JFK/LBJ

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