WorksheetsJFK (Domestic & Foreign)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
For the first time in US history, the election of 1960 featured
no Republican candidate for president
the use of TV ads to support candidates
a national TV debate between candidates
a third party candidate
JFK's plan for improving America was called the
Fair Deal
Dynamic Conservatism
New Frontier
Great Society
Which of the following was NOT a part of JFK's plan for improving America?
a flexible response in military issues
landing a man on the moon by the end of the 1960's
formation of the Peace Corps
passage of the Civil Rights Act
Which of the following was NOT a major civil rights event during JFK's term of office?
March on Washington
Little Rock Nine integrating Central High School
admission of James Meredith to the University of Mississippi
Project C to integrate Birmingham, AL
Which idea/person is NOT associated with the other three?
Freedom Rides through the South
John Lewis
Bull Connor
I Have a Dream Speech
This man led a communist takeover of Cuba in 1959.
Nikita Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Ngo Dinh Diem
Lee Harvery Oswald
The US backed invasion of Cuba in 1961 to overthrow Castro was called the
Cuban Missile Crisis
Tet Offensive
Bay of Pigs
Guantanamo Bay
The event that brought the Cold War closest to a direct conflict was the
sending of US troops to South Vietnam
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs Invasion
building of the Berlin Wall
The event that resulted from the summit meeting in Vienna between JFK & Khrushchev was the
Berlin Airlift
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Cuban Missile Crisis
building of the Berlin Wall
What was JFK's major decision in regard to the conflict in Vietnam?
divide Vietnam into North & South
send 16,000 US advisers
make a personal visit to the country to talk peace
encourage the protests by Buddhist monks against the government of South Vietnam
Who assassinated JFK?
Jack Ruby
Fidel Castro
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ngo Dinh Diem
What encouraged JFK to support environmental protection?
finding of pollutants in the forests of California
various TV programs that showed the state of the nation's air quality
a book written by Rachel Carson on the quality of water
a Congressional report on the bad state of the environment
Who killed the assassin of JFK?
Jack Ruby
Fidel Castro
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ngo Dinh Diem
Who ran against JFK in the election of 1960?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Henry Wallace
When JFK was assassinated, this man became the next president.
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Truman
