JFK New Frontier

Who won the 1960 presidential election?

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

• John F. Kennedy

• Dwight Eisenhower

Why is the 1960 presidential election significant?

• First televised presidential debate

• First time two communists run for president

• First time two candidates agreed with each other

• First time two Republicans run for president

What is the name for JFK's legislative agenda?

• New Deal

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• Fresh Start

Which JFK program made up of volunteers included helping people in developing nations?

• Public Works Administration

• Space Exploration

• Peace Corps

• Special Olympics

What FAILED (Ineffective) invasion of Cuba was led by Cuban exiles in an attempt to overthrow the socialist government?

• Bay of Turtles

• Bay of Horses

• Bay of Pigs

• Bay of Dogs

How did President Kennedy respond to the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba?

• Threatened to use nuclear weapons to get the Soviet Union to remove the missiles

• Ordered U.S. naval blockade of Cuba

• Did nothing

• Asked other nations to help make a deal with the Soviets

Which of the following was a failed invasion of Cuban exiles in 1961 that made the Kennedy administration look incompetent?

• D-Day

• the Bay of Pigs

• the Cuban Missile Crisis

• the Gulf of Tonkin incident

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 was the name of Kennedy’s legislative agenda?

• the New Frontier

• the Peace Corps

• the Great Society

• the Fair Deal

What was the name of the program of volunteer assistance to Asia, Africa, and Latin America that was started in 1961? (and still continues today)

• the Peace Corps

• the Jobs Corps

• the Economic Opportunity Act

• the Alliance for Progress