JFK & LBJ, Ch 17 Review

What event was unique to the 1960 Presidential election

• No Vice-Presidential Candidates on the Ticket

• Last Republican nominated for the Presidency

• First Democratic Candidate elected to the Presidency

• First Televised Debate

The 1960 Presidential Election was a contest between which two candidates?

• John Kennedy (R) & Richard Nixon (D)

• John Kennedy (D) & Richard Nixon (R)

• Robert Kennedy (D) & Richard Nixon (R)

• Lyndon B Johnson (D) & Richard Nixon (R)

Which Supreme Court Chief Justice established liberal rulings during JFK & LBJ's Presidency?

• Earl Warren

• John Roberts

• John Jay

• Warren Buffett

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

• To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin

• To stop communism from spreading

• To blockade Berlin from obtaining supplies

• To stop West Germans from fleeing to East Berlin

Which president created the Great Society?

• FDR

• Truman

• Johnson

• JKF

Medicare, a federal program established for Americans 65+, was intended to provide

• Car Insurance

• Home Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Health Insurance

What is Flexible Response?

• Build up of traditional weapons

• Stop relying on just nuclear bombs

• preparing for a variety military responses

• All of these

Kennedy's domestic programs were nicknamed

• The Fair Deal

• The Fair Frontier

• The New Deal

• The New Frontier

Kennedy's most obvious foreign policy disaster...

• Vietnam War

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Bay of Pigs

• Korean War

Cold War event that escalated the country to DefCon 2 status

• Bay of Pigs

• Vietnam War

• U-2 Spy Plane Incident

• Cuban Missile Crisis