JFK

What is the line in Kennedy's inaugural address he is famous for?

• Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country
• I walk slowly, but I never walk backward
• The only man who makes no mistake is the man who does nothing
• I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love  with liberty

How did TV affect the 1960 presidential election?

• Ike's personality on TV enabled him to rise in the polls

• JFK out debated Nixon in the first televised debate

• Nixon was able to show his easygoing manner giving speeches on TV

• the candidates were able to show their homes on TV proving they were just like us

He became the new ruler in Cuba

• Fulgencio Batista
• Nikita Khrushchev
• Fidel Castro
• Robert Kennedy

The Bay of Pigs was 

• a successful invasion on the northern side of Cuba
• a failed invasion on the northern side of Cuba
• a successful invasion on the southern side of Cuba
• a failed invasion on the southern side of Cuba

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

Where did the US have nuclear missiles?

•  China
•  Turkey
• Yugoslavia
• Mexico

What was the event that brought the US the closest to WWIII

• Berlin Crisis

• Bay of pigs

• Dien Bien phu

• Cuban Missile Crisis

What was the term that JFK used to define the surrounding of Cuba with American warships during the Cuban Missile Crisis

• Blockade

• Containment

• Quarantine

• Stranglehold

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