1960's

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

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

Kennedy's most obvious foreign policy disaster....

• Bay of Pigs

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Losing the Space Race to the USSR

• Vietnam War

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

• Latin America

• Africa

• Caribbean

• Western Europe

What was JFK's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Naval blockade of Cuba
• invade Cuba
• bomb U.S.S.R.
• Sign Treaty with Cuba and USSR

The program that provides volunteer assistance to the developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is:

• Peace Corps
• AFP
• VISTA
• Great Society

Who  assassinated Kennedy?

• Lyndon Johnson

• Cuban Exiles

• Lee Harvey Osawald

• Jack Ruby

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

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act

• Affirmative Action

• Medicare

Which crowning jewel of LBJ that still exists today is designed to aid needy elderly Americans?

• VISTA

• Medicare

• Model Cities

• Head Start

Cuban Exiles were trained to fight for freedom and overthrow communist dictator Fidel Castro during what failed historical event?

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• The Spanish American War

• Pueblo Incident