What led to the creation of the Berlin Wall?

People were leaving East Berlin and moving to the west

The Bay of Pigs invasion ended in

$54 million in ransom being paid for captured Cuban exiles

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

What did the Immigration Act of 1965 do?

Opened the door for many non-European immigrants

paid "employees" only a living stipend

The Limit Test Ban Treaty

Limited where a nuclear weapon could be tested

The Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved by

The Soviet Union removing their missiles from Cuba

Why did Kennedy almost lose the 1960 election?

The democratic party was split over view on race

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

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