Webb - JFK
The Bay of Pigs Incident involved what?
A US sponsored attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Communist dictator Fidel Castro
What was Nixon hurt most by in the Kennedy Nixon debates?
A lack of experience with television
Who was the Dallas dressmaker who filmed the Kennedy assassination?
Abraham Zapruder
What did the construction of the Berlin Wall result in?
An increase in cold war tensions; the total loss of US access to West Berlin; a huge decrease in the number of East German refugees coming to West Berlin
What position did JFK appoint his brother to?
Attorney General
Which court case did Chief Justice Earl Warren say was the most important during his tenure on the court?
Baker vs. Carr
What did the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963 do?
Banned the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere
Who said "We were eyeball to eyeball and the other guy just blinked"?
Dean Rusk
What order did these happen? Debates, building of the Berlin Wall, passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Assassination of JFK?
Debates, wall, assassination, CRA, 1964
Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during JFK's term of office?
Earl Warren
What was the general result of decisions by the Warren Court on reapportionment?
Election districts were redrawn to be equal in population size
What did Congress agree to do under the Kennedy assassination?
Engage in deficit spending; fund new types of foreign aid; commit the nation to a moon landing before the end of the 1960s
What were the results of JFK's New Frontier initiatives?
Expansion of the military; acceleration of the space program; the Peace Corps
Why were the Peace Corps developed mainly?
Helping disadvantaged countries
What was most helpful for JFK in his bid for presidency?
His appearance; the voters' mood of restlessness; his family's money
When and why was the Berlin Wall built?
In 1961 by East Germany to help its citizens from escaping to the West
Why was NASA created?
In reaction to the launching of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union.
How did the Bay of Pigs invasion make the nation appear to the rest of the world?
Incompetent
How did the Bay of Pigs affair effect JFK's presidency?
It was a major embarrassment to his administration and led to further crises in US-Cuban relations
What do you know about the Bay of Pigs invasion?
It was reluctantly accepted by Kennedy
Why was the election of 1960 noteworthy?
It witnessed a new and modern strategy in presidential campaigning.
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth make it into space?
John Glenn
What were the results of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Kennedy begins to bring about a nuclear test ban treaty; a Moscow-Washington "hotline" was installed; Khrushchev lost prestige in Russia
What did the Warren Commission conclude about the JFK assassination?
Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
What did the hot line established in 1963 do?
Link the White House and the Kremlin; make communication in a crisis easier; ease Cold War tensions
Which state was JFK a senator from when he was the Democratic nominee for President in 1960?
Massachusetts
What was meant by JFK's campaign slogan "New Frontier"?
Moving into new areas of exploration in space by references to the Soviets success with satellites; accepting new political frontiers by alluding to his youth and religious affiliation; his vision for moving the economy forward.
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
What did JFK write that earned him the Pulitzer Prize for literature?
Profiles in Courage
What did the Warren Court decisions on criminal matter tend to do?
Strengthen the rights of the accused
What was one result of adopting a defense policy of "Flexible Response" for the US?
Strengthened its non-nuclear forces
This was constructed in 1961 and stood as a monument and symbol of the continuation of the Cold War.
The Berlin Wall
What program was initiated by Kennedy and was representative of his idealistic attitude?
The Peace Corps
What two programs were parts of the New Frontier?
The Peace Corps and the Alliance for Progress
What was the agreement that ended the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviets agreed to withdraw its missiles from Cuba and the US agreed not to invade Cuba
What was the defense policy "Flexible Response" designed to allow?
The US to engage in military actions that stopped short of military attack
What piece of evidence do most Americans think is most responsible for causing doubt in the findings of the Warren Commission?
The Zapruder film
What eased cold war tensions?
The limited Test Ban treaty
What were the domestic problems that the nation faced during the early 1960s?
Unemployment; civil rights abuses; large numbers of people living in poverty
Warren Court decisions regarding reapportionment dealt with fairly balancing representation of what?
Urban and rural voters
John F. Kennedy
Was the first Catholic president; was assassinated in his first term; and was the youngest president elected
What did Americans actually do during the Bay of Pigs incident?
We provided the exiles with military training and armaments
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 start?
When the Soviets attempted to place nuclear missiles in Cuba
What book did JFK write as his senior thesis at Harvard?
Why England Slept
