John F. Kennedy

Question 1

Bay of Pigs

Answer 1

U.S. recruits Cuban exiles to assassinate Fidel Castro for being too friendly with Soviet Communism. Fidel is insulted when Eisenhower will not meet with him

Question 2

Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer 2

Soviet and Cuban relations intensify, U2 plane discovers nuclear missiles in Cuba - U.S. removes missiles from Turkey, Soviet Union removes missiles from Cuba

Question 3

Berlin Crisis

Answer 3

Cold war tension between U.S. and Soviet Union over status of West Berlin –> Berlin Wall

Question 4

Vietnam War

Answer 4

Chinese communism was spreading too much

Question 5

Peace Corps

Answer 5

created to spread the good will and ideals of the U.S. to the impoverished world

Question 6

Sit Ins

Answer 6

College student protest segregation at restaurants though the south, started at Woolworth in Greensboro NC

Question 7

Freedom Rides

Answer 7

Series of bus rides through segregated southern states - faced arrests, beatings and violence

Question 8

Children’s Crusade

Answer 8

Thousands of children marched through Birmingham Alabama to protest segregation - children were being arrested and exposed to violence.. gained national attention

Question 9

James Meredith

Answer 9

@ Ole Miss, desegregated a highly segregated school by using the GI bill, military maintained peace

Question 10

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Answer 10

Aimed to challenge segregation without violence

Question 11

National Association for the Avocation of Colored People

Answer 11

Fought for civil rights legally

Question 12

March on Washington

Answer 12

MLK I have a dream speech

Question 13

Space Race

Answer 13

Creation on NASA, attempt to beat the Soviet Union, Apollo program started with the goal of landing on the moon