JFK & the Cold War

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.

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

• Peace Corps
• AFP
• VISTA
• Great Society

A massive concrete barrier, dividing democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin. The wall acted as a symbol of the Cold War and Soviet Union restrictions.

• Berlin Wall

• Cold War

• Warsaw Pact

• Iron Curtain

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.

This part of Berlin was Communist.

• North

• West

• East

• South

What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?

• to keep people inside West Berlin

• to keep people in East Berlin from leaving to go to the West

• to keep people from West Berlin from leaving to go the East

• to keep United Nations troops from firing on troops from East Germany

What policy did the Kennedy administration take that allowed more military options in the event of an international crisis?

• flexible response

• the building of the Berlin Wall

• brinkmanship

• detente

Which of the following was a dedicated phone that enabled the leaders of the US and the USSR to communicate with each other immediately in a crisis after 1963?

• an early version of face-time

• a hot line

• satellite television

• open computer access between the nations

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 type of government did Fidel Castro implement once he gained control of Cuba

• Communist

• Democratcic

• Republican

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy