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JFK & LBJ

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John F. Kennedy became the youngest President to be elected into office his domestic plan was known as:

a)

New Deal

b)

New Frontier

c)

Space Race

d)

Cuban Missile Crisis

2.

The program to aid the elderly with Medical Care and Hospital benefits, Physician assistance was known as

a)

Social Security

b)

Medicare

c)

Medicaid

d)

New Deal

3.

The Event which placed the United States and USSR at the brink of War over Missiles in Cuba is known as:

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Cuban Blockade

c)

League of Nations

d)

Treaty of Versailles

4.

American Volunteers who went to Africa, Asia, and Latin America to share skills

a)

Green Berets

b)

Alliance for Progress

c)

Medicare

d)

Peace Corps

5.

Led a revolution in Cuba in 1959 to overthrow brutal Batista dictatorship-Became a pro Soviet Communist Nation

a)

Barry Goldwater

b)

Lyndon B Johnson

c)

Joseph Mcarthy

d)

Fidel Castro

6.

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

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

NASA

c)

Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Cuban Blockade

7.

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

a)

Space Race

b)

New Frontier

c)

Great Society

d)

Medicare

8.

LBJ's Great Society failed because the U.S. Government was forced to redirect funds to:

a)

Vietnam War

b)

NASA

c)

Cuba

d)

Peace Corps

9.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 were both signed into law by President

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

Barry Goldwater

d)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

10.

Great Society Programs included:

a)

Head Start

b)

Job Corps

c)

HUD (Housing)

d)

Medicare

e)

All of the Above

11.

President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by

a)

ordering a naval blockade of Cuba

b)

asking Congress to declare war on Cuba

c)

authorizing military strikes on strategic targets in Cuba

d)

seeking United Nations approval for economic sanctions against Cuba

12.

The law which requires for U.S. Businesses, Universities and Employers to actively recruit minorities is called

a)

24th Amendment

b)

Affirmative Action

c)

Suffrage

d)

NAACP

13.

24th Amendment to the Constitution:

a)

Outlawed Alcohol

b)

Created Voting Rights for Women

c)

Eliminated Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests

d)

Created Term Limits for Presidents

14.

After the assassination of President Kennedy....Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn into office effectively using the _____ Amendment of the Constitution of the United States

a)

23

b)

24

c)

25

d)

26

15.

The United States began a trade embargo against Cuba in the 1960's to-

a)

encourage political change in Cuba

b)

promote domestic industries in Cuba

c)

motivate Cubans to immigrate to the United States

d)

end the domination of the sugar industry in Cuba