JFK Cold War

JFK Cold War

Multiple Choice

The establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was most influenced by the:

• Need to employ Nazis scientists to keep them from working for the Soviets
• Successful launch and orbit of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union
• United States' desire to develop a space station orbiting the Earth
• Increased global tension and insecurity due to the Cuban Missile Crisis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was an example of Kennedy's New Frontier program?

• Forceful containment of communism
• Peace Corps
• Military interventions in Latin America to protect democracies
• Developing greater nuclear capabilities

Multiple Choice

The Berlin Wall was built around

• East Berlin to separate from West Berlin
• Berlin to separate from East Germany
• West Berlin to separate from East Germany
• Berlin to separate from West Germany

Multiple Choice

What failed invasion of Cuba embarrassed JFK & led to his distrust of the CIA?

• Bay of Pigs
• D-Day
• Operation Havana
• Cuban Offensive

Multiple Choice

Soviet missiles found here almost caused WWIII

• Cuba
• Turkey
• East Berlin
• Dominican Republican

Multiple Choice

What was JFK's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Naval blockade of Cuba
• invade Cuba
• bomb U.S.S.R.
• do nothing

Multiple Choice

The factor that may have most helped JFK win the Election of 1960 was

• He was Catholic
• He looked good during the TV debates
• He was known to be the most experienced candidate
• He was friendly with Fidel Castro

Multiple Choice

Who did JFK defeat to win the 1960 Election?

• Richard Nixon
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Lyndon Johnson
• Harry Truman