President Kennedy

The factor that may have most helped John F. Kennedy win the Election of 1960 was

• He was a practicing Catholic

• His appearance during the first televised presidential debates

• He was known to be the most experienced candidate

• His desire to contain communism in Europe and South America

​ ​ ​ (a)   provides free healthcare to the elderly, and ​ (b)   provides free healthcare to the poor.

• Medicare
• Medicaid
• Obamacare

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President ____ and Soviet leader ____ almost took the world into a nuclear war.

• Carter, Brezhnev

• Reagan, Gorbachev

• Johnson, Khrushchev

• Kennedy, Khrushchev

Which country helped Fidel Castro build Cuba into a communist country?

• Mexico

• Soviet Union

• United States

• Venezuela

Which American President was a huge supporter of the US joining the space race and determined to get the first man on the moon?

• President Bush

• President Nixon

• President Reagan

• President Kennedy

To prevent a nuclear war, US and USSR decided to do

• nothing

• set up a hot line

• buy more weapons

Which term completes this text box?

• Hawk mentality

• Credibility gap

• Living-room war

• Flexible response

The Cuban Missile Crisis involved:

• Kennedy, Khruschev & Castro

• Johnson, Khruschev & Castro

• Kennedy, Stalin & Castro

• Kennedy, Stalin & Carter

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