John F. Kennedy
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Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
John F. Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
President during the Stock Market Crash of 1929 - believed in rugged individualism
Implemented the New Deal to help w/Great Depression - President during WW2
President at end of WW2 - known for making orders to drop atomic bombs in Japan
Represented the youth - won w/help of black vote - NASA
President at start of Cold War - obtained truce in Korean War - Interstate Highway System
President during the Stock Market Crash of 1929 - believed in rugged individualism
Implemented the New Deal to help w/Great Depression - President during WW2
President at end of WW2 - known for making orders to drop atomic bombs in Japan
Represented the youth - won w/help of black vote - NASA
President at start of Cold War - obtained truce in Korean War - Interstate Highway System
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Multiple Choice
President John F. Kennedy responded to reports that the Soviet Union was constructing missile sites in Cuba by -
ordering a naval blockade of Cuba
asking Congress to declare war on Cuba
authorizing military strikes on strategic targets in Cuba
seeking United Nations approval for economic sanctions against Cuba
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Multiple Choice
You, Mr. President, are not declaring a quarantine, but rather are setting forth an ultimatum and threatening that if we do not give in to your demands you will use force. - Soviet premier Nikita Khrushev, letter to President JFK on October 24, 1962
Which U.S. action is Khrushchev challenging in this exerpt?
Preventing Soviet advisors from meeting with revolutionaries in South America
Establishing a naval blockade to stop the shipment of missiles in Cuba
Enforcing a ban on military aid to communist forces in North Vietnam
Conducting air shipments of vital supplies to East Berlin
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