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JFK is the youngest president ever elected in the U.S.

• True

• True

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Camelot, a popular play when JFK took over as President, is what Kennedy's Presidency is described as because of the glamour of his Presidency.

• True

• False

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JFK was completely healthy as the youngest President ever elected.

• True

• False

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The Bay of Pigs, the U.S. backed invasion of Cuba by exiled Cubans, was a huge success for President Kennedy.

• True

• False

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What was the purpose of the Russians building the Berlin Wall?

• To keep people from coming into East Berlin

• To keep people from ever leaving East Berlin

• To admit that capitalism is superior to communism

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There was almost a nuclear war between Russia and the U.S. when JFK was President that was called the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• True

• False

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Why was there almost a nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• The U.S. and Russia were enemies

• Russia placed nuclear weapons in Cuba, which is only 90 miles away from the U.S.

• Russia was trying to take over the world, and the U.S. was trying to stop them

• All of the above

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What was JFK's goal for the U.S. space program?

• To be competitive with Russia

• To nuke the Russians with space weapons

• To put a man on the moon and return him safely by the end of the 1960's

• To end the space race

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How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?

• Russia and the U.S. used nuclear weapons to destroy U.S. and Russian cities

• Russia backed down and agreed to remove the nuclear missiles out of Cuba

• Cuba kept the missiles there and the U.S. backed down

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How did JFK die?

• Heart attack

• Got shot while riding in a limousine in Dallas while he was the President

• Airplane accident

• Killed by a jealous girlfriend

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