JFK Quiz Review

JFK Quiz Review

9th Grade

21 Qs

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JFK Quiz Review

JFK Quiz Review

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

The Soviet Union

China

The United States

The United Kingdom

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

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