Kennedy and Johnson Terms Quiz

Who was the president elected in 1961 who promised that his administration would blaze a “new frontier?”

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Abraham Lincoln
• John F. Kennedy
• Richard Nixon

Who was the communist leader of Cuba during the Cold War?

• Nikita Khrushchev
• Fidel Castro
• Joseph Stalin
• Lyndon B. Johnson

Who was the Communist leader in the Soviet Union (Soviet premier) during events such as the Bay of Pigs and the Kennedy Administration?

• Nikita Khrushchev
• Fidel Castro
• Joseph Stalin
• Lyndon B. Johnson

What was the name for the 1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles?

• Cuban Invasion
• Berlin Airlift
• New Frontier
• Bay of Pigs Invasion

What was the conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba?

• Bay of Pigs Invasion
• Berlin Airlift
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Cuban Invasion

What was the name of the dividing wall built by East Germany (Soviet Controlled) to isolate West Berlin from Communist-controlled East Berlin.

• Berlin Wall
• The Great Wall
• The Iron Curtain
• German Wall

What was the name for President Kennedy’s plan aimed at improving the economy, fighting racial discrimination, and exploring space?

• Great Society
• New Deal
• New Frontier
• War on Poverty

President Johnson’s programs aimed at aiding the country’s poor through education, job training, proper health care, and nutrition was called ________________. 

• Great Society
• New Deal
• New Frontier
• War on Poverty

President Johnson’s goals in the areas of healthcare, education, the environment, discrimination, and poverty were known as _________________. 

• Great Society
• New Deal
• New Frontier
• War on Poverty

This 1963 law that required both men and women to receive equal pay for equal work?

• Civil Rights Act
• Equal Rights Amendment
• Equal Pay Act
• Gender Equality Act