JFK LBJ

Which of these was NOT considered a factor during the 1960 election for president?

• The extreme differences between the candidates on policy issues.

• The role of television.

• The civil rights issue.

• The fact that one candidate was very good looking.

In the 1960 presidential race, the Democratic candidate was __________ while the Republican candidate was __________.

• Nixon; Kennedy

• Eisenhower; Kennedy

• Kennedy; Nixon

• Nixon; Goldwater

When Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, what was the reaction of John F. Kennedy?

• Kennedy phoned Coretta Scott King to express his sympathy.

• Kennedy started to push Civil Rights legislation through the Senate.

• Kennedy didn’t react, because he didn’t want to alienate Southern voters

• The next day, Kennedy joined a civil rights demonstration in Alabama

Journalist Russell Baker said; “That night, image replaced the printed word as the natural language of politics.” Of what night was he speaking?

• The night of the Kennedy/Nixon presidential debate in 1960.

• The night Fidel Castro replaced Batista as ruler of Cuba

• The night the Berlin Wall went up, in 1961.

• The night of the Bay of Pigs invasion, April 18, 1961.

Robert McNamara, Kennedy’s secretary of defense, described _________ this way: “The Kennedy administration worried that (the) reliance on nuclear weapons gave us no way to respond to large non-nuclear attacks without committing suicide…..We decided to broaden the range of options by strengthening and modernizing the military’s ability to fight a nonnuclear war.”

• The Cuban Dilemma

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The New Frontier

• policy of flexible response

Which of the following statements about the Bay of Pigs invasion is NOT true?

• Eisenhower first approved the plan.

• The CIA trained Cuban exiles to carry out the plan

• It was supposed to be an invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro.

• It was a success.

In the 1960 presidential election, the Democratic candidate was a senator from

• New York

• Massachusetts

• Texas

• California

The Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to developing nations, was

• proposed by Kennedy and failed.

• proposed by Johnson and failed.

• proposed by Kennedy and succeeded.

• proposed by Johnson and succeeded.

John F. Kennedy appointed his brother, Robert, to serve as

• Secretary of State

• Attorney General

• Secretary of Defense

• Supreme Court justice

After investigating the assassination of JFK, the Warren Commission concluded that

• Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.

• Jack Ruby acted alone.

• there was evidence of a conspiracy.

• the CIA was involved.