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The presidential election

"The torch has been passed to a new generation, my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" This speech is representative of kennedy's youth and optimism which were traits that helped him win

Citizens need to get involved in helping others

"The torch has been passed to a new generation, my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" by this famous statement, Kennedy meant that

Raise the minimum wage

Although congress blocked many of Kennedy's legislative initiatives, they did agree to

Berlin Wall

For nearly 30 years, the ___ stood as a visible symbol of Cold War division between the US and the Soviet Union

Separation of Church and State

Kennedy spoke in support of...

The New Frontier

Kennedy's Legislative agenda was called

Buildup of conventional weapons

Kennedy's flexible response plan called for

Benefit all members of society for the long term

Kennedy's reaction to economic problems during his term in office was to propose solutions that would

Poverty

Michael Herrington's book, The Other America, Inspired LBJ to make the elimination of ___ a major policy goal

Cuba

October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced that America's planes saw that the Soviet Union has placed long range missiles in

The first televised presedential debate

On september 26, 1960 an estimated 75 million people watched

Catholic

President Kennedy was the first president who was

Put a man on the moon

President Kennedy's goal in the space race against the Soviet Union was to

Due Process (NOT equal rights)

The .... decision that requires a police to read a criminal suspect provides for ___ under the law

Television

The 1960 presidential race was the first time candidates made substantial use of

To help unemployed young people acquire job skills

The Neighborhood Youth Corps provided program

War on Crime

The Office of economic opportunity was a major part of Johnson's

Put an end to gender discrimination in the federal civil service

The alliance for progress was a

Illiteracy

The economic opportunity act of 1964 attacked inadequate public services, unemployment, and ___ as a major cause of poverty

Debates

The four televised ___ between Nixon and Kennedy strongly influenced the outcome of the 1960 election

Lee Harvey Oswald

The man accused of killing president Kennedy was named

All citizens votes should have equal weight

The principle of one man one vote meant that

Spark an uprising against Fidel Castro in Cuba

The purpose of the bay of pigs invasion was to

Richard Nixon

The republican elect nominee in the 1960 election was

Miranda Rights

The right to remain silent is part of an individual's

Reapportionment

The way in which states draw political districts based on changes in population is called

Cut taxes

To get the economy moving, Kennedy pushed for

Had a majority in both houses in congress

When President Kennedy entered the office, democrats ____

Remove missiles from Turkey

Which of the following is part of the agreement to end the Cuban Missile Crisis

Programs grew quickly and were difficult to evaluate

Which of the following is true about the Great Society?

The first special olympic games were held

Which of the following took place in 1968

Medicare for the elderly.

Which of the following was a major Great Society claim

Yiri Gegari

Which of the following was the first person to orbit earth in 1961