New Frontier

Unlike Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy was

• born into a middle class Protestant family

• a self-made man from a small town in California

• a large supporter of Eisenhower's ideas

• wealthy and part of a politically powerful family

President Kennedy developed which of the following strategies to supplement the Cold War policies of his predecessors?

• containment

• massive retaliation

• flexible response

• detente

Kennedy had difficulty convincing Congress to support his proposals because he

• did not take a strong anti-communist position

• lacked a clear mandate

• favored causes that would benefit only wealthy Americans

• was young and inexperienced

Which of the following was the most immediate cause of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• the detection of Soviet offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba

• the U.S. defeat in the Bay of Pigs

• Republican criticism of President Kennedy

• the detection of U.S. offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba

Which of the following factors contributed to the victory of John F. Kennedy in the 1960 Presidential election?

• He was a self made man

• he had a strong southern support

• He represented a spirit of hope and change

• He promised to eliminate poverty

Cause: Berlin Wall is constructed

Effect: ______________________

• Nikita Khrushchev makes his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech

• President Kennedy orders the Bay of Pigs invasion as retaliation

• East Germans can no longer escape to freedom

• West Germans can no longer escape to freedom

Which of the following may have helped John F Kennedy with African American voters in the 1960 election

• he promised to end school segregation in the South

• He supported Baker v Carr

• He promised to appoint African Americans to his cabinet

• When martin Luther King Jr. was arrested during a protest, Kennedy called King's wife to express his concern and Robert Kennedy persuaded a judge to release King

The Warren Commission found that

• few schools had desegregated

• anti-poverty programs were affordable

• many Americans lived in poverty

• there was no conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy

One reason John F. Kennedy's assassination deeply affected people was because

• they believed only he could stop a communist takeover of Cuba

• no president had ever been assassinated before

• he had represented hope for a better future

• his domestic programs had stamped out poverty in America

Why were the relations between the United States and Cuba poor in 1960?

• Banana prices had plummeted

• the Soviets had stored offensive nuclear missiles on the island

• Fidel Castro's government had seized American property in Cuba

• Cuba refused to help the US win the war in Vietnam