JFK's New Frontier & LBJ's Great Society

What was one of the key initiatives of John F. Kennedy's presidency?

• The New Frontier

• The Great Society

• The Fair Deal

• The New Deal

What was the primary focus of the New Frontier program?

• Space exploration and defense spending

• Healthcare reform

• Civil rights legislation

• Environmental protection

What was the Bay of Pigs Invasion?

• A failed military operation to overthrow Fidel Castro

• A successful diplomatic negotiation with Cuba

• An economic embargo on Cuba

• A peace treaty with the Soviet Union

What event brought the world to the brink of nuclear war during Kennedy's presidency?

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Berlin Blockade

• The Korean War

• The Vietnam War

How did Kennedy's administration respond to the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba?

• With a naval blockade and negotiations

• By launching a military invasion

• By imposing economic sanctions

• By withdrawing from international treaties

What organization did Kennedy establish to promote international goodwill?

• The Peace Corps

• The United Nations

• NATO

• The World Health Organization

Based on the source and your content knowledge, what does Kennedy's statement reveal about how politics changed in the early 1960's?

• Media commentators became more effective in swaying public opinion

• Advances in media made appearance and personality increasingly important.

• The media focus on experience & qualifications increasingly influenced viewers.

• The changes in media formats allowed candidates to reach much larger audiences.

What was Kennedy's main goal in establishing the Peace Corps?

• Volunteers would prevent hunger by assisting with harvests abroad.

• Young adults would promote U.S values by serving around the world.

• Volunteers would promote education by teaching in rural U.S schools.

• Military personnel would prevent wars by serving in dangerous regions.

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• A.) approval of the Bay of Pigs invasion.

• B.) selection of a southerner as vice president.

• C.) support for the national space program.

• D.) attendance at the Geneva Conference.

Which statement best exemplifies the information shown above?

• The threat of nuclear war had provided Kennedy with an incentive to improve relations with the USSR.

• The success at the Bay of Pigs had provided Kennedy with bargaining powers against the USSR.

• The removal of warheads in Turkey made Kennedy more willing to cooperate with the USSR.

• The revolution in nearby regions of Latin America had made Kennedy appear exceedingly weak in the eyes of the USSR.