JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, and Carter Politics Bank

Part of the reason Kennedy defeated Nixon was because of how he appeared:

• Radio

• TV

• Online

• In movies

The Bay of Pigs was a political ___________ for Kennedy.

• Party

• Debate

• Victory

• Humiliation

The Cuban Missile Crisis involved:

• Kennedy, Khruschev & Castro

• Johnson, Khruschev & Castro

• Kennedy, Stalin & Castro

• Kennedy, Stalin & Carter

Detente was about:

• Easing tensions between the US and USSR

• Increasing tensions between the US and USSR

• Punishing the USSR

• Containing the USSR

The Watergate Scandal resulted in President __________ resignation.

• Kennedy's

• Johnson's

• Nixon's

• Ford's

Match the following

• Space Race

• Truman/ Eisenhower/ Kennedy/ Johnson/ Nixon

• Communism/ Authoritarian

• Cold War

• Ideological War

• Goal: Have more and stronger weapons than your opponent

• Arms Race

• Stalin/ Khrushchev/ Brezhnev

• Capitalism/ Democracy

• Goal: A Man on the Moon

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

Why did Kennedy expand the space program?

• to bolster the nation's prestige and power in the face of several foreign policy setbacks

• in order to install nuclear weapons in space

• to fulfill his campaign promise to put a man on the moon

• to shift the focus away from his domestic policy failures

What became the name for JFK's response to the Cold War that called for the buildup of CONVENTIONAL weapons?

• Flexible Response

• Brinkmanship

• Hard Response

• If you look at me funny, I'm going to Nuke you!