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The New Frontier: Chapter 23, Section 1
Key Terms and Names:
missile gap:
the United States’s lag behind the Soviet Union in weaponry
New Frontier:
President Kennedy’s domestic programs
Earl Warren:
Chief Justice of the United States, starting in the Eisenhower administration
reapportionment:
the way in which states draw up political districts based on changes in population
due process:
the idea that the law may not treat individuals unfairly or unreasonably and that courts must follow proper
procedures when trying cases
Court Cases
Court Ruling
Reynolds v. Sims
1. Required state legislatures to reapportion electoral districts so that all citizens’ votes would have equal
weight
Mapp v. Ohio
2. state courts could not consider evidence that was obtained illegally
Gideon v. Wainwright
3. a defendant in a state court had the right to a lawyer, regardless of ability to pay
Escobedo v. Illinois
4. a suspect had to have access to a lawyer and to be informed of the right to remain silent
The Election of 1960:
5. How did television affect the 1960 election?
For the first time, television became a voting tool for a majority of voters.
The Kennedy Mystique:
6. How did Americans react to President Kennedy?
He was very popular with the American public and was constantly covered by the media.
Success and Setback on the Domestic Front:
7. Why did many members of Congress oppose the programs of the New Frontier?
They believed the programs were too costly and made the federal government too powerful.
Warren Court Reforms:
8. What effect did the Warren Court have on the United States?
It helped shape national policy by taking a stand on several issues (the Supreme Court became an “activist” court).
JFK and the Cold War: Chapter 23, Section 2
Key Terms and Names:
flexible response:
the policy of allowing conventional troops and weapons to be used against Communist movements
Peace Corps:
an organization that sent young Americans to perform humanitarian services in less developed nations
space race:
vying for dominance of space to increase competitive positions on Earth
BerlinWall:
a wall built by the Soviet Union through Berlin to keep Germans from leaving E Germany into W Berlin
Warren Commission:
a commission headed by Chief Justice Warren that concluded that Oswald was the lone assassin of
President Kennedy
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Crises of the Cold War
1. failed invasion of Cuba by the U.S. (Bay of Pigs Invasion)
2. the building of the Berlin Wall by the Soviet Union
3. the Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy Confronts Global Challenges:
4. What was the purpose of the Alliance for Progress? To improve relations with Latin America and to prevent Communist
movements from taking over the governments
Crises of the Cold War:
5. What were the results of the Cuban missile crisis? Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union faced the consequences of a nuclear war;
both countries worked to lessen tensions; the two countries agreed to stop testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere.
The Death of a President:
6. What did the Warren Commission conclude? It concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of President Kennedy.
The Great Society: Chapter 23, Section 2
Key Terms and Names:
consensus:
general agreement
war on poverty:
a program announced by President Johnson to fight poverty in the U.S.
VISTA:
a Great Society program in which young people were put to work in poor school districts
Great Society:
a government health insurance program for the elderly
Medicare:
a government health insurance program for the elderly
Medicaid:
a government health care program that financed health care for people on welfare
Head Start:
an education program directed at disadvantaged preschool children
Robert Weaver:
the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the first African American to hold a
cabinet position
Program
What it Does
Medicare
1. funded health care for the elderly
Medicaid
2. funded health care for the people on welfare
Project Head Start
3. education program aimed at disadvantaged preschool children
VISTA
4. put young people to work in poor school districts
Johnson Takes the Reigns:
5. What was the war on poverty? It was a program proposed by President Johnson to stamp out poverty in the U.S.
The Great Society:
6. How did the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 change the makeup of the American population? Unlike previous laws that gave
preference to immigrants from northern Europe, this law allowed newcomers from all parts of Europe and from Asia and Africa.
Legacy of the Great Society:
7. What Great Society programs continue today? Medicare, Medicaid, Project Head Start, the Department of Transportation, and the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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