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Kennedy & Cold War

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Kennedy won the Election in

a)

1956

b)

1960

c)

1964

d)

1962

2.
He became the new ruler in Cuba
a)
Fulgencio Batista
b)
Nikita Khrushchev
c)
Fidel Castro
d)
Robert Kennedy
3.
The Bay of Pigs was 
a)
a successful invasion on the northern side of Cuba
b)
a failed invasion on the northern side of Cuba
c)
a successful invasion on the southern side of Cuba
d)
a failed invasion on the southern side of Cuba
4.
What did the US Navy establish around Cuba?
a)
A naval blockade
b)
Bases
c)
Missiles
d)
Ship Ports
5.
What is the extra (secret) part of the agreement?
a)
US will pay USSR $1 million
b)
USSR admits US is superior
c)
Cuba will be US #1 trade partner
d)
US will take missiles out of Turkey
6.

In what city was JFK assassinated?

a)

Seattle

b)

Dallas

c)

New Orleans

d)

Chicago

7.

Who allegedly killed JFK?

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Osama Bin Laden

c)

Lee Harvey Oswald

d)

William McKinley

8.

What building did the gunman shoot JFK from?

a)

American Airlines Arena

b)

Texas Stadium

c)

The Texas Schoolbook Depository

d)

The Key Bank Tower

9.

What group investigated the incident?

a)

The NAACP

b)

The Kennedy Commission

c)

The Warren Commission

d)

The Equal Opportunity Task Force

10.

Who was sworn in after the killing?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

George H.W. Bush

11.
The Warren Commission determined that
a)
Secret Service agents skillfully saved others in motorcade
b)
Multiple shooters were involved in assassination
c)
Cuban or Soviet agents were likely involved in plot
d)
Oswald acted alone in the plot
12.
Who did JFK defeat to win the 1960 Election?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Dwight Eisenhower
c)
Lyndon Johnson
d)
Harry Truman
13.
The factor that may have most helped JFK win the Election of 1960 was
a)
He was Catholic
b)
He looked good during the TV debates
c)
He was known to be the most experienced candidate
d)
He was friendly with Fidel Castro
14.
What religion was President John F. Kennedy, which caused Americans to worry 
a)
Roman Catholic 
b)

Jewish

c)
Protestant 
d)

Quaker

15.
What was one of JFK's plans that failed during his presidency?
a)
Space Program
b)
Cuban missile crisis
c)
Civil Rights movement
d)
Bay of Pigs
16.
Who assassinated JFK according to police?
a)
The mafia
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Lee Harvey Oswald
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
17.
From what state was JFK elected President?
a)
New York
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Ohio
18.
Who was the Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a)
Mikhail Gorbachev
b)
Boris Yeltsin
c)
Nikita Khruschev
19.

What was Kennedy's political party?

a)

Nazi.

b)

Republican.

c)

Democratic

d)

Union.

20.

Who did President Kennedy make Attorney General

a)

Dean Rusk

b)

Robert Kennedy

c)

Jack Ruby

d)

Lyndon Johnson

21.
Nikita Khrushchev had this built to keep Eastern Germans from fleeing to the democratic West Germany 
a)
Iron Curtain 
b)
Bay of Pigs 
c)
Berlin Wall
d)
Great Wall of China 
22.

This was created by President Kennedy to provide assistance to developing nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America( 3rd World Nations)

a)

Peace Corp

b)

Alliance for Progress

c)

Pencils of Promise

d)

American Peace Association

23.
The program that sent $12 billion to Latin American countries hoping they would not turn to Communism like Cuba did 
a)
Latin American Hope Project 
b)
Anti-Communist Peace Corp
c)
Alliance for Progress
d)
Peace Corp
24.
What did Khrushchev promise if Kennedy disarmed the missiles in Turkey, and not invade Cuba again?
a)
He promised no not launch the missiles
b)
He promised to dismantle the sites in Cuba
c)
He promised to give the US half of Cuba
d)
He promised to do nothing
25.
The part of Germany that was poor and controlled by the Soviet Union was _____.
a)
North Germany
b)
South Germany
c)
East Germany
d)
West Germany
26.

