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U.S. History
Kennedy and the Cold war
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As President Eisenhower's second term drew to a close, what contributed to the restless mood among voters?
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Who did the Democrats and who did the Republicans choose as their presidential candidates in 1960?
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What previous political experience did these two candidates have?
1. In 1960 the first televised presidential debate took place between what two candidates?
2. Who won the 1960 election becoming our 35th president?
3. Who was the youngest president elected to office?
4. What became Kennedy’s campaign slogan?
5. Despite Kennedy’s personal appeal, what concerned Protestant voters?
6. What made the election of 1960 unique in American history?
7. What incident in October 1960 might have helped Kennedy’s election campaign?
8. What did Kennedy’s inaugural address focus on?
9. How did President Kennedy’s advisors differ from past presidential advisors?
10. Who became Kennedy’s closest advisor and what cabinet position was he appointed?
11. In the 1960 Presidential campaign, what secret CIA training was taking place?
12. Who authorized the CIA to train these Cuban exiles for the invasion?
13. Why did Castro’s take over pose a threat to America?
14. Why did the Bay of Pigs invasion fail?
15. Why did Khrushchev believe Kennedy was a weak president?
16. What demands were made by Khrushchev at the Vienna conference?
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17. What was Kennedy’s response to the Khrushchev’s demands?
18. Kennedy’s actions showed America strength and resolve. What was Khrushchev’s response?
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The emigration during the 1950s of mainly professional people and students from Soviet occupied East Germany
because of the economic opportunities open to them in West Germany is called?
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What structure was built in 1961 to block East Germans from escaping to freedom in West Berlin and became
the symbol in the struggle between communism and democracy?
19. What came to represent the struggle between communism and democracy?
20. Why was Kennedy relieved with the building of the Berlin Wall?
21. What caused the Cuban missile crisis?
22. How did American military intelligence detect the Soviets installation of nuclear missiles?
23. How did Kennedy respond to this Cuban threat?
24. What military options did the U.S. have in response to the Soviet placement of nuclear weapons in Cuba?
25. Why was the blockade considered a better choice for ending the crisis?
26. What did the world nervously watch and wait?
27. In this brinkmanship crisis who blinked first?
28. Why was the Cuban missile crisis such an important event?
29. What Kennedy foreign policy program trained and sent volunteers to poor nations all over the world to serve as
educators, health care workers, and agricultural advisors?
30. What program offered billions of dollars in aid to Latin America to build schools, hospitals, roads, power plants, and
low cost housing?
31. What strategy did Kennedy develop that followed Cold War policies of nuclear arms buildup but also involved
strengthening convention forces?