1960 Election
This was JFK's opponent in the 1960 election
Richard Nixon
This Invasion of Cuba was enacted during JFK's presidency. It was humiliating defeat for the U.S.
Bay of Pigs
JFK's cooperative effort to produce economic and social reform in the Western Hemisphere, particularly in Latin America. It wasn't very successful.
Alliance for Progress
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
This was the approximate percentage of the vote JFK got in the 1960 Election (w/in 5%).
50%
This government organization planned the Bay of Pigs invasion.
The CIA
This national leader was blamed for the disaster of the Bay of Pigs.
JFK
In what year did NASA put a man on the moon?
1969
The Cuban Missile Crisis happened when Cuba got Nuclear Missiles from this nation or leader.
Soviet Union/Khrushchev
LBJ would have been happy to hear his presidency compared to his mentor, who also increased the size of government.
Franklin Roosevelt
Name the first human in space?
Yuri Gagarin
One of the biggest obstacles to JFK becoming President was his religion. In 1960, Kennedy was attempting to become the first __________________ President.
Catholic
The U.S. initially responded to the Cuban Missile Crisis by doing this.
Creating a naval blockade
According to Hip Hughes, the missiles in Cuba weren't being put together...
They were put together.
In 1962, the first US citizen to orbit the Earth, was
A- John Glenn
B- Neil Armstrong
C- Alan Shepard
D- Tom Hanks
A- John Glenn
JFK's support of what person in the late stages of the campaign may have swung the vote in his favor.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This was the name of the CIA's secret operations to assassinate Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Operation Mongoose
This was one of the many reasons Nixon lost the 1960 debate.
Nixon was sick, Nixon busted his kneecap, JFK was prepared and well rested, Nixon refused makeup
This was the first Soviet satellite and it sparked fierce competition from the US.
Sputnik