JFK/LBJ Pre Quiz

When & where did JFK get assassinated?

• April 14, 1865 in Boston, Massachusetts

• November 22, 1963 in Peoria, IL

• April 14, 1865 in Washinton, DC

• November 22, 1963 in Dallas, TX

What was the Bay of Pigs?

• A cove of pigs.

• a SUCCESSFUL invasion of Cuba.

• A failed invasion attempt by the U.S. to overthrow Castro.

• Castro's invasion of the United States.

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Cuban Revolution.

• 13 day crisis in which the Soviet Union and the United States faced off and came close to nuclear war.

• Missiles not getting to Cuba.

• Plot to hide U.S. missiles in Cuba.

Who was the Communist leader in Cuba while Kennedy was President

• Khrushchev

• Castro

• Johnson

• Batista

Richard Nixon lost to who in the 1960 Election?

• Reagan

• JFK

• LBJ

• Eisenhower

The program that provides volunteer assistance to the developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is:

• Peace Corps
• AFP
• VISTA
• Great Society

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1953-1964?

• Joseph Stalin

• John Fitzgerald Kennedy

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev

A massive concrete barrier, dividing democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin. The wall acted as a symbol of the Cold War and Soviet Union restrictions.

• Berlin Wall

• Cold War

• Warsaw Pact

• Iron Curtain

Who is the concluded assassin of Kennedy? (assassin=killer)

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• John Wilkes Booth

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• CIA

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

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