Kennedy/Johnson

During which historical event was this map created?

• World War II

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The Spanish-American War

The Court ruled that a defendant in a state court had the right to a lawyer, regardless of their ability to pay for one. (You need to GET you a lawyer!)

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Korematsu v. United States

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Miranda v. Arizona

Requiring that authorities immediately give suspects a warning: The right to remain silent; that anything they say can and will be used against them in a court of law; that they have the right to an attorney; that the court will appoint one if they cannot afford one.

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Schenk v. United States

• Mapp v. Ohio

The excerpt below is from an April 1961 Department of Justice memo written by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy.

...The neutrality laws were never designed to prevent individuals from leaving the United States to fight for a cause in which they believed. There is nothing in the neutrality laws which prevents refugees from Cuba from returning to that country to engage in the fight for freedom....

Who were the individuals Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was writing about in this excerpt?

• Cuban refugees in Florida who participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban generals who agreed to help the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis in exchange for political asylum

• Cuban generals who defected to the United States and later led the Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban refugees in Florida who participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis

Which of the following best describes the "Great Society" that President Lyndon B. Johnson envisioned developing through his administration's domestic programs?

• a society where all people have equal rights

• a society that is superior to all other societies

• a society that is free of hatred and discrimination

• a society where all people have a high standard of living

Which of the following best describes the impact of President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society"?

• It was the first time that taxes went to support social welfare.

• It was the first time private corporations were taxed to support social welfare.

• It was the largest step back from government involvement in social welfare in US history.

• It was the largest expansion of governmental involvement in social welfare in US history.

Why was The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan an influential book in the 1960s?

• It energized a new women’s rights movement

• It helped strengthen family values during a turbulent time

• It reinforced the importance of women’s traditional roles

• It led directly to the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment

After the launches of Sputnik I and Sputnik II in 1957, efforts began in the US to:

• Send more juvenile delinquents to jail

• discourage adolescents from read science fiction

• limit the amount of television that children watched

• improve math and science education

Which event is being portrayed in this image?

• Arms Race

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cold War

• Korean War

… For the war against poverty will not be won here in Washington. It must be won in the field, in every private home, in every public office, from the courthouse to the White House.…— President Lyndon B. Johnson, State of the Union Address, January 8, 1964

This statement expresses President Lyndon B. Johnson’s view that the

• federal government is solely responsible for the war on poverty

• court system must be held accountable for poverty

• problem of poverty is easily solved

• entire country must help fight poverty