Homework Check 15.1

Match the following

• church

• The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women called for federal action against ___________ discrimination.

• reapportion

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

• gender

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

• minimum wage

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

• Democratic

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

The Supreme Courts decision in Reynolds v. Sims shifted political power throughout the country to

• the South.

• urban areas.

• the suburbs.

• rural 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

• remain silent.

• a lawyer.

• a speedy trial.

• a telephone call.

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

• too conservative.

• too expensive.

• elitist policies.

• sound economic policies.

Kennedy convinced Congress to invest more funds in

• education.

• urban affairs.

• health insurance for the elderly.

• defense and space exploration.

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

• build a space station.

• put a man into orbit.

• put a man into space.

• land a man on the moon.