JFK (Domestic & Foreign)

For the first time in US history, the election of 1960 featured

• no Republican candidate for president

• the use of TV ads to support candidates

• a national TV debate between candidates

• a third party candidate

JFK's plan for improving America was called the

• Fair Deal

• Dynamic Conservatism

• New Frontier

• Great Society

Which of the following was NOT a part of JFK's plan for improving America?

• a flexible response in military issues

• landing a man on the moon by the end of the 1960's

• formation of the Peace Corps

• passage of the Civil Rights Act

Which of the following was NOT a major civil rights event during JFK's term of office?

• March on Washington

• Little Rock Nine integrating Central High School

• admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi

• Project C to integrate Birmingham, AL

Which idea/person is NOT associated with the other three?

• Freedom Rides through the South

• John Lewis

• Bull Connor

• I Have a Dream Speech

This man led a communist takeover of Cuba in 1959.

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

• Ngo Dinh Diem

• Lee Harvery Oswald

The US backed invasion of Cuba in 1961 to overthrow Castro was called the

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Tet Offensive

• Bay of Pigs

• Guantanamo Bay

The event that brought the Cold War closest to a direct conflict was the

• sending of US troops to South Vietnam

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• building of the Berlin Wall

The event that resulted from the summit meeting in Vienna between JFK & Khrushchev was the

• Berlin Airlift

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• building of the Berlin Wall

What was JFK's major decision in regard to the conflict in Vietnam?

• divide Vietnam into North & South

• send 16,000 US advisers

• make a personal visit to the country to talk peace

• encourage the protests by Buddhist monks against the government of South Vietnam