Kennedy and Foreign Policy

Question 1

Beginning in 1961, the ________ _______ sent volunteers to developing countries to help with projects such as digging wells and building schools.

Answer 1

Peace Corps

Question 2

A barrier of concrete and barbed wire between East and West Berlin.

Answer 2

Berlin Wall

Question 3

The U.S. Navy formed a blockade around Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from bringing in more weapons

Answer 3

Cuban missile crisis

Question 4

American leaders feared that if one country became, Communist, nearby countries would also fall to communism.

Answer 4

Domino Theory

Question 5

Communist guerrilla forces called the ______ as its army

Answer 5

Vietcong

Question 6

Led an revolution against an unpopular dictator. In 1959 he overthrew the dictator and soon established a Communist government allied to the Soviet Union.

Answer 6

Fidel Castro

Question 7

Climbed out and became the first man to walk on the moon.

Answer 7

Neil Armstrong

Question 8

Climbed out and become the second man to walk on the moon.

Answer 8

Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin

Question 9

One of the leading Victnamese nationalist. He believed only a Communist revolution could free the Vitanamese people.

Answer 9

Ho Chin Minh