AMERICAN HISTORY
Unit V – A Nation Facing Challenges
CHAPTER 17 Test ReviewPut a + if you know it, ? if you might and Circle the item if you do not know it at all.
Vocabulary
Names
Dates and Events
Section 1Kennedy and
the Cold War
Authority
Entity
Interpreted
Flexible
response
Section 1- Kennedy
and the Cold War
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Nikita Krushchev
Lyndon Johnson
Section 1- Kennedy and the Cold War Election of 1960- issues, candidates, T.V. debate,
outcome
Kennedy’s inaugural address
Advisors-“best and brightest
Kennedy Cabinet.
Bay of Pigs Invasion- background, invasion itself
and its outcome.
Berlin Crisis- Vienna Conference, Berlin Wall,
U.S. troop buildup
Cuban Missile Crisis
Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Peace Corps
Alliance for Progress
Flexible response.
Section 2 –
Kennedy’s
Thousand
Days
Mandate
New Frontier
Section 3- The
Great Society
Revenue
Medicaid
Medicare
Job Corps
Section 2 –
Kennedy’s
Thousand Days
Jaqueline Kennedy
Earl Warren
Lee Harvey Oswald
Section 2 – Kennedy’s Thousand Days
Jack Ruby
Warren Commission Kennedy economic problems- big price
Section 3- The
Great Society
War on Poverty
Job Corps
VISTA
Great Society
Barry Goldwater
Johnson Doctrine
Lady Bird Johnson
increases, Area Redevelopment Act- 1961,
raising minimum wage.
Space Program- Russian lead
Warren Court Voting Rights reform;
 the rights of the accused- Miranda rights
 Religious Freedom
Kennedy Assasination- Single shooter v.
conspiracy.
Section 3- The Great Society
Economic Opportunity Act – 1964
Tax Reduction Act- 1964
Highway Beautification Act- 1965
Public Broadcasting Act. 1967
Truth in Lending Act- 1967
Johnson Doctrine
Pueblo Incident