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WorksheetsJFK/LBJ
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What event was unique to the 1960 Presidential election?
First Democratic Candidate elected to the Presidency.
First Televised Debate
Last Republican nominated for the Presidency
No Vice-Presidential Candidates on the Ticket
Who was the more experienced candidate in the 1960 presidential election?
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Harry S. Truman
The 1960 Presidential election was a contest between which two candidates
John Kennedy(R) and Richard Nixon(D)
John Kennedy(D) and Richard Nixon(R)
Robert Kennedy(D) and Richard Nixon(R)
Lyndon B. Johnson(D) and Richard Nixon(R)
1963: to improve communication between the White House and Kremlin, Kennedy installed
the A-line
the red line
the nuclear line
the hot line
Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis:
Lech Walesa
Mikhael Gorbachev
Nikita Khruschev
Leonid Brezhnev
Which Supreme Court Chief Justice established liberal rulings during the LBJ Presidency?
John Marshall
John Roberts
Earl Warren
John Jay
What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?
To blockade Berlin from obtaining supplies
To stop East Germans from fleeing West Berlin
To stop communism from spreading
To anger the United States
Which President created the Peace Corps by executive order?
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
What was the major factor in Johnson's landslide victory over Goldwater in 1964?
Goldwater's call for using Nuclear Weapons on Cuba & Vietnam
Liberalism
Johnson's determination to fight communism in South Vietnam
Johnson's domestic agenda
How did America react to the USSR putting the first man in space
Indifference
Prideful
Determined to Win
Military Action
The first satellite launched into space was
Apollo I
Apollo II
Discovery
Sputnik
12 - QuizWhich president created the Great Society?
FDR
Johnson
JFK
Truman
Which area of the world benefitted from the Marshall Plan?
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
Asia
South America
Medicare, a federal program established for Americans 65+, was intended to provide
health insurance
life insurance
home insurance
car insurance
What is flexible Response?
preparing for a variety of military responses
Stop relying on just nuclear bombs
Build up of traditional weapons
Trick its all of them
Kennedy's domestic programs were nicknamed
The New Deal
The Fair deal
The New Frontier
The Fair Frontier
Kennedy's most obvious foreign policy disaster....
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
Vietnam War
Because JFK was elected by a slim margin, he lacked a popular mandate.
True
False
The Alliance for Progress was intended to improve the level of economic well-being in
Latin America
Africa
Caribbean
Western Europe
The reapportionment of election districts shifted political power from urban to rural areas
True
False
LBJ, a democrat, wanted to do what as president of the US?
Increase the power of government over the economy
Decrease the power of government over the economy
Keep the economy the same as it was under FDR
Change the economy as it was under FDR
