JFK Review

Kennedy defeated _______ to win in 1960

• Nixon

• Eisenhower

• Ford

• Johnson

Many people feel JFK won the election of 1960 because

• He looked good on TV

• He took a solid stance on Civil Rights

• He was energetic and appealed to the future

• All of the above

This event is the closest we have ever come to nuclear war

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Tet Offensive

• Vietnam War

What was one of JFK's plans that failed during his presidency?

• Space Program
• Cuban missile crisis
• Civil Rights movement
• Bay of Pigs

The goal of the Bay of Pigs incident was

• Overthrow of Nikita Khrushchev
• Removal of nuclear missile sites
• Protection of communism in Europe
• Overthrow of Fidel Castro

Which was NOT a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Removal of missiles from Cuba & Turkey
• Treaty agreeing to reduce nuclear capacities
• U.S. promise to not invade Cuba
• Establish a hotline between U.S. & U.S.S.R.

Which of the following was NOT part of JFK's New Frontier program?

• Establish new programs to root out Cold War spies in U.S. government
• Make advances in space technology
• Increase minimum wage & Social Security benefits
• Aid foreign nations with programs to prevent poverty

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

Who took over the presidency after JFK was assassinated?

• Lyndon B Johnson
• Leonard Neemoy
• Abraham Lincoln
• John F Kennedy