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DIRECTIONS: Identifying Supporting Details Read each main idea. Use your textbook to
supply the details that support or explain each main idea.
Main Idea: In 1960, a youthful John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Richard M. Nixon
in the presidential campaign.
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1. Detail: In the 1960 presidential race, both major parties made substantial use
of
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2. Detail: The campaign centered on the economy and the
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★ Main Idea: John Kennedy and his family gave the nation a youthful, enthusiastic
First Family.
3. Detail: In the 1960 election, Kennedy narrowly won the popular vote, and his victory
in the
was 303 votes to 219.
4. Detail: Kennedy's Inaugural Address called on
to take a more
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active role in making the nation a better place.
Main Idea: Despite an uneasy relationship with Congress, President Kennedy managed
to get several parts of his domestic agenda passed.
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had majorities in both houses of Congress,
Kennedy was unable to push through many of his domestic programs.
6. Detail: In an effort to increase growth and create more jobs, Kennedy advocated
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7. Detail: Kennedy's conflict with the
strained his relations with the
business community.
8. Detail: Kennedy asserted that
meant businesses would have more
money to expand, and that as they expanded they would create
Main Idea: Under Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court issued a number of
decisions that altered the voting system, expanded due process, and reinterpreted aspects
of the First Amendment.
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9. Detail: In 1964, in Reynolds v. Sims, the Court required states to redraw
so that all citizens’ votes would have equal weight.
10. Detail: In the 1960s, the Supreme Court ruled in several cases that upholding
meant applying the federal bill of rights to the states.
11. Detail: In the 1966
case, the Court required that authorities
immediately inform criminal suspects of their rights.
12. Detail: During the Kennedy years, the Supreme Court also handed down decisions
that reaffirmed the
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5. Detail: Although
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DIRECTIONS: Using Headings and Subheadings Locate each heading below in your textbook. Then use the information under the correct subheading to help you write each answer.
I. Containing Communism
A. How did Kennedy attempt to stop the spread of communism?
B. Where did Kennedy want to renew diplomatic focus?
C. What was the Peace Corps?
D. How did Kennedy respond to Soviet successes in space in 1961?
II. Crises of the Cold War
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A. Where did the first crisis of Kennedy’s administration occur?
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B. What had President Eisenhower feared about Cuba?
C. What did Eisenhower do as a result of this fear?
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D. What was the purpose of this mission?
E. What was the result of the Bay of Pigs action?
F. How was the Cuban missile crisis resolved?
III. Death of a President
A. Where and when was President Kennedy assassinated?
B. Who assassinated President Kennedy, according to the Warren Commission?
C. What did Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, set out to do upon becoming president?
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DIRECTIONS: Filling in the Blanks In the space provided, write the word or words that best
complete the sentence. Refer to your textbook to fill in the blanks.
1. In 1962, author Michael Harrington claimed that the population of the truly poor in
America numbered almost
million.
2. Prior to becoming president, Lyndon Johnson had honed his leadership style through
years of
.
3. President Johnson's ability to build
had made him one of the most
effective and powerful leaders in the history of the Senate.
4. President Johnson felt that a wealthy, powerful government could and should try to
.
5. When Johnson took office, he knew that any program linked to
would be very popular.
6. Johnson ended his 1964 State of the Union Address by declaring an unconditional war
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on
in America.
7. By the summer of 1964, at Johnson's urging, Congress had passed the
8. The
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encompassed a multitude of programs that Johnson hoped
9. Among the most significant programs passed between 1965 and 1968 were the health
care systems of
10. The
and
.
granted millions of dollars to public and private schools for
textbooks, library materials, and special education programs.
11. Robert Weaver was the first African American to
12. The
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eliminated the national origins system established in the
1920s, which had given preference to northern European immigrants.
13. Great Society programs such as the Department of Transportation, the Department
of
present day.
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have survived to the
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would make the United States a better place.