Unit 8-2 (Kennedy & LBJ)

Match the following

• President at start of Cold War - obtained truce in Korean War - Interstate Highway System

• John F. Kennedy

• Implemented the New Deal to help w/Great Depression - President during WW2

• Herbert Hoover

• Represented the youth - won w/help of black vote - NASA

• Harry Truman

• President during the Stock Market Crash of 1929 - believed in rugged individualism

• Dwight Eisenhower

• President at end of WW2 - known for making orders to drop atomic bombs in Japan

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by -

• ordering a naval blockade of Cuba

• asking Congress to declare war on Cuba

• authorizing military strikes on strategic targets in Cuba

• seeking United Nations approval for economic sanctions against Cuba

What was the famous quote from John F Kennedy's Inaugural Address?

• Ask what you can do for your country, not what your country can do for you.

• Ask what your country can do for you, not what you can do for your country.

• Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

• Don't ask what you can do for your country, ask what your country can do for you.

The factor that may have most helped JFK win the Election of 1960 was

• He was Catholic

• He looked good during the TV debates

• He was known to be the most experienced candidate

• He was friendly with Fidel Castro

The best way to describe the outcome of the Bay of Pigs Invasion is

• It was successful
• It was a disaster
• It was never attempted
• It proved to be a success years later

Who was the more experienced candidate in the 1960 presidential election?

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Who  assassinated Kennedy?

• Jacqueline Kennedy

• The Government

• Lee Harvey Osawald

LBJ’s plan for the Great Society included which of the following?

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act

• Jim Crow Laws

• Medicare

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

• To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin

• To stop communism from spreading

• To blockade Berlin from obtaining supplies

• To stop West Germans from fleeing to East Berlin

Which president created the Great Society?

• FDR

• Truman

• Johnson

• JKF