THE NEW FRONTIER & THE GREAT SOCIETY Chapter 27

Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy The Great Debates: Television’s Influence on Public Opinion

Section 27.1 Assessment 1. What did JFK mean by the term “new frontier”? 2. In what ways did Kennedy represent change to the American people? 3. How do you think Kennedy chose his advisors? 4. Why were U.S. – Cuban relations strained when Kennedy took office? 5. Why would a strong Soviet alliance with a Latin American nation make the United States uneasy? 6. Do you think the Bay of Pigs invasion could have been more successful? How? 7. What demands did Khrushchev make at the conference in Vienna? 8. Why was Kennedy relieved when he heard about the Berlin Wall? 9. What was the immediate set of events that resulted in the Cuba missile crisis? 10. Why did Kennedy choose a blockade over an air strike in dealing with Soviet missiles in Cuba?

Section 27.2 Assessment 1. What public image did Kennedy project? 2. How did Kennedy deal with the threat of increased steel prices? 3. Do you think the space race was an important pat of the Cold War? Explain. 4. What was the “one person, one vote” standard? 5. How do you think the Warren Court’s decisions would expand people’s rights in the future? 6. What event made Lyndon Johnson president on November 22, 1963? 7. Why did the fate of JFK affect people so deeply? 8. Do you agree that “the drama of JFK’s presidency outweighed its achievements”? Why or why not?

Section 27.3 Assessment 1. What were some of Johnson’s political accomplishments before he became president? 2. In what ways were Johnson and Kennedy alike and different? 3. How do you think Johnson’s experiences would help him as president? 4. What Kennedy programs did Johnson help pass? 5. In what ways did the Economic Opportunity Act address poverty? 6. Which of the laws and programs Johnson enacted do you think is the most important? Why? 7. What were Johnson’s mail goals for the Great Society? 8. Why did some people find Barry Goldwater’s views threatening? 9. How would you rate Johnson’s domestic achievements? Explain. 10. What were Johnson’s most significant foreign policy concerns?