Homework #10 (Due 3/24/2016): Kennedy and LBJ
- Read pages 905-907, 916-919, 921-923, 926-930 in the textbook.
- Learn the following key terms (and include them, underlined or highlighted, in your outline)
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy Robert Kennedy Robert McNamara New Frontier Berlin Wall Common Market Kennedy Round Alliance for Progress |
Bay of Pigs invasion
"hot line" Lee Harvey Oswald Lyndon Baines Johnson Civil Rights Act of 1964 Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) "War on Poverty" "Great Society" |
Barry Goldwater
Department of Transportation Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Medicare Medicaid "entitlements" Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 |
3. Answer the following reading questions:
- How did Kennedy's Catholicism influence the election of 1960?
- What policies did Kennedy follow in Cuba? In your view, was he successful? Why or why not?
- What groups of Americans were helped by LBJ's "Great Society" legislation? How were these programs criticized