Unit 5.6 (Part I & II)

Who did John F. Kennedy defeat in the 1960 presidential election?

• Gerald Ford

• Richard Nixon

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

What political party did John F. Kennedy belong to?

• Republican

• Democrat

• Libertarian

• Tea Party

True or False - John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic to be elected president of the U.S.

• True

• False

Who was the communist leader of Cuba, who accepted military and economic aid from the Soviet Union?

• Kim Il Sung

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro

Multiple Correct Answers - What were the results of the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

• The CIA and John F. Kennedy were humiliated.

• The invasion was a disaster and Castro remained in power.

• The invasion was successful and Castro was overthrown.

• Castro decided to distance himself from the Soviet Union's influence.

What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

• Overthrow Fidel Castro

• Assassinate Nikita Khrushchev

• Destroy the Berlin Wall

• Remove nuclear-armed missiles from Cuba

Multiple Correct Answers - What were the results of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Khrushchev agreed to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba.

• U.S. and Soviet Union agree to end above ground nuclear tests through the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• Nuclear-armed missiles malfunctioned and did not reach their target.

• Kennedy secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.

True or False - The Berlin Wall was built to isolate West Berlin from communist-controlled East Berlin.

• True

• False

Who became president of the U.S. after Kennedy's assassination in 1963?

• Richard M. Nixon

• Jimmy Carter

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Gerald Ford

Formed to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy, what did the Warren Commission conclude?

• Radical Cuban communists assassinated JFK.

• JFK was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy.

• Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of JFK.

• The CIA assassinated JFK.