Kennedy- Nixon test UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Kennedy- Nixon
Kennedy- Nixon test UPDATED Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who were the two candidates in the 1960 election? - CORRECT ANSWER- John F.
Kennedy and Richard Nixon
Why did religion part a role in that election? - CORRECT ANSWER- Kennedy was
Catholic; Nixon a Protestant
How did tele...
Kennedy- Nixon test UPDATED Actual
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Who were the two candidates in the 1960 election? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- John F.
Kennedy and Richard Nixon
Why did religion part a role in that election? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Kennedy was
Catholic; Nixon a Protestant
How did television influence the election? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Kennedy looked
better and performed better in tv debate and won by narrow margin.
Who wins the election of 1960? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Kennedy
What happened in Cuba in 1959, which will cause concern in the U.S.? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Castro took over Cuba and made it communist nation
This was a failed attempt to overthrow the new leader of Cuba? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Bay of Pigs
What did our spy planes find in Cuba in 1962? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Missiles pointed
at US
How did the U.S. react to the situation with missiles in Cuba? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Blockade Cuba, threaten USSR with nuclear war
How did the 13 day situation end regarding Cuban missile crisis? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- USSR backed down and sent ships with missiles away from Cuba
What happened in Berlin to symbolize the conflict between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Berlin Wall put up in 1961
, What special request did Kennedy ask the people of the nation in his Inaugural? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your
country
What influence did Jackie Kennedy have on the nation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Fashion
This was the name of Kennedy's overall program to lead us into the future? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- New Frontier
This specific Kennedy program was designed to get volunteers to help poverty stricken
nations around the world? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Peace Corps
What specific goal did Kennedy challenge the whole nation, but especially the scientific
community to reach? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Put a human being on moon.
What happened in Nov. 1963 in Dallas, Texas? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Kennedy was
shot and killed
Who committed this crime--assassinate JFK? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Lee Harvey
Oswald
Who became the new President after JFK killed? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Lyndon
Johnson (LBJ)
This was the official investigation into the assassination? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Warren Commission
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ended public
discrimination.
What did Johnson call his domestic program for a better tomorrow? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Great Society
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