HIST Exam 3 - FLASHCARDS - 4_4 Lecture 8

Question 1

What was one of the closest presidential elections in history?

Answer 1

1960 presidential election. John F Kennedy vs Richard Nixon

Question 2

Who was the first Catholic president?

Answer 2

John F Kennedy

Question 3

When was the first televised debate?

Answer 3

1960. Those who watched it on television thought Kennedy won, and those who listened to it on the radio thought Nixon won. 90% of U.S. households owned a television

Question 4

Who was Kennedy’s Vice President?

Answer 4

Lyndon B Johnson

Question 5

What was one of Kennedy’s biggest promises?

Answer 5

promised to get a man on the moon by the end of the decade

Question 6

How did Kennedy want to help the rest of the world?

Answer 6

Wanted to send supplies to 3rd world countries

Question 7

What did Kennedy do in 1963?

Answer 7

Approved South Vietnam coup against Ngo Dinh Diem (Vietnam War)

Question 8

What did Kennedy do on civil rights?

Answer 8

in 1963, proposes civil rights legislation to desegregate public places and protect voting rights. Can’t get it through Congress before he is killed. LBJ gets it passed in 1964 (Civil Rights Act) and 1965 (Voting Rights Act).

Question 9

What was the Bay of Pigs?

Answer 9

1400 Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Castro and his communists. US government had backed those exiles and Soviet Union criticized US for getting involved

Question 10

Who was Nikita Khrushchev?

Answer 10

Soviet premier (like president) in 1960s, warned Kennedy to stop bothering Cuba, or there would be war

Question 11

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

Answer 11

American U2 spy plane took over 1000 photos of 24 Cuban missile sites and 40,000 soviet troops in Cuba. Kennedy called for a quarantine of Cuba and demanded removal of missiles already in Cuba. If the Russians didn’t cooperate, the U.S. would invade. Closest the US ever comes to war with Soviet Union. Kruschev removes missiles, US removed missiles we had in Turkey

Question 12

When did Khrushchev back down?

Answer 12

Oct 28

Question 13

What was the 1960 Canpaign?

Answer 13

Kennedy called for African American rights

Question 14

What was Freedom Rides?

Answer 14

In 1961, Congress of Racial Equality sponsored freedom rides which were interracial groups riding interstate buses to challenge segregation laws

Question 15

How were freedom rides successful?

Answer 15

ICC banned segregation at bus and train station terminals

Question 16

What was the Birmingham Campaign?

Answer 16

Protested segregation laws in the city. Alabama seen as one of the most segregated states. Children marched, dogs and fire hoses were turned on them. People saw it on TV and were upset

Question 17

Who was Eugene “Bull” Connor?

Answer 17

Police commissioner in Birmingham. Used brutal tactics to crush protests, horrifying the nation

Question 18

What did Kennedy sponsor on June 19th?

Answer 18

Sponsored civil rights legislation on desegregation and voting rights. Soon became the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 19

What was the March on Washington?

Answer 19

200,000 people descend on the capital in 1963 in favor of civil rights. Where Martin Luther KIng Jr gave his I Have a Dream speech. It was the march for jobs and freedom and the biggest civil rights march ever at that point