JFK Years

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

President John F. Kennedy supported the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba as an effort to...

• remove a communist dictator from power

• stop the flow of illegal drugs to the United States

• support Fidel Castro’s efforts for reform

• rescue hostages held by Cuban freedom fighters

This chart gives information about the wages of men and women since President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963.

Based on the information in this chart, how has this law impacted women?

• The law led to an increase in the wage gap between men and women.

• The law resulted in some improvement in economic equality, but a gap still exists.

• The law was immediately successful, and the income gap closed.

• The law resulted in men’s salaries being reduced to close the gap

This is an excerpt from an executive order signed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961.

What organization was created by this executive order?

• AmeriCorps

• National Organization of Women

• Peace Corps

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee