JFK and LBJ Poster Quiz

A friendly domestic/foreign policy that looked to send Americans to third world countries in the fields of Medicine, Agriculture and Education

• the Truman Doctrine

• the Marshall Plan

• the Berlin Wall

• the Peace Corps

President Kennedy's domestic program that Americans had to understand that in order to get through future obstacles and perils, sacrifices had to be made.

• New Deal

• New Frontier

• Final Frontier

• Great Society

Which of the following is NOT a goal of Kennedy's domestic program?

• increasing taxes

• improving the economy

• reforming healthcare and education

• improving civil rights for African Americans

Led a revolution in Cuba in 1959 to overthrow brutal Batista dictatorship-Became a pro Soviet Communist Nation. Kennedy attempted to kill him in what is known as the Bay of Pigs Incident.

• Barry Goldwater

• Lyndon B Johnson

• Joseph Mcarthy

• Fidel Castro

Plan to overthrow Castro which became an embarrassment for Kennedy when our CIA Operatives were captured by Fidel Castro's government

• Bay of Pigs

• NASA

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cuban Blockade

The Event which placed the United States and USSR at the brink of War over Missiles in Cuba is known as ____________. Kennedy solved the problem by placing a blockade on Cuba and promising to stop the assassination attempts on Castro.

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Cuban Blockade

• League of Nations

• Treaty of Versailles

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 of the following is true about the Berlin Wall?

• It was built to stop the spread of communism

• It was built to stop people from leaving the Eastern Block of Germany

• It was built to keep people from Eastern Germany out of Western Germany

• It was built to make Germany Great again

President Johnson's plan to create opportunities for all Americans and to bring and end to Poverty in America

• Space Race

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• Medicare

Medicare was a program that was a part of Johnson's domestic strategy aimed at his __________. It looked to aid the elderly with medical insurance and medicine.

• combating big pharma

• "war on poverty"

• ending federal segregation

• stopping communism in Asia