LAKE BRANTLEY
HIGH SCHOOL
1960's Foreign and Domestic Policy SS.912.A.7.4
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You will need to know the foreign policy initiatives of the 1960s-era presidents and/or evaluate how those policies affected both foreign and domestic relations.
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You will need to know the domestic policy initiatives of the 1960s-era presidents and/or evaluate how those policies affected both foreign and domestic relations.
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You will need to know the incentives for 1960s-era foreign and domestic policies.
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You will need to know the controversies associated with the 1960s-era foreign and domestic policies.
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You will need to know the influence of the media concerning presidential foreign and domestic policies or actions of the 1960s.
Example One
… For the war against poverty will not be won here in Washington. It must be won in the field, in every private home, in every public office, from the courthouse to the White House.… — President Lyndon B. Johnson, State of the Union Address, January 8, 1964
This statement expresses President Lyndon B. Johnson’s view that the
a. federal government is solely responsible for the war on poverty
b. court system must be held accountable for poverty
c. problem of poverty is easily solved
d. entire country must help fight poverty
Example Three
Which development is most closely associated with the belief in the domino theory?
a. military involvement in Vietnam
b. construction of the Berlin Wall
c. signing of the nuclear test ban treaty
d. end of the Korean War
Example Two
Base your answer to the question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies. “This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere. . . .” — President John F. Kennedy, October 22, 1962 Which action did President Kennedy take following this statement?
a. urging Allied forces to remove Soviet weapons from Cuba
b. ordering a naval quarantine of Cuba
c. breaking off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
d. asking the United Nations to stop grain shipments to the Soviet Union.
Additional Resources
Terms to know include, but are not limited to:
antiwar protests, arms race, conscientious objector, Cuban Missile Crisis, demilitarized zone (DMZ), domino theory, doves, draft, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Great Society, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, hawks, immigration, migration, nuclear proliferation, Paris Peace Accords, superpower, Tet Offensive, Vietnamization, women in the workforce.