US History 2 H Chapter 38 Quiz 1 – Flashcards
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When he became attorney general, Robert Kennedy sought to refocus the attention of the FBI on
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a. organized crime and civil rights
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When he took office in 1961, President Kennedy chose to try to stimulate the sluggish economy through
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c. a tax cut
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President Kennedy's most bitter confrontation with big business occurred when he
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d. forced steel industry leaders to roll back steel
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The essential purpose of President Kennedy's promise to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s was to
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a. restore American prestige in the space race damaged by the Soviet's Sputnik
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JFK's strategy of flexible response
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c. called for a variety of military options that could be matched to the scope and importance of a crisis.
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American military forces entered Vietnam in order to
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c. prevent Diem's forces from falling to the communists
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The Alliance for Progress was intended to improve the economic growth and democratic reforms in
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a. Latin America
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The Bay of Pigs invasion failed when
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b. the anti-Castro exiles were defeated by the Cuban military
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When the Soviet Union attempted to install nuclear weapons in Cuba, President Kennedy ordered
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c. a naval quarantine of that island
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President Kennedy's alleged assassin was
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b. Lee Harvey Oswald
