JFK + the Cold War

Some historians argue that the invention of _____ helped JFK to win the very close election of 1960.

• radio

• sonar

• television

• satellites

Who did JFK defeat to win the 1960 Election?

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

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 World War III.

• 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 ____.

• communist, West Berlin

• the border between Berlin and Munich

• democratic, West Berlin

• the railways go into East Berlin

The purpose of the Berlin Wall was to _____.

• encourage East Germans to move to West Berlin

• counteract the Berlin Airlift

• recruit more communists to the democratic cause in West Berlin

• Prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin

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

• Peace Corps
• AFP
• VISTA
• Great Society

The successful launch and orbit of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union in the 1950s prompted ____ in the 1960s.

• Need to employ Nazis scientists to keep them from working for the Soviets

• The establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the increase of funding for science and mathematics in schools

• United States' desire to develop a space station orbiting the Earth

• Increased global tension and insecurity due to the Cuban Missile Crisis

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Leon Trotsky

• Vladmir Lenin

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev