JFK
John F. Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President in 1960, was a senator from this state.
What is Massachusetts?
This person was the communist leader of Cuba.
Who was Fidel Castro?
This ended immigration quotas based on nationality.
What was the Immigration Act of 1965?
This person was Kennedy's vice president, and succeeded him as president after the assassination.
Who was Lyndon Baines Johnson?
This person was JFK's opponent in the first televised presidential debates.
Who was Richard Nixon?
Kennedy appointed his brother, Robert, to serve as this.
What is attorney general?
This is a soldier who travels in a small group, harassing and undermining the enemy.
What is guerrilla?
This was a foreign aid program for Latin American countries.
What is the Alliance for Progress?
Johnson's vision for America was known as this.
What is The Great Society?
This barred nuclear testing in the atmosphere.
What is the Limited Test Ban Treaty?
In the moments before an assassin’s bullet ended his life, President Kennedy waved to cheering crowds in this city.
What is Dallas?
The failed attempt to remove Cuba's communist leader from power in Cuba by the CIA and United States was known as this.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
In August 1964, Congress enacted this, which approved nearly $1 billion for youth programs, antipoverty measures, small-business loans, and job training.
What is the Economic Opportunity Act (EOA)?
Concerned that reliance on nuclear weapons limited U.S. military options, the Kennedy administration developed this policy.
What is flexible response?
For several days, this crisis brought the world uncomfortably close to the brink of nuclear war.
What is the Cuban missile crisis?
Kennedy's broad vision of progress was known as this.
What is the New Frontier?
This was Cuba's powerful ally in Moscow who promised to defend Cuba with Soviet arms.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
This extended health insurance to those on welfare.
What is Medicaid?
Kennedy created this program of volunteer assistance to the developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
What is the Peace Corps?
In 1963, this entity's investigation concluded that Oswald acted alone in his assassination of Kennedy.
What is the Warren Commission?
The Kennedy family reminded many Americans of the romantic and optimistic vision presented in this Broadway musical.
What is Camelot?
January 3, 1961, this person cut off diplomatic ties with Cuba because of its revolutionary leader.
Who was Eisenhower?
This program of Johnson's was sometimes called the “domestic Peace Corps” because it organized volunteers to help people in the United States.
What is VISTA?
In 1964, the Republicans nominated this conservative senator of Arizona to oppose Johnson.
Who was Barry Goldwater?
On April 12, 1961, this Soviet cosmonaut became the first human in space.
Who was Yuri A. Gagarin?