Mod 14 & 15

Who were the 2 candidates in the 1960 election?

• Kennedy and Johnson

• Eisenhower and Nixon

• Truman and Kennedy

• Kennedy and Nixon

What event caused JFK to want to get to the moon before the Soviet Union?

• The U2 incident

• The Bay of Pigs

• The launching of Sputnik

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

What was Kennedy's religion?

• Muslim

• Protestant

• Catholic

Who was the woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Shirley Chilsholm

• Coretta Scott King

What Supreme Court decision said that school segregation was unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

What leader called for non violent protests during the civil rights movement?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

What event in August of 1963 drew 250,000 people in support of freedom and equality?

• The death of MLK

• the March on Washington

• the death of JFK

What Supreme Court case created the "separate but equal" precedent?

• Roe v. Wade

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

What is the New Frontier?

• An organization that provides aid to 3rd world countries

• The name of Kennedy's plan for the country during his presidency

What is the Bay of Pigs?

• A failed invasion of Cuba and brings embarrassment to the JFK administration

• The race between the US and the Soviets to get to the moon