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JFK & The New Frontier

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the purpose of Kennedy's Alliance for Progress program?

a)

to make him well liked in Europe

b)

offer aid to Latin-American countries

c)

help poor people in the US

d)

work with some countries to take over others

2.

What did the Soviets do in response to the military organization created to oppose them?

a)

created the Warsaw Pact

b)

attacked the Western nations

c)

ignored it

d)

asked to join it themselves

3.

Which person overthrew the dictator of Cuba and installed a communist government?

a)

JFK

b)

Ike

c)

Castro

d)

Batista

4.

Why was the "Bay of Pigs" disaster considered the biggest blunder in JFK's short presidency?

a)

it failed to successfully achieve the objective of assassinating Castro

b)

it allowed China to gain the island of Taiwan

c)

the USSR embarrassed the US at the Bay of Pigs

d)

the US lost an aircraft carrier in the naval battle

5.

How did TV affect the 1960 presidential election?

a)

Ike's personality on TV enabled him to rise in the polls

b)

JFK out debated Nixon in the first televised debate

c)

Nixon was able to show his easygoing manner giving speeches on TV

d)

the candidates were able to show their homes on TV proving they were just like us

6.

Which of the following was not a result of the Soviets putting nukes in Cuba (Cuban Missile Crisis)?

a)

naval blockade of Cuba

b)

13 day standoff between the US and the USSR

c)

JFK takes the world to the edge of WWIII

d)

the US invades Cuba and removes the nukes

7.

What were small backyard protectors from nuclear attack called?

a)

air raid shelters

b)

air shields

c)

bomb shelters

d)

fallout shelters

8.

Which man was the communist leader of China?

a)

Chang Kai-shek

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Hirohito

d)

Hideki Tojo

9.

The move to suburban life was typified by what?

a)

automation

b)

individualism

c)

isolation

d)

conformity

10.

Who took control of the Soviet Union when Stalin died?

a)

Gorbachev

b)

Khrushchev

c)

Trotsky

d)

Lenin