JFK and the Cold War

Kennedy proposed the Alliance for Progress to improve relation between the United States and China

• True

• False

The Bay of Pigs action successfully pressured the Soviets into removing their missiles from Cuba

• True

• False

With Cold War tensions continuing to rise, the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a space race- vying for dominance of the heavens to enhance their competitive positions on Earth

• True

• False

Khrushchev built a wall through Berlin that blocked movement between the Soviet sector and the rest of the city to keep West Germany from using Berlin as a base from which to flood East Germany

• True

• False

On April 17, 1961, armed Cuban exiles landed on the south of Cuba at

• Havana

• New Delhi

• Santiago de Cuba

• the Bay of Pigs

President Kennedy pushed for a buildup of conventional troops and weapons that would allow the United States to fight a limited style of warfare with

• A flexible response

• A rigid response

• Nuclear threats

• Nuclear weapons

To improve relations between the United States and Latin America. President Kennedy proposed a series of cooperative aid projects with Latin American governments called

• La Brigada

• the Alliance for Progress

• the Bay of Pigs

• the Peace Corps

Kennedy canceled air support for the Bay of Pigs invasion to

• avoid going to war with Cuba

• give the operation a better chance to succeed

• keep the United States involvement secret

• withdraw his support for the overthrow of Castro's government

Which event contributed to Nikita Khrushchev's fall from power in 1964?

• President Kennedy's assassination

• the Bay of Pigs invasion

• the building of the Berlin Wall

• the Cuban missile crisis