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This was JFK's opponent in the 1960 election
Richard Nixon
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This Invasion of Cuba was enacted during JFK's presidency. It was humiliating defeat for the U.S.
Bay of Pigs
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This is where JFK was assassinated.
Dallas, Texas
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Provided schooling for early childhood
Headstart
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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
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Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
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This cartoon depicts JFK and Soviet leader Nikita ________________________.
Khrushev
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This was the approximate percentage of the vote JFK got in the 1960 Election (w/in 5%).
50%
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This government organization planned the Bay of Pigs invasion.
The CIA
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Who killed Kennedy's alleged assassin?
Jack Ruby
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Johnson's domestic policies, which won passage of several New Frontier goals and added to them were known as
The Great Society
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This national leader was blamed for the disaster of the Bay of Pigs.
JFK
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In what year did NASA put a man on the moon?
1969
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Part of LBJ's domestic work was to declare a War on ______________________.
Poverty.
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This gave JFK an edge over Nixon during debates. It highlighted JFK's looks and youth.
Television
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The Cuban Missile Crisis happened when Cuba got Nuclear Missiles from this nation or leader.
Soviet Union/Khrushchev
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This is the official Government report of the JFK assassination.
The Warren Report/Warren Commission
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Provided health services for poor Americans
Medicaid
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LBJ would have been happy to hear his presidency compared to his mentor, who also increased the size of government.
Franklin Roosevelt
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Name the first human in space?
Yuri Gagarin
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Johnson's big election win in 1964 was partly because of the radical views of his opponent, _______________ ____________________.
Barry Goldwater
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One of the biggest obstacles to JFK becoming President was his religion. In 1960, Kennedy was attempting to become the first __________________ President.
Catholic
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The U.S. initially responded to the Cuban Missile Crisis by doing this.
Creating a naval blockade
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The man who took over for JFK after he was assassinated.
Lyndon B. Johnson
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In terms of Foreign Policy, LBJ sent marines into what country to squash an uprising?
Dominican Republic
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According to Hip Hughes, the missiles in Cuba weren't being put together...
They were put together.
400
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
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This foreign policy event ruined LBJ's Presidency.
Vietnam
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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.
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This was the name of the CIA's secret operations to assassinate Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Operation Mongoose
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According to the official report, Lee Harvey Oswald acted ____________.
Alone
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This was LBJ's domestic version of the Peace Corps.
VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America)
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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
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This was the first Soviet satellite and it sparked fierce competition from the US.
Sputnik
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This created a school breakfast program in addition to school lunch programs.
Child Nutrition Act