Kennedy and Johnson

Which of the following was NOT a major issue during the Election of 1960?

• Cold War

• economy

• religion

• Civil Rights

Which of the following WAS an advantage for Kennedy over Nixon?

• the economy

• Cold War strategies

• his faith

• television

Which of the following is a TRUE statement about the outcome of the election of 1960?

• Nixon won by a landslide

• Nixon won by slim margins

• JFK won by a landslide

• JFK won by slim margins

JFK served in the _____ during WWII.

• Marines

• Navy

• Air Force

• Army

JFK named the _____, an elite special forces unit.

• Army Rangers

• Navy Seals

• Army Green Beret

• Army Night Stalkers

Prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviets learned that America had nuclear warheads in ______.

• Turkey

• South Korea

• England

• West Germany

In order to end the Cuban Missile Crisis, American publicly _____.

• removed its warheads from Italy and Turkey

• recognized Soviet territorial claims in Eastern Europe

• promised to never invade Cuba again

• announced an end to its embargo against Cuba

In response to JFK's erratic behavior at the summit, Khrushchev ______.

• walked out

• ordered that Soviet missiles be sent to Cuba

• ordered the building of the Berlin Wall

• called JFK an idiot

Who said, "...ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country?"

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy
• Robert Kennedy

Where was Kennedy's first major foreign crisis?

• Cuba
• Soviet Union
• Germany
• Vietnam