JFK and LBJ

What did Kennedy's military policy of flexible response mean?

• the U.S. would cut defense spending

• the U.S. would have a variety of military responses planned, all including nuclear weapons

• the U.S. would prepare various military responses rather than just using nuclear weapons

• the U.S. would continue Eisenhower's policy of mass retaliation

A foreign policy strategy to combat communism that was implemented by President Kennedy was

• the Truman Doctrine

• the Marshall Plan

• the Berlin Wall

• the Peace Corps

President Kennedy's domestic program was called the

• New Deal

• New Frontier

• Final Frontier

• Great Society

Which of the following is NOT a goal of Kennedy's domestic program?

• increasing taxes

• improving the economy

• reforming healthcare and education

• improving civil rights for African Americans

Led a revolution in Cuba in 1959 to overthrow brutal Batista dictatorship-Became a pro Soviet Communist Nation

• Barry Goldwater

• Lyndon B Johnson

• Joseph Mcarthy

• Fidel Castro

Plan to overthrow Castro which became an embarrassment for Kennedy when our CIA Operatives were captured by Fidel Castro's government

• Bay of Pigs

• NASA

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cuban Blockade

The Event which placed the United States and USSR at the brink of War over Missiles in Cuba is known as:

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cuban Blockade

• League of Nations

• Treaty of Versailles

All of the following are true about Cuba in the 1960's EXCEPT

• Fidel Castro established himself as dictator after a Communist Revolution
• The Bay of Pigs Invasion removed Castro from power and was a huge success
• Cuba signed an alliance with the Soviet Union
• The soviets attempted to put nuclear missiles in Cuba to protect them from the US

President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by

• ordering a naval blockade of Cuba

• asking Congress to declare war on Cuba

• authorizing military strikes on strategic targets in Cuba

• seeking United Nations approval for economic sanctions against Cuba

Which of the following was a result of the Cuban Missle Crisis?

• Cuban exiles attempted to invade Cuba

• The U.S. and USSR reached a compromise about missle near each other

• the government of Cuba no longer accepted Soviet aid

• the Souviet Unnion completed its missle bases in Cuba