JFK/LBJ - Part 1

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

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

What of the following is true about the Berlin Wall?

• It was built to stop the spread of communism

• It was built to stop people from leaving the Eastern Block of Germany

• It was built to keep people from Eastern Germany out of Western Germany

• It was built to make Germany Great again

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.