs are receiving more money than the military.
- D.
Johnson wants to give more money to the arms race and military establishments.
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