USH JFK LBJ 1960's

During the space race, Kennedy’s goal for America was to be the first to

• land a man on the moon
• put a man into orbit
• build a space station
• put a man into space

In the agreement ending the Cuban missile crisis, Khrushchev promised to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba in exchange for Kennedy’s public promise

• to stop testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere
• not to invade Cuba
• to remove American missiles from China on the Soviet border
• to remove American missiles from Alaska near the Soviet Union

During the 1960 election campaign, television aired its first

• presidential speech.
• presidential debate
• results of the election
• political commentary

Which Great Society program was a comprehensive health insurance program for all senior citizens?

• Model Cities
• Medicare
• VISTA
• Upward Bound

Kennedy canceled air support for the Bay of Pigs invasion in order to

• avoid going to war with Cuba.
• give the operation a better chance to succeed
• keep the United States’s involvement a secret
• withdraw his support for the overthrow of Castro’s government

Khrushchev built a wall through Berlin that blocked movement between the Soviet sector and the rest of the city in order to keep West Germany from using Berlin as a base from which to flood East Germany.

• True
• False