JFK and the Cold War

What was the Bay of Pigs?

• A cove of pigs.

• a SUCCESSFUL invasion of Cuba.

• A failed invasion attempt by the U.S. to overthrow Castro.

• Castro's invasion of the United States.

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Cuban Revolution.

• 13 day crisis in which the Soviet Union and the United States faced off and came close to nuclear war.

• Missiles not getting to Cuba.

• Plot to hide U.S. missiles in Cuba.

Who was the Communist leader in Cuba while Kennedy was President

• Khrushchev

• Castro

• Johnson

• Batista

The program that provides volunteer assistance to the developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is:

• Peace Corps
• AFP
• VISTA
• Great Society

How did the US respond to finding out that the Soviets had missiles in Cuba?

• They sent the Air Force to bomb Cuba
• They began placing missiles in the Soviet Union.
• They placed a naval blockade around Cuba.
• They invaded Cuba and the Soviet Union.

What was JFK's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Naval blockade of Cuba
• invade Cuba
• bomb U.S.S.R.
• do nothing

What failed invasion of Cuba embarrassed JFK & led to his distrust of the CIA?

• Bay of Pigs
• D-Day
• Operation Havana
• Cuban Offensive

What was JFK's program to develop economic cooperation between U.S. & Latin America?

• Alliance for Progress
• Green Peace
• Peace Corps
• Army Corps of Engineers

What is the line in Kennedy's inaugural address he is famous for?

• Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country
• I walk slowly, but I never walk backward
• The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing
• I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love  with liberty

Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Boris Yeltsin
• Nikita Khruschev