JFK & Cold War

Who did JFK defeat to win the 1960 Election?

• Richard Nixon
• Dwight Eisenhower
• Lyndon Johnson
• Harry Truman

The factor that may have most helped JFK win the Election of 1960 was

• He was Catholic
• He looked good during the TV debates
• He was known to be the most experienced candidate
• He was friendly with Fidel Castro

JFK ran for President in what year?

• 1955

• 1959

• 1960

• 1965

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

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

Soviet missiles found here almost caused WWIII

• Cuba
• Turkey
• East Berlin
• Dominican Republican

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

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

The Berlin Wall was built around

• East Berlin to separate from West Berlin
• Berlin to separate from East Germany
• West Berlin to separate from East Germany
• Berlin to separate from West Germany

The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to

• East Germans from fleeing to East Berlin
• West Germans from fleeing to East Berlin
• West Germans from fleeing to West Berlin
• Prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin

Which of the following was an example of Kennedy's New Frontier program?

• Forceful containment of communism
• Peace Corps
• Military interventions in Latin America to protect democracies
• Developing greater nuclear capabilities

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

• Peace Corps
• AFP
• VISTA
• Great Society