Chapter 26 "A New Frontier and a Great Society"

The US and USSR came the closest to nuclear war when the Soviets placed missiles in

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Dominican Republic

• Costa Rica

Which president announced the goal of landing a man on the moon?

• Truman

• Eisenhower

• Kennedy

• Johnson

The first live televised presidential debates took place between which two candidates?

• Kennedy and Eisenhower

• Johnson and Nixon

• Truman and Eisenhower

• Kennedy and Nixon

The government health care plan for the elderly is

• Peace Corps

• HUD

• Medicare

• Medicaid

Who assassinated John F. Kennedy?

• Jack Ruby

• John Wilkes Booth

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• Ray Hinkley

What city was JFK in when he was assassinated?

• Memphis

• Boston

• Dallas

• Houston

What was the name of Kennedy's plan that included space exploration and helping the poor?

• New Frontier

• New Deal

• Great Society

• New Freedom

Who became the communist dictator of Cuba in 1959?

• Batista

• Castro

• Varilla

• Khruschev

Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Yeltsin

• Gorbachev

• Khruschev

• Brezhnev

Who was the first American in space?

• John Glenn

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins