Kennedy and Johnson

How did Kennedy respond to the build up of missiles in Cuba?

• Declared war on the Soviets
• Increased the draft
• Invaded Cuba
• Blockade of Soviet ships

Who was the man who took over Cuba during 1959?

• Nikita Krushchev

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• Che Guevera

• Fidel Castro

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

Some critics complained that the Great Society programs

• gave the rich too many tax breaks
• gave the federal government too much power
• paid too little attention to health care
• favored rural over urban citizens

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 came to an end when

• Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its nuclear missiles from Cuba

• CIA-backed rebels were defeated by the Cuban army at the Bay of Pigs

• United Nations allowed the US to install nuclear missiles in Key West

• Nuclear disarmament plan for the US and the Soviet Union was agreed upon

The drastic increase in American troops strength in Vietnam in 1964 was caused directly by

• the Tet Offensive

• the Kennedy assassination

• the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• the election of Richard Nixon

This was the attempted overthrow of the Communist Government and Fidel Castro in 1960 /1961?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Apollo Mission

• Project Armageddon

• Bay of Pigs

Kennedy's plan to train Cuban exiles in an attempt to invade Cuba and remove Castro from power. The invasion was unsuccessful.

• Vietnam War

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Soviet Union built military missile launch sites in Cuba. JFK – blockaded Cuba and threatened to invade unless the Soviets withdraw from Cuba. Soviets agree.

• Tet Offensive

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

What was the purpose of the US blockade (quarantine) of Cuba?

• Prevent missiles and military equipment from making it to Cuba.

• Prevent missiles and military equipment from going out
• Torture the Cubans into submission
• Torture the Cubans so that they will fight the Russians