1960-1965 Unit Review - JFK

Why did Kennedy cancel air support for the Bay of Pigs invasion?

• to keep US involvement a secret

• to avoid going to war with Cuba

• to withdraw his support for the overthrow of Castro's gov't

• to give the operation a better chance to succeed

When it came to the space race. What did Kennedy want the US to be the first to do?

• Put a man in space

• Put a woman into space

• Put a man on the moon

• Put a satellite into space

Who was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1960?

• Barry Goldwater

• John Kennedy

• Lyndon Johnson

• Richard Nixon

During John F Kennedy's time as President the Soviet Union became allies with...

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Philippines

• Mexico

The Cuban communist leader was

• Fidel Castro

• Nikita Khrushchev

• John F Kennedy

In 1961 the American CIA tried to support Cuban revolutionaries in a failed uprising against the communist USSR backed Cuba, this was known as...

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cuban Revolution

• Bay of Pigs

• Bay of Cuba

In October 1962 American CIA photographed what in communist Cuba?

• Machine gun nests

• Concentration Camps

• Nuclear missile bases

• Mass amounts of troops

After receiving the images from the CIA, President Kennedy ordered a

• Full on invasion of Cuba

• Naval Blockade around Cuba

• A missile launch at Soviet Union

Which of the following BEST aligns with the ending of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• America bombs parts of satellite communist nations to scare USSR

• USSR tries to launch the the missiles but they fail to launch ending the crisis

• USSR and America back off and agree to not use Cuba as a weapons holder

The Warren Commission report stated that the assassin of JFK was

• Jack Ruby

• Lyndon B Johnson

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• The CIA