Vocabulary Builder Section 1

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Alliance for Progress authority Bay of Pigs invasion Cuban missile crisis entity flexible response interpreted Peace Corps

DIRECTIONS Answer each question by writing a sentence that contains at least one word from the word bank. 1. What did the U.S.-backed attack against Cuba come to be called?

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______2. What was the name of President Kennedy’s foreign policy program that offered billions of dollars in aid to Latin America?

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DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a true statement.

_____ 3. Khrushchev interpreted Kennedy’s failure to intervene in Cuba as a sign of weakness.

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_____ 4. Spy planes flown by the United States over Cuba proved that the Soviets had lied about placing certain types of weapons in Cuba during the Bay of Pigs invasion.

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_____ 5. President Kennedy’s strategy of flexible response strengthened conventional U.S. forces.

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mandate New Frontier Warren Commission Jacqueline Kennedy Earl Warren Lee Harvey Oswald Warren Court

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and choose the correct term from the word bank to replace the underlined phrase. Write the term in the space provided and then define the term in your own words.

1. Because his election victory was so narrow, President Kennedy lacked the

authorization that a wide victory would have given him to pursue the policies that he

wanted to. ______

Your definition: ______

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2. President Kennedy’s plan to better the nation was not very popular with the American

people. ______

Your definition: ______

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3. The official group that investigated President Kennedy’s assassination reported that

there was no conspiracy. ______

Your definition: ______

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4. The Supreme Court, under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren, issued rulings

that extended the individual rights and freedoms of Americans. ______

Your definition: ______

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Great Society Job Corps Johnson Doctrine Medicaid Medicare Pueblo incident VISTA War on Poverty revenue

DIRECTIONS Answer each question by writing a sentence that contains at least one word from the word bank. 1. What was launched by the Economic Opportunity Act, and what were two of its programs?

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______2. How did plans for the Great Society improve the health of some Americans?

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______3. How did President Johnson justify his actions to stop the spread of communism?

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______4. What crisis in 1968 involved the United States and North Korea, and how was the crisis resolved?

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