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JFK/LBJ

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event was unique to the 1960 Presidential election?

a)

First Democratic Candidate elected to the Presidency.

b)

First Televised Debate

c)

Last Republican nominated for the Presidency

d)

No Vice-Presidential Candidates on the Ticket

2.

Who was the more experienced candidate in the 1960 presidential election?

a)

Robert F. Kennedy

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Richard M. Nixon

d)

Harry S. Truman

3.

The 1960 Presidential election was a contest between which two candidates

a)

John Kennedy(R) and Richard Nixon(D)

b)

John Kennedy(D) and Richard Nixon(R)

c)

Robert Kennedy(D) and Richard Nixon(R)

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson(D) and Richard Nixon(R)

4.

1963: to improve communication between the White House and Kremlin, Kennedy installed

a)

the A-line

b)

the red line

c)

the nuclear line

d)

the hot line

5.

Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis:

a)

Lech Walesa

b)

Mikhael Gorbachev

c)

Nikita Khruschev

d)

Leonid Brezhnev

6.

Which Supreme Court Chief Justice established liberal rulings during the LBJ Presidency?

a)

John Marshall

b)

John Roberts

c)

Earl Warren

d)

John Jay

7.

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

a)

To blockade Berlin from obtaining supplies

b)

To stop East Germans from fleeing West Berlin

c)

To stop communism from spreading

d)

To anger the United States

8.

Which President created the Peace Corps by executive order?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Richard M. Nixon

9.

What was the major factor in Johnson's landslide victory over Goldwater in 1964?

a)

Goldwater's call for using Nuclear Weapons on Cuba & Vietnam

b)

Liberalism

c)

Johnson's determination to fight communism in South Vietnam

d)

Johnson's domestic agenda

10.

How did America react to the USSR putting the first man in space

a)

Indifference

b)

Prideful

c)

Determined to Win

d)

Military Action

11.

The first satellite launched into space was

a)

Apollo I

b)

Apollo II

c)

Discovery

d)

Sputnik

12.

12 - QuizWhich president created the Great Society?

a)

FDR

b)

Johnson

c)

JFK

d)

Truman

13.

Which area of the world benefitted from the Marshall Plan?

a)

Eastern Europe

b)

Western Europe

c)

Asia

d)

South America

14.

Medicare, a federal program established for Americans 65+, was intended to provide

a)

health insurance

b)

life insurance

c)

home insurance

d)

car insurance

15.

What is flexible Response?

a)

preparing for a variety of military responses

b)

Stop relying on just nuclear bombs

c)

Build up of traditional weapons

d)

Trick its all of them

16.

Kennedy's domestic programs were nicknamed

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Fair deal

c)

The New Frontier

d)

The Fair Frontier

17.

Kennedy's most obvious foreign policy disaster....

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Korean War

d)

Vietnam War

18.

Because JFK was elected by a slim margin, he lacked a popular mandate.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The Alliance for Progress was intended to improve the level of economic well-being in

a)

Latin America

b)

Africa

c)

Caribbean

d)

Western Europe

20.

The reapportionment of election districts shifted political power from urban to rural areas

a)

True

b)

False

21.

LBJ, a democrat, wanted to do what as president of the US?

a)

Increase the power of government over the economy

b)

Decrease the power of government over the economy

c)

Keep the economy the same as it was under FDR

d)

Change the economy as it was under FDR