JFK NEW FRONTIER

In decisions such as ENGEL v.VITALE the Supreme Court handed down decisions that reaffirmed the separation of _______ and state.

• state

• church

• sky

• school

Although the ________ Party enjoyed large majorities in both houses of Congress, Kennedy was unable to push through many of his domestic programs.

• DEMOCRATIC

• REPUBLICAN

• LIBERTARIAN

• NAZI

During the space race, Kennedy’s goal for America was to be the first to _______________________.

• build a space station.

• land a man on the moon.

• put a man into orbit.

• put a man into space.

On April 17, 1961, armed Cuban exiles wanted to take back Cuba from CASTRO so they planned on landing on the south coast at ________________.

• BAY OF PIGS

• HAVANA

• NEW YORK

• MEXICO

President Kennedy pushed for a buildup of conventional troops and weapons that would allow the United States to fight a war anywhere in the world at anytime is called _____________________.

• a flexible response.

• a rigid response.

• nuclear threats.

• nuclear weapons.

Kennedy canceled air support for the Bay of Pigs invasion in order to ________________________________ (HINT: Hush Hush on the Down Low!)

• avoid going to war with Cuba

• give the operation a better chance to succeed.

• keep the United States’s involvement a secret in taking over the country of CUBA.

• withdraw his support for the overthrow of Castro’s government.

The 13 day _______________________ contributed to Nikita Khrushchev’s fall from power in 1964 because it made him look weak.

• President Kennedy’s assassination

• the Bay of Pigs invasion

• the building of the Berlin Wall

• Cuban Missile Crisis

With Cold War tensions continuing to rise, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a ______ ______for dominance of the heavens to enhance their competitive positions on Earth.

• ARMS RACE

• SPACE RACE

• COLD WAR RACE

• WORLD WAR III

___________ built a wall through

------------ that blocked movement between the Soviet sector and the rest of the city in order to keep West Germany from using Berlin as a base from which to flood East Germany.

• JFK / MOSCOW

• Khrushchev / Berlin

• HITLER / BERLIN

• STALIN / MOSCOW

THERE WERE 6 SHOTS DURING THE JFK ASSASSINATION!

• TRUE

• FALSE