GISH-JFK

Kennedy had a difficult time passing bills through congress due to the lack of popular mandate

Who did Kennedy defeat to win the 1960 Presidential election?

* Health care for people living on Welfare

* Provided funds for youth programs, anti-poverty measures, small-business loans & job training

* This lifted the restrictions on immigration which opened the door to Non-Europeans immigrants

What political position did Lyndon Johnson hold at the time of JFK's assassination?

Which military branch did JFK join during WWII?

The purpose of the Bay of Pigs invasion was to ________

Which two countries were connected with the hotline?

This created youth programs, anti-poverty measures, loans for small businesses & job training

Which was NOT part of the "New Frontier"?

* This man declared himself communist and accepted aid from the U.S.S.R.

JFK was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy.

Which is a conventional way that Kennedy wished to respond in the time of war?

*It was important for the U.S. to monitor the movement of weapons into Cuba by the USSR because

JFK was assassinated in which location?

The two main reasons Kennedy won the 1960 elections was due to ___ & ____

* Old-aged insurance

Would the medium-range ballistic missiles reach Nebraska? (extended time)

Which event embarrassed JFK and the U.S. administration?

Which college did JFK attend following high school, then had to drop out due to illness?

* Health care for people in poverty.

* Lyndon Johnson's domestic plan was called ___

* This group was created to investigate JFK’s assassination and declared Oswald acted alone.

How did the U.S. discover missiles in Cuba?

Over _____ East Germans escaped to West Berlin prior to the wall being built.,

* The Peace Corps, a program of volunteer assistance to developing nations, was...

The Bay of Pigs was an example of .....

The "_____ _____" is to Kennedy as "Make America Great Again" is to Trump

Kennedy won the 1960 Presidential Elections by a landslide of 61% to 39% of the votes.

Kennedy's stance on how he will respond in the time of military action is called _____

The culture of the Kennedy Administration was compared to ____

* Insurance for people in poverty.

Which location is the farthest from Cuba, but could still be hit by the long-ranged missiles.

The 1960 Presidential race was the first _____ to be on TV.

* JFK’s flexible response to the missiles in Cuba was to… (Think of the Video)

* An example of a Flexible Response is to ___

* This term was used by Jacqueline Kennedy to describe the Kennedy administration era.

* This man controlled East Berlin and ordered a wall build around West Berlin.

The Bay of Pigs was a failure. What THREE things are associated with this invasion.

* Health care for those over the age of 65.

* The ____ Commission determined that Oswald had been the lone shooter (acted alone)

Fidel Castro was the Communist leader of ______

* This law increased the number of immigrants allowed to settle in (move to) the United States.

Which of Kennedy's brothers served as his U.S. Attorney General when JFK was President?

One Scenario: It is believed that _______ acted alone and killed Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

* The Elementary and Secondary Education Act provided _____ to students in schools

Lee Harvey Oswald was then killed by ____ while being transported in jail.

Lee Harvey Oswald had communist ties to the countries of ____ & ____

* the Supreme Court ruled that all suspects must be “read their rights” before questioning

What boat did Kennedy command during his days in the Navy

* Lyndon B. Johnson, who became president when Kennedy was assassinated, was...

Who provided Cuba with the Missiles?

The Berlin Wall was used to protect East Germans from West Germans.

Which political party does Kennedy belong to __________?

The Bay of Pigs invasion that required the use of Cuban Exiles was a failure?

Which Civil Rights Leader did Kennedy help get out of jail in 1960?

* Getting to the Moon first was part of the ____ between the US and USSR

Who took over as president following JFK's Assassination

Which college did JFK graduate from?

The Cuban Missile Crisis ended in an altercation and fight with the USSR on the shores of Cuba

Who built the Berlin Wall?

A main reason for this was to give aid to Latin American countries.

Limited Test Ban Treaty did what?

The Cubans used spy planes to steal information from the Pentagon in Washington D.C.