The New Frontier Quiz

The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women called for federal action against ________ discrimination

• Ethnic

• Gender

• Age

• Class

In decisions such as Engel v. Vitale, the Supreme Court handed down decisions that reaffirmed the separation of _____ and state.

• School

• Church

• Government

• Corporations

Although the ______ Party enjoyed large majorities in both houses of Congress, Kennedy was unable to push through many of his domestic programs

• Independent

• Republican

• Democratic

• Tea

In the Reynolds v. Sims decision that helped promote the principle of "one person, one vote," the Warren Court required state legislatures to _______ electrical districts so that all citizens' votes would have equal weight.

• maintain

• reapportion

• reparation

• collect

During the Kennedy administration, Congress agreed with the president and approved a law that raised the _________.

• Voting age to 18

• Taxes on the rich

• Level of poverty

• Minimum wage

The Supreme Court's decision in Reynolds v. Sims shifted political power throughout the country to

• Rural Areas

• The South

• The Suburbs

• Urban Areas

In Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court ruled that, regardless of the ability to pay, a defendant in a state court had the right to

• A lawyer

• A Speedy Trial

• A Telephone Call

• Remain Silent

Republicans, as well as Southern Democrats, viewed the New Frontier as

• Elitist Policies

• Sound Economic Policies

• Too Conservative

• Too Expensive

Kennedy convinced Congress to invest more funds in

• A defense and space exploration

• education

• health insurance for the elderly

• Urban Affairs

During the space race, Kennedy's goal for America was to be the first to

• build a space station

• land a man on the moon

• put a man in orbit

• put a man on the surface of the Sun