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Name Date CHAPTER CHAPTER TEST The New Frontier 28 and the Great Society Form B Part 1: Main Ideas If the statement is true, write “true” on the line. If it is false, change the underlined word or words to make it true. (4 points each) Example: The first president of the United States was George Washington. true Example: John F. Kennedy resigned from office following the Watergate Scandal. Richard Nixon 1. A decisive factor in the election of 1960 was television coverage of the Eisenhower endorsement. ____________________________________________ 2. Concerned that reliance on nuclear weapons limited U.S. military options, the Kennedy administration developed the flexible response policy. ______________________ 3. For several days, the Berlin Wall crisis brought the world uncomfortably close to the brink of nuclear war. ____________________________________________________ 4. The Alliance for Progress was a foreign aid program for Latin American countries. ______________________________________________________________________ 5. The Kennedy family reminded many Americans of the romantic and optimistic vision presented in the Broadway musical My Fair Lady. ______________________________ 6. In the moments before an assassin’s bullet ended his life, President Kennedy waved to cheering crowds of Houston citizens. ______________________________________ 7. Johnson’s VISTA program was sometimes called the “domestic Peace Corps” because it organized volunteers to help people in the United States. ____________________ McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. © 8. Medicare extended health insurance to those on welfare. ____________________________ 9. The Warren Court upheld prayer in public schools. ________________________________ 502 Unit 8, Chapter 28 Name Test Form B continued 10. The reapportionment of election districts shifted political power from urban to rural areas. ________________________________________________________________ Part 2: Map Skills Use the map to complete this section. Write the letter of the best answer. (2 points each) ______ 11. According to the map, how many U.S. aircraft carriers were used to reinforce the blockade? a. three c. five b. four d. six ______ 12. Approximately how wide was the area of the air patrol at its widest point? a. 200 miles c. 800 miles b. 400 miles d. 1200 miles ______ 13. In which part of Cuba were the Soviet missiles located? a. southwestern c. northwestern b. southeastern d. northeastern ______ 14. Which place outside the area of the air patrol had a U.S. air base? a. Miami c. Key West b. Puerto Rico d. Guantanamo ______ 15. Which country outside the area of air patrol was closest to the westernmost U.S. naval blockade? a. Mexico c. British Honduras b. Honduras d. Dominican Republic Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 UNITED STATES Cape Canaveral A TLANTIC OCEAN FLORIDA Soviet missile site U.S. air base Miami Extent of U.S. air patrols enforcing the blockade U.S. aircraft carrier BAHAMAS (BRITISH) U.S. naval blockade Key West (U.S.) Havana Gulf of Mexico CUBA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.) Guantanamo HAITI MEXICO McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. CAYMAN ISLANDS PUERTO RICO © (BRITISH) (U.S.) JAMAICA SWAN ISLAND (BRITISH) (U.S.) BRITISH 0 200 HONDURAS Miles GUATEMALA HONDURAS The New Frontier and the Great Society 503 Name Test Form B continued Use the map on page 378 to answer the following questions in complete sentences. Write on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet. (5 points each) 16. What effect would the U.S. base on Guantanamo have on the blockade? 17. According to the map, what European nation might be concerned with the events of the Cuban missile crisis? Why? Part 3: Interpreting Political Cartoons Use the cartoon to complete this section. Write the letter of the best answer. (2 points each) ______ 18. What are Kennedy and Khrushchev doing in this cartoon? a. dancing c. threatening each other b. measuring each other d. fighting ______ 19. In which way are the two men most alike? a. how tall they are c. how they wear their hair b. what they are doing d. what kind of books they like ______ 20. Why are there two books on the ground? a. The men were reading but have now lost interest in the books. b. The men are meeting in a library. c. The men plan to write down the information they gather. d. The books have no significance. McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. © —published in Chicago Tribune, June 1961 504 Unit 8, Chapter 28 Name Test Form B continued ______ 21. Which of the following best describes the men’s facial expressions? a. angry c. serious b. excited d. upset ______ 22. What is suggested by the way the two men are posed? a. They are afraid of each other. b. They know each other well enough to stand close together. c. They are trying to get away from each other. d. Each one barely notices the other is there. Use the cartoon to answer the following questions in complete sentences. (5 points each) 23. How does this cartoon illustrate Kennedy and Khrushchev’s relationship? 24. Why do these leaders need to be precise in examining each other? Part 4: Extended Response Answer each of the following questions in a short essay on the back of this paper or on a separate sheet. (10 points each) 25. What were the major achievements of the Great Society? What were some of its flaws? Think About: • education and economic programs • reforms of Social Security, immigration, and civil rights laws • costs and abuses of programs 26. The Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Berlin crisis all occurred during the Kennedy presidency. During which of these events was Kennedy most effective? Explain your answer. Think About: • results of the Bay of Pigs invasion • how the Cuban missile crisis was resolved McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved. • how the Berlin crisis was resolved © The New Frontier and the Great Society 505.