The Cold War

Question 0

NASA was the first to put a man into space

Answer 0

False

Question 1

Candidates Nixon and Kennedy had very different approaches to dealing with communism

Answer 1

True

Question 2

During the Cuban Missile Crisis the United States suffered a military fatality

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Bay of Pigs action successfully pressured the Soviets into removing their missiles from Cuba

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The Warren Commission concluded that Kennedy’s assassin acted alone

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The outcome of the 1960 presidential election was strongly influenced by

Answer 5

The televised debates

Question 6

Reapportionment required by the Warren Court boosted the political power of

Answer 6

African Americans

Question 7

What was the final agreement ending the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 7

Missiles from Turkey

Question 8

An event that occurred during Kennedys administration that was a carry-over of World War II and symbolic of the Cold War was

Answer 8

Construction of the Berlin wall

Question 9

The Warren Court’s decision that requires the pice to ready a suspect their rights provides for ( ) under the law

Answer 9

Due process

Question 10

Kennedy’s legislative agenda was called

Answer 10

New Frontier

Question 11

To find out if more than one person was involved in the assassination of JFK President Johnson formed the

Answer 11

Warren Commission

Question 12

The ( ) was Lyndon Johnson’s vision of the more perfect equitable society the United States could and should become

Answer 12

Great Society

Question 13

Kennedy’s most lasting legacy was the creation of the ( ), designed to help poor impoverished countries get out of poverty

Answer 13

Peace Corps

Question 14

What brought an end to the Great Society program?

Answer 14

Vietnam War