New Frontier/Great Society

What was the Johnson Doctrine?

• the guidelines for military intervention in Southeast Asia

• the guidelines for military intervention in Latin America

• a negotiated settlement to the Pueblo incident

• an executive order that instructed police to protect a suspect's right against self-incrimination

Johnson's "unconditional war on poverty" in America began with the passage of

• the Area Redevelopment Act

• the Omnibus Housing Act

• the Civil Rights Act

• the Economic Opportunity Act

The term "Great Society" came to represent

• the glamorous image fo the Kennedy Administration

• the antion's anti-communist agenda

• Michael Harrington's affluent society

• the domestic programs of the Johnson Administration

Unlike Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy was

• born into a middle class Protestant family

• a self-made man from a small town in California

• a large supporter of Eisenhower's ideas

• wealthy and part of a politically powerful family

President Kennedy developed which of the following strategies to supplement the Cold War policies of his predecessors?

• containment

• massive retaliation

• flexible response

• detente

Lyndon B. Johnson would have described his political views as most similar to which of the following politicians?

• Kennedy

• Eisenhower

• Roosevelt

• Nixon

Kennedy had difficulty convincing Congress to support his proposals because he

• did not take a strong anti-communist position

• lacked a clear mandate

• favored causes that would benefit only wealthy Americans

• was young and inexperienced

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions banned racial segregation int he nation's schools?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Reynolds v. Simms

• Baker v. Carr

• Westberry v. Sanders

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions banned prayer in school?

• Engel v. Vitale

• Baker v. Carr

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Escobedo v. Illinois

Which of the following was the most immediate cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• the detection of Soviet offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba

• the U.S. defeat in the Bay of Pigs

• Republican criticism of President Kennedy

• the detection of U.S. offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba