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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 4hrs 15mins
Who won the 1960 presidential election?
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Why is the 1960 presidential election significant?
First televised presidential debate
First time two communists run for president
First time two candidates agreed with each other
First time two Republicans run for president
What did JFK challenge Americans to do in his inaugural speech with these words: "Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country."
Protest more
Pay higher taxes
Get involved in helping others
Join the military
What is the name for JFK's legislative agenda?
New Deal
New Frontier
Great Society
Fresh Start
Which of the following is NOT one of JFK's successes?
War on Poverty
Special Olympics
Equal Pay Act
Spending on space exploration
Which JFK program made up of volunteers included helping people in developing nations?
Public Works Administration
Space Exploration
Peace Corps
Special Olympics
What court named after the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court expanded the rights of individual Americans?
The People's Court
Warren Court
Kennedy Court
Food Court
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!
Who was the socialist revolutionary leader who took control of Cuba and had close ties to the Soviet Union?
Benito Mussolini
Nikita Krushchev
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
What FAILED (Ineffective) invasion of Cuba was led by Cuban exiles in an attempt to overthrow the socialist government?
Bay of Turtles
Bay of Horses
Bay of Pigs
Bay of Dogs
Why did President Kennedy cancel airsport for the Bay of Pigs invasion?
He wanted to keep the U.S.'s involvement a secret
He wanted to use nuclear weapons
He wanted to use the U.S. Navy
He wanted to make the Soviet Union happy
How did President Kennedy respond to the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba?
Threatened to use nuclear weapons to get the Soviet Union to remove the missiles
Ordered U.S. naval blockade of Cuba
Did nothing
Asked other nations to help make a deal with the Soviets
Which of the following was NOT part of the agreement to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?
U.S. promised to never invade Cuba
U.S. removes missiles from Turkey
Soviet Union removes missiles from Cuba
U.S. removes missiles from Florida
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Leika
Yuri Gargarian
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
Who was JFK's vice-president who becomes president once he is assassinated?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Who was the 24 year-old ex-Marine accused of assassinating President Kennedy?
Jack Ruby
Earl Warren
Neil Armstrong
Lee Harvey Oswald
What did the Warren Commission decide about President Kennedy's assassination?
There had to be more than one shooter
Oswald was the only shooter
The CIA was involved
The mafia was involved
