ch 47

What major accomplishment in space occurred in 1969?

American astronauts became the first people to ever land on the moon

Which of the following statements was NOT true of John F. Kennedy during his presidency?

He was the first president to be assassinated

What government agency was created by an executive order of President Kennedy's to raise living standards in developing nations?

Peace Corps

On Monday, October 22, 1962, President Kennedy gave an address to the nation that began with the following words: Good evening my fellow citizens: This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere. How did President Kennedy respond to the situation he described in this address?

by setting up a quarantine of Cuban ports to prevent Soviet missiles from being delivered

Which of the following was part of President Kennedy's two-pronged approach for reviving the sluggish economy?

enact a major tax cu

After the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy and Khrushchev signed a treaty banning nuclear testing

in the atmosphere

The East German government erected the Berlin Wall in 1961 to

prevent East Germans from escaping into the democratic West Berlin.

Which of the following was the intended goal of the Bay of Pigs invasion?

to remove Fidel Castro as the revolutionary leader of Cuba