The Limit Test Ban Treaty

Limited where a nuclear weapon could be tested

Which is a reason that Kennedy beat Nixon in the election of 1960?

Kennedy had the support of the African American community, Kennedy performed better on a T.V. debate

The Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved by

The Soviet Union removing their missiles from Cuba

The case Miranda v. Arizona established

The right for suspect to have their rights read

Why did Kennedy almost lose the 1960 election?

The democratic party was split over view on race

What did the Immigration Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler) do?

Opened the door for many non-European immigrants

The Bay of Pigs invasion ended in

$54 million in ransom being paid for captured Cuban exiles

paid "employees" only a living stipend

What led to the creation of the Berlin Wall?

People were leaving East Berlin and moving to the west

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Policy's of Kennedy and Johnson

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1
The Limit Test Ban Treaty
Stopped all nuclear testing
Limited where a nuclear weapon could be tested
Limited how many nukes a country could test
Limited the strength of nukes that could be tested
2
Kennedy's domestic programs were nicknamed
The New Frontier
The New Deal
The Fair Deal
The Fair Frontier
3
Which is a reason that Kennedy beat Nixon in the election of 1960?
Kennedy had the support of the African American community
Kennedy performed better on a T.V. debate
Nixon did not have enough experience
All of the above
4
Once elected president, Kennedy surrounded himself with
Southern rights defenders
Massachusetts politicians
The "Best and the brightest"
Close family friends
5
Who shot John F. Kennedy
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Martin Warren
John Connally
6
The Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved by
The U.S. publicly agreeing to remove missiles from India
All of the above
The Soviet Union removing their missiles from Cuba
Cuba promising not to fire the missiles
7
Kennedy's method of containment which increased military spending to create special forces
Nuclear Deterrent
Flexible Response
Conventional Defense
Brinkmanship
8
The case Miranda v. Arizona established
The right for suspect to have their rights read
The right to have an attorney
The right to clean air
The right to trial by jury
9
To fight poverty, President Johnson
created the Job Corps for training workers
Started the Head Start program
Encouraged poor to participate in public-works programs
All of the above
10
In 1962, Kennedy increased NASA's funding and promised
To send a man to the moon
To send a man to Mars
To send a man to space
To send a satellite to space
11
Why did Kennedy almost lose the 1960 election?
The American people did not trust democrats at the time
The democratic party was split over view on race
Kennedy was not tough enough on the Cold War
Kennedy could not raise enough money
12
Which topic did the Great Society NOT address?
Media rights
The environment
Povery
Education
13
What did the Immigration Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler) do?
It limited immigration by creating quotas
Restricted immigrant form Mexico
Deported Chinese immigrants
Opened the door for many non-European immigrants
14
Why did Kennedy have a difficult time implementing many domestic programs
They were very radical
His ideas were stopped by southern Democrats
He lacked popular support because of a close election
All of the above
15
The Bay of Pigs invasion ended in
the removal of Fidel Castro
a smaller U.S. military
$54 million in ransom being paid for captured Cuban exiles
An increase in respect for the U.S.
16
The Peace Corps
Was discontinued in 2006
paid "employees" only a living stipend
Had over one million members by 1965
Primarily sent monetary aid to foreign countries
17
What did the Warren Commission conclude?
There was a conspiracy to killed Kennedy
Time travel as involved in the assassination
The bullets trajectory defied the laws of physics
Kennedy's assassin acted alone
18
What led to the creation of the Berlin Wall?
People were leaving East Berlin and moving to the west
To stop supplies from getting to East Berlin
To keep East Berliners safe
West Berliners were aggressive toward the Soviet Union

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