What created the Job Corps Vista and Project Head Start in an effort to fight the war on poverty?
In this case, the Supreme Court required criminal courts to provide free legal counsel to those who could not afford it. This created the Job Corps, VISTA, and Project Head Start.
What was the name of the legislative program that summed up Kennedy’s vision for the US?
On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issues Executive Order #10924, establishing the Peace Corps as a new agency within the Department of State.
When elected Kennedy introduced a legislative agenda called the?
the FAIR DEAL
What case did the Supreme Court require criminal courts to provide free legal counsel to those who could not afford it?
Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that in criminal cases states are required under the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to provide an attorney to defendants who are unable to afford their own attorneys.
Which amendment allows you to have a lawyer?
Sixth Amendment
Who accepted Soviet aid for Cuba?
Fidel Castro
Why did the USSR try to put nuclear weapons on the island of Cuba?
In response to the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey, and the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev agreed to Cuba’s request to place nuclear missiles on the island to deter a future invasion.
What involved an invasion of Cuba?
On April 17, 1961, 1,400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Did the US bomb Cuba?
The invading force had been defeated within three days by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias – FAR). The invasion was a U.S. foreign policy failure….Bay of Pigs Invasion.
| Date | 17–20 April 1961 |
|---|---|
| Result | Cuban government victory; American invasion repelled |
Does Cuba still have nuclear weapons?
Cuba does not possess nuclear weapons, and is not known to be pursuing them.
Why did they call it the Bay of Pigs?
The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahía de los Cochinos) is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones located on the southern coast of Cuba….
| Bay of Pigs | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Bahía de los Cochinos (Spanish) |
| Etymology | Cochino meaning both “pig” and “triggerfish” |
| Part of | Gulf of Cazones |
| Ocean/sea sources | Caribbean Sea |
What happened to the prisoners of Bay of Pigs?
The last of more than 1,000 men taken prisoner at the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba has returned to the United States in time for Christmas. The government agreed to the payment of a ransom of $53 million in food and medical supplies, donated by companies all over the USA, as a condition for their release.
How many died at the Bay of Pigs?
The Bay of Pigs invasion ended not with a bang but with a flurry of final shots as the exiles ran out of ammunition. The brigade lost 118 men. They had killed more than 2,000 of Castro’s defenders, their countrymen. Fidel Castro with fellow revolutionary rebels in Cuba, 1959.