Presidencies from 1950s through 1970s

1. Goal 11

2. A. 25th Amendment:
created provisions for
the succession of the
president and vice
president.

3. B. New Frontier:
Kennedy’s program to help
the poor, invest in space
programs, and improve the
economy.
C. Peace Corps:
program to send
volunteers to other
countries as teachers,
health workers and to do
other public works
projects.

4. D. Great Society:
Johnson’s programs to help
the poor, fund education,
healthcare, regulate housing
and protect the environment.
E. HUD Housing and Urban
Development:
oversee housing to help the
poor.
F. Head Start:
preschool program for lowincome children.

5. G. VISTA:
volunteers to help poor
areas.
H. Medicare:
healthcare for the elderly
(>65 years old).
I. National Endowment
for the Humanities:
gives money to artists and
academics

6. A. Robert Kennedy:
was killed after winning the
California primary in 1968.
B. 1968 Democratic National
Convention:
democrats had to decide who
to nominate to run in the
presidential election –
Humphrey was nominated
but the party was majorly
split – weakening it and
allowing Nixon (Republican)
to win.

7. A. Watergate scandal:
People in Nixon’s
reelection campaign
were caught breaking
into the Democratic
Party’s headquarters.
Nixon tried to stop the
investigation and cover
it up. Nixon was
reelected and the story
began to come out

8. B. Bob Woodward/Carl
Bernstein:
of the Washington Post
uncovered a lot of the
wrongdoings.
C. Sam Ervin/Senate
Watergate Committee:
led the investigation and
found that Nixon had taperecorded many of his oval
office conversations.

9. D. U.S. v. Nixon (1974):
Nixon was told to turn
over the tapes. He did
with 18 ½ minutes
missing.

10. A. Iranian Hostage
Crisis :
Under Carter, In
November 1979 Iranians
broke into the US
embassy in Tehran, Iran
and kidnapped 52
people. The hostages
were beaten and tortured
and kept for 444 days
before being released.

11. B. Camp David Accords,
1978:
President Jimmy Carter
had Israel and Egypt
meet to try and create
peace in the Middle East.

12. C. Title IX:
law which said any
federally funded
program could not
discriminate based on
sex. This impacted many
educational institutions,
particularly sports
teams.