How did the US discover that nuclear missile sites were being constructed in Cuba?

a)

from American CIA spies in Cuba posing as farmers

b)

from US spy satellites

c)

from listening in on secret Soviet-Cuban radio transmissions

d)

the British intercepted the telegram which outlined the nuclear missile project in Cuba

e)

from photographs taken from an American U-2 spy plane

27.

Where would you find a Peace Corp volunteer?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Australia

d)

Cambodia

28.

American Policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world

a)

Iron Curtain

b)

Containment

c)

Domino theory

d)

Quartaine

29.

What option did the military support in the Cuban Missile Crisis ?

a)

Diplomacy

b)

Blockade

c)

Airstrikes

30.

What was EXCOMM?

a)

choice given to Kennedy during Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

accused assassin

c)

committee set up during the crisis to assist Kennedy with possible solutions

d)

investigated the death of Kennedy

31.

For what reason was Kennedy in Dallas, Texas?

a)

to receive an award

b)

to campaign for re election

c)

to debate Richard Nixon

d)

to meet with Soviet offiicals

32.

Who else was wounded on Nov. 22nd?

a)

Mrs. Kenendy

b)

VP Lyndon Johnson

c)

Gov. John Connally

d)

Attorney General Robert Kennedy

33.

The 1960 election was a landslide win for Kennedy.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Why call the blockade a quarantine?

a)

Blockade is an act of war

b)

didn't have enough ships for a blockade

c)

Soviets would not know what we were planning

d)

it was surprise option

35.

What was flexible response?

a)

Option during Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

Kennedy's tax plan

c)

Kennedy's foreign policy plan to have variety of options available

d)

Kennedy's choice in Bay of Pigs to send in exiles

36.

If Soviets attack the Untied States during the Cuban Missile Crisis..this where we feared they would attack

a)

Korea

b)

Berlin

c)

Vietnam

d)

China

37.

Who filmed the assassination of John F. Kennedy?

a)

Jack Ruby

b)

JD Tippits

c)

John Connally

d)

Abraham Zapruder

38.

What was being sent to 3rd World nations via the Peace Corps?

a)

Money

b)

Weapons

c)

Volunteers (people)

d)

Machinery

39.

Who was sent to make the final deal with the Soviet Union to end the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a)

Dean Rusk

b)

Robert Oswald

c)

Robert Kennedy

d)

Ken O'Donnell

40.

What event turned many voters in Kennedy's direction in the fall of 1960?

a)

Moon Landing

b)

TV Debates

c)

End of the Cuban Missile Crisis

d)

Sending troops to Berlin

41.

What was being sent in the Alliance for Progress?

a)

Weapons

b)

People

c)

Money

d)

Food

42.

Which happened first ?

a)

EXCOMM formed

b)

Spy Plane taking pictures of the missiles

43.

Who did Kennedy sent to make the deal with the Soviets to end the Cuban Missiles Crisis?

a)

Ken O Donnell

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Dean Rusk

d)

Robert Kenendy

44.

Which happened first?

a)

Blockade line in effect

b)

Pilot shot down over Cuba

45.

Where was the Alliance for Progress sending aid to?

a)

European countries

b)

African countries

c)

Southern rural areas

d)

Central and Southern American countries

46.

Which option during the Cuban Missile Crisis did the military want the President to choose?

a)

Blockade

b)

Invasion/Air Strikes

c)

Diplomacy

d)

Talks with Germany

47.

Kennedy's most obvious foreign policy disaster...

a)

Vietnam War

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Bay of Pigs

d)

Korean War

48.
What countries were in the conflict?
a)
The U.S, Russia, and Cuba
b)
The U.S, Germany, the Soviet Union
c)
Cuba, The U.S, and the Soviet Union.
d)
The U.S and Cuba

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