The Kennedy Years

Who won the 1960 presidential election even though he was young and had little experience?

• Richard Nixon
• John F. Kennedy 
• Gerald Ford 
• Jimmy Carter 

Communist leader of Cuba who openly supported the Soviet Union 

• Robert Kennedy 
• Nikita Khrushchev 
• Fidel Castro
• Yuri Gagarin 

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

U-2 planes were used by the U.S. mainly for

• Bombing raids
• Taking photos to spy on our enemies
• Transporting troops into combat zones
• Escorting bombers carrying nuclear weapons

Nikita Khrushchev had this built to keep Eastern Germans from fleeing to the democratic West Germany 

• Iron Curtain 
• Bay of Pigs 
• Berlin Wall
• Great Wall of China 

President Kennedy vowed that by the end of the 1960's Americans would

• destroy communism
• invade Cuba
• Put men on the moon
• Travel to deep space

The program created to lead space exploration and research 

• Department of Defense 
• Homeland Security 
• NASA
• STARS Alliance 

All of these are true about JFK's assassination EXCEPT

• He was hit by bullets from more than one gun 
• Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from a 6th floor window
• It occurred in Dallas, Texas
• Hundreds of people witnessed the event

All of these are true about Lee Harvey Oswald EXCEPT

• He was a trained Marine sniper
• He was a committed communist 
• He was a supporter of Fidel Castro
• He admitted to killing JFK

What religion was President John F. Kennedy, which caused Americans to worry 

• Roman Catholic 
• Jew
• Protestant 
• Hindu