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Name______________________________Hour__ Ch 17-1 Kennedy and the Cold War 1.What were some of the obstacles that Kennedy faced in running for President in1960?2.Why did the U.S. sever diplomatic and economic ties with Cuba?3.Who did Cuba turn to for economic help?4.What was the Bay of Pigs invasion? What was the result?5.Why did Krushchev think that Kennedy was weak?

6.How did the Berlin wall become a symbol of the Cold War?7.How did the Bay of Pigs influence the Cuban Missile Crisis?

8.What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?9.What options did Kennedy have when the Soviets placed missiles in Cuba? Whichdid he choose and why?10.What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Name__________________________ Hr___ Ch 17-2Kennedy’s Thousand Days1.What was the New Frontier?2. What happened to most of Kennedy’s proposals in Congress?3.How did the space race become part of the Cold War?4.In what ways did the Warren Court change society in the early 60s?5.How did the Warren Court rule on religious issues as related to the firstamendment?6.Why was

Gideon v. Wainwright

a landmark case?7.Was the Warren Court liberal(change) or conservative(same)? Explain8.Who assassinated President Kennedy? Then who killed that assassin?9.What was the Warren Commission and what did it say?10. Why might some people believe that Kennedy’s assassination was the result of aconspiracy?

Name___________________________ Hour___ 17-3 President Johnson1.Why was L. Johnson unhappy as Kennedy’s vice-president?2.How did President Johnson get Congress to pass a civil rights and tax cuts bill?3.What did President Johnson call his goals?4.What did the tax cut do?5.What were Johnson’s goals?6.Why did some people find Barry Goldwater’s views threatening?7.Who is Barry Goldwater?8.What do you think Goldwater meant when he said that government programs to help people were similar to communism?9.What does it mean when they say Johnson received a mandate in the 1964 election?10.What is Medicare, Medicaid? How are they paid?