Cold War 1960s & Prev

What event was unique to the 1960 Presidential election?

• First Democratic Candidate elected to the Presidency.

• First Televised Debate

• Last Republican nominated for the Presidency

• No Vice-Presidential Candidates on the Ticket

1963: to improve communication between the White House and Kremlin, Kennedy installed

• the A-line

• the red line

• the nuclear line

• the hot line

Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis:

• Lech Walesa

• Mikhael Gorbachev

• Nikita Khruschev

• Leonid Brezhnev

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

• To blockade Berlin from obtaining supplies

• To stop East Germans from fleeing West Berlin

• To stop communism from spreading

• To anger the United States

Which President created the Peace Corps by executive order?

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry S. Truman

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard M. Nixon

How did America react to the USSR putting the first man in space

• Indifference

• Prideful

• Determined to Win

• Military Action

The first satellite launched into space was

• Apollo I

• Apollo II

• Discovery

• Sputnik

Which area of the world benefitted from the Marshall Plan?

• Eastern Europe

• Western Europe

• Asia

• South America

Kennedy's domestic programs were nicknamed

• The New Deal

• The Fair deal

• The New Frontier

• The Fair Frontier

The Alliance for Progress was intended to improve the level of economic well-being in

• Latin America

• Africa

• Caribbean

• Western Europe