F&C: Kennedy & Cold War

Match the following

• Ideological War

• Goal: Have more and stronger weapons than your opponent

• Space Race

• Stalin/ Khrushchev/ Brezhnev

• Communism/ Authoritarian

• Cold War

• Arms Race

• Truman/ Eisenhower/ Kennedy/ Johnson/ Nixon

• Capitalism/ Democracy

• Goal: A Man on the Moon

Which of the following programs was used to improve living conditions in foreign countries?

• The Peace Corps

• The War on Poverty

• NASA

• Vista

Answer explanation

Not only was this helpful to other countries, but it also was aimed to look friendlier towards countries that could possibly turn communist

The Cuban Missile Crisis is an example of the successful use of which Cold War policy?

• Brinkmanship
• Containment
• Truman Doctrine
• Eisenhower Doctrine

Why did Kennedy expand the space program?

• to bolster the nation's prestige and power in the face of several foreign policy setbacks

• in order to install nuclear weapons in space

• to fulfill his campaign promise to put a man on the moon

• to shift the focus away from his domestic policy failures

What became the name for JFK's response to the Cold War that called for the buildup of CONVENTIONAL weapons?

• Flexible Response

• Brinkmanship

• Hard Response

• If you look at me funny, I'm going to Nuke you!

What FAILED (Ineffective) invasion of Cuba was led by Cuban exiles in an attempt to overthrow the socialist government?

• Bay of Turtles

• Bay of Horses

• Bay of Pigs

• Bay of Dogs

Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?  

• To keep people from escaping to West Germany  
• To keep people from West Germany coming into East Germany 
• As a fortification to keep enemies out of the city 
• All of the above

Match the following

• Type of missile delivery system

• MAD

• Failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro

• ICBM

• The closest the US has come to nuclear war..so far

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• The only realistic result of nuclear war

• Sputnik

• First satellite launched into orbit

• Bay of Pigs

How did JFK respond to the news that the Soviets had placed nuclear weapon installations in Cuba?

• Asking the United Nations to approve economic sanctions for Cuba

• Blockading ships from entering or exiting Cuba

• Closing the US border

• Asking Congress to declare war on Cuba

Why were Americans frightened when they heard about the two Sputniks?

• They realized that the Soviets had better space technology.

• They thought that the Soviets might use satellites to carry weapons to the USA.

• President Nixon knew the USA's position of power was in jeopardy.

• They knew the Soviets had perfected the bomb and were planning to use it.