JFK AND LBJ HISTORY STUDY GUIDE
John F. Kennedy - Answers :President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and
the Cuban Missile Crisis
Richard Nixon - Answers :Vice President under Eisenhower and 37th President of the
United States
Election of 1960 - Answers :Brought about the era of political television. Between
Kennedy and Nixon. Issues centered around the Cold War and economy. Kennedy
argued that the nation faces serious threats from the soviets. Nixon countered that the
US was on the right track under the current administration. Kennedy won by a narrow
margin.
Presidential Debates - Answers :Official televised debates between presidential
nominees that are highly important to the campaign.
Flexible response - Answers :A policy, developed during the Kennedy administration,
that involved preparing for a variety of military responses to international crises rather
than focusing on the use of nuclear weapons.
Best and the Brightest - Answers :phrase to describe JFK's young cabinet of advisers
Kennedy "mystique" and Camelot - Answers :The word "Camelot" evokes utopian ideals
and high hopes. King Arthur and his knights are supposed to be pure-hearted,
chivalrous, and endlessly courageous. ... Kennedy, was the first to refer to the JFK
administration as Camelot. She gave an interview to Life magazine just days after JFK's
assassination.
Fidel Castro - Answers :Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and
established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)
Bay of Pigs Invasion - Answers :failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200
Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs.
Cuban Missile Crisis - Answers :The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet
Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Nikita Khrushchev - Answers :A Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also
famous for denouncing Stalin and allowed criticism of Stalin within Russia.
Berlin Wall - Answers :A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in
1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West
Hot Line - Answers :direct telephone line between the White House and the Kremlin set
up after the Cuban missile crisis
John F. Kennedy - Answers :President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and
the Cuban Missile Crisis
Richard Nixon - Answers :Vice President under Eisenhower and 37th President of the
United States
Election of 1960 - Answers :Brought about the era of political television. Between
Kennedy and Nixon. Issues centered around the Cold War and economy. Kennedy
argued that the nation faces serious threats from the soviets. Nixon countered that the
US was on the right track under the current administration. Kennedy won by a narrow
margin.
Presidential Debates - Answers :Official televised debates between presidential
nominees that are highly important to the campaign.
Flexible response - Answers :A policy, developed during the Kennedy administration,
that involved preparing for a variety of military responses to international crises rather
than focusing on the use of nuclear weapons.
Best and the Brightest - Answers :phrase to describe JFK's young cabinet of advisers
Kennedy "mystique" and Camelot - Answers :The word "Camelot" evokes utopian ideals
and high hopes. King Arthur and his knights are supposed to be pure-hearted,
chivalrous, and endlessly courageous. ... Kennedy, was the first to refer to the JFK
administration as Camelot. She gave an interview to Life magazine just days after JFK's
assassination.
Fidel Castro - Answers :Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and
established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)
Bay of Pigs Invasion - Answers :failed invasion of Cuba in 1961 when a force of 1,200
Cuban exiles, backed by the United States, landed at the Bay of Pigs.
Cuban Missile Crisis - Answers :The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet
Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Nikita Khrushchev - Answers :A Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Also
famous for denouncing Stalin and allowed criticism of Stalin within Russia.
Berlin Wall - Answers :A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in
1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West
Hot Line - Answers :direct telephone line between the White House and the Kremlin set
up after the Cuban missile crisis
