JFK Quiz Review

What major event occurring in 1957 would begin the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union?

• The U.S. put a man on the moon

• The Soviets launched the first satellite into orbit named Sputnik

• The U.S. created NASA

• The Soviets placed the first astronaut into orbit around the earth.

President Kennedy treaded carefully during the Cuban Missile Crisis, choosing to establish a quarantine around Cuba rather than a naval blockade. Why?

• A quarantine could trap nuclear fallout from a missile strike

• President Kennedy believed that a blockade would not be effective enough

• Establishing a naval blockade is an act of war

• His advisors unanimously believed it was the best plan

Why has no one been able to definitely determine Lee Harvey Oswald's motive in shooting JFK?

• Oswald fled the country immediately after he assassinated Kennedy

• Oswald died of tuberculosis in prison before his trial was held.

• Oswald refused to cooperate with police and never confessed his motive.

• Oswald was killed before the police could investigate the assassination.

Supporters of the Warren Court in the 1950s and 1960s praised the Supreme Court because they ....

• promoted conservative ideas through its decisions

• established that the federal government should have more power than the states

• protected individual rights for every citizen in the United States

• effectively limited the power of both the federal and state governments.

The planned invasion of Cuba called the Bay of Pigs failed during Kennedy's presidency because....

• Castro was not removed from power

• Most of the invasion forces were killed or captured by the Cuban Army

• Anti-Castro Cubans living in Cuba did not rise up to assist in the invsaion

• All answers are correct

This country was the very first to launch an astronaut into space. Name it.

• The Soviet Union

• China

• The United States

• The United Kingdom

After the Cuban Missile Crisis concluded with no war between the superpowers, what things changed? (2 correct answers)

• A hotline was created between the US and the USSR for better communication

• The Soviet Union invaded West Germany

• The Soviet Union and the United States signed a nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• Cuba was annexed as an American territory

The Warren Court determined that police must read a criminal suspect their rights under ________________ of the law.

• equal rights

• due process

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

As the space race continued between the Soviets and Americans, the U.S. was the first to do this in 1969.

• American astronomers discovered the size and temperature of the sun

• American and Soviet astronauts orbited the earth together.

• American astronauts became the first humans to ever land on the moon.

• American astrophysicists were the first to determine the speed of light.

When the police arrest and cuff you, they are required to read you these.

• Gideon rights

• Miranda rights

• Mapp rights

• Engel rights