JFK Years

JFK Years

11th Grade

69 Qs

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JFK Years

JFK Years

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11th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was a major foreign policy backfire for the Kennedy Administration?

Bay of Pigs invasion

Cuban Missile Crisis

Moon Landing

Space Race

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the US blockade of Cuba?

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?

Soviets removed the missiles in Cuba in response to a U.S. blockade

United States responded by placing missiles of its own in China

United States declared war on the Soviet Union

Break up of the Soviet Union into independent countries

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

United States President, John F. Kennedy and Soviet Union Premier, Nikita Khrushchev The political cartoon is about which conflict?

Cuban Missile Crisis

Desegregation

Korean War

Vietnam War

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was a primary cause of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?

direct, armed conflict between the two nations

the founding of the United Nations

a deep reduction in military expenditures

a competition for political influence over other countries

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did the "Bay of Pigs" failure lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Khruschev believed the United States was too weak to oppose Soviet expansion into Cuba

Kennedy announced a blockade of Cuba following the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion

Castro protested his country's being used as a tool for the Cold War & asked Khrushchev to intervene

The Bay of Pigs troops were used to build the missile bases

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement best describes the Cuban Missile Crisis? 

The Soviets let the Cuban government borrow their missiles to scare the US. 
US planes spotted Soviet missiles in Cuba and were worried they would be launched to attack the US. 
The US gave Cuba missiles to use against the Soviets. 
Cuba threatened to place an embargo on the US.

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