Kennedy and Johnson Years Review

Took over Cuba in 1956 and allied Cuba with the Soviet Union

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Fidel Castro

Kennedy's plan to train Cuban exiles in an attempt to invade Cuba and remove Castro from power. The invasion was unsuccessful.

• Vietnam War

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Soviet Union built military missile launch sites in Cuba. JFK – blockaded Cuba and threatened to invade unless the Soviets withdraw from Cuba. Soviets agree.

• Tet Offensive

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

Who said, "...ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country?"

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John F. Kennedy
• Robert Kennedy

Johnson declared unconditional war on poverty with his program he called the 

• New Deal
• New Frontier
• Great Society
• Great Programs

What cut communication between East Germany and West Germany?

• Cuban missiles
• Berlin Wall
• Guerrilla warfare
• Bay of Pigs

What group was developed to send volunteers to travel to poor countries to provide aid?

• Peace Corps
• VISTA
• Guerrilla Warfare
• Doves

What happened to end John F. Kennedy's presidency?

• He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
• He was impeached for improper behavior.
• He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
• He left office after only four years.

Which came first? 

• Bay of Pigs Invasion
• Cuban Missile Crisis

One reason the US feared a relationship between Cuba & the Soviets was

• Communism would spread to Greece & Turkey
• Communism would spread from Cuba to other Latin American countries
• The US might set off missiles in Europe
• Communism would be thwarted from here on out