Critical to John F. Kennedy's victory in the election of 1960 was his

success in televised debates against Richard Nixon

The building of the Berlin Wall in 1961

was meant to keep East Germans from migrating to the West

Which one of the following groups sponsored the "freedom rides"?

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

John F. Kennedy played down civil rights legislation because he

feared alienating Southern Democrats

Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

a de-escalation of the US-USSR arms race

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1
The loser of the presidential election of 1960 was
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
George McGovern
Richard Nixon
2
Critical to John F. Kennedy's victory in the election of 1960 was his
charge that Republicans had over stimulated the economy
rejection of US participation in the Cold War
success in televised debates against Richard Nixon
disavowal of his religious beliefs
3
The Soviet leader with whom both Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy had to deal was
Mikhail Gorbachev
Yuri Andropov
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
4
Which of the following regions was NOT a foreign policy crisis for John F. Kennedy?
Southeast Asia
Cuba
Mexico
Berlin
5
The building of the Berlin Wall in 1961
caused few problems for the Kennedy administration
was a joint effort by the US and the USSR
was meant to keep East Germans from migrating to the West
was a Soviet defensive measure
6
Which one of the following groups sponsored the "freedom rides"?
NAACP
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Congress of Racial Equality
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
7
The ________ was Kennedy's most obvious foreign policy disaster.
Bay of Pigs invasion
Berlin Crisis of 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
8
In contrast to Eisenhower, Kennedy's staff was heavily populated with
high-ranking business executives
women executives
academics and intellectuals
immigrants and minorities
9
John F. Kennedy's domestic program was known as the
Fair Deal
New Deal
New Frontier
Great Society
10
John F. Kennedy played down civil rights legislation because he
feared alienating Southern Democrats
did not really see the need for it
was secretly a racist
did not want to offend conservative African-American leaders
11
Kennedy's greatest domestic obstacle while president was
has lack of experience in domestic affairs
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
the U.S. Congress
his affiliation with the Catholic church
12
Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
the Soviet-American hotline
a new maturity in JFK's foreign policy
new negotiations regarding a reduction in nuclear testing
a de-escalation of the US-USSR arms race

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Questions 12

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1
The loser of the presidential election of 1960 was
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Johnson
George McGovern
Richard Nixon
2
Critical to John F. Kennedy's victory in the election of 1960 was his
charge that Republicans had over stimulated the economy
rejection of US participation in the Cold War
success in televised debates against Richard Nixon
disavowal of his religious beliefs
3
The Soviet leader with whom both Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy had to deal was
Mikhail Gorbachev
Yuri Andropov
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
4
Which of the following regions was NOT a foreign policy crisis for John F. Kennedy?
Southeast Asia
Cuba
Mexico
Berlin
5
The building of the Berlin Wall in 1961
caused few problems for the Kennedy administration
was a joint effort by the US and the USSR
was meant to keep East Germans from migrating to the West
was a Soviet defensive measure
6
Which one of the following groups sponsored the "freedom rides"?
NAACP
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Congress of Racial Equality
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
7
The ________ was Kennedy's most obvious foreign policy disaster.
Bay of Pigs invasion
Berlin Crisis of 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
8
In contrast to Eisenhower, Kennedy's staff was heavily populated with
high-ranking business executives
women executives
academics and intellectuals
immigrants and minorities
9
John F. Kennedy's domestic program was known as the
Fair Deal
New Deal
New Frontier
Great Society
10
John F. Kennedy played down civil rights legislation because he
feared alienating Southern Democrats
did not really see the need for it
was secretly a racist
did not want to offend conservative African-American leaders
11
Kennedy's greatest domestic obstacle while president was
has lack of experience in domestic affairs
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
the U.S. Congress
his affiliation with the Catholic church
12
Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
the Soviet-American hotline
a new maturity in JFK's foreign policy
new negotiations regarding a reduction in nuclear testing
a de-escalation of the US-USSR arms race