Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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President ________ was the youngest elected president of the United
States. a. | Eisenhower | c. | Kennedy | b. | Teddy Roosevelt | d. | Nixon | | | | |
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President _______ was the only Roman Catholic president. a. | Eisenhower | c. | Kennedy | b. | Teddy Roosevelt | d. | Nixon | | | | |
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The
Republican candidate for president in the 1960 election was _______. a. | Kennedy | c. | Nixon | b. | Byrd | d. | None of the Above | | | | |
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Kennedy did not have a __________, or public endorsement of his programs due to the
close election results. a. | mandate | c. | electoral votes | b. | popularity | d. | veto | | | | |
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The
_______ was the name of John F. Kennedy’s domestic program. a. | Great
Society | c. | New
Frontier | b. | New Deal | d. | Fair Deal | | | | |
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One
of Kennedy’s domestic failures was his inability to _______. a. | move the space
program forward | c. | improve civil
rights | b. | lower taxes | d. | keep steel prices low | | | | |
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______ was the first American to man a space flight. a. | John
Glenn | c. | Neil
Armstrong | b. | Alan Shepard | d. | Jake Ferguson | | | | |
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______ was the first American to orbit the Earth a. | Alan
Shepard | c. | Neil
Armstrong | b. | John Glenn | d. | Jake Ferguson | | | | |
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President Kennedy was assassinated on ______. a. | November 22,
1963 | c. | December 7,
1963 | b. | November 22,
1961 | d. | October 21,
1961 | | | | |
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_______ became president when Kennedy was assassinated. a. | Richard
Nixon | c. | Gerald
Ford | b. | Jimmy
Carter | d. | Lyndon B.
Johnson | | | | |
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Johnson’s domestic program was called ________. a. | The Great
Society | c. | The Fair
Deal | b. | The New
Deal | d. | The New
Frontier | | | | |
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The
______ concluded that Kennedy was killed by _____. a. | Warren
Commission; Jack Ruby | c. | Jackson
Commission; Lee Harvey Oswald | b. | Warren Commission; Lee Harvey
Oswald | d. | Warren
Commission; John Wilkes Booth | | | | |
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In
the Election of 1964, _______ ran for president for the Republicans and lost
handily. a. | Ronald
Reagan | c. | Barry
Goldwater | b. | Richard Nixon | d. | George H.W. Bush | | | | |
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________ was a program started by Lyndon B. Johnson a. | Medicare | c. | Head
Start | b. | Medicaid | d. | All of the Above | | | | |
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Lyndon B. Johnson’s domestic program was slowed by _______. a. | Congress | c. | the American
people | b. | Spending on the Vietnam War | d. | Russia | | | | |
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