Jfk Webquest.docx

JFK Webquest Click on the links below to answer the questions

The Bay of Pigs http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/The-Bay-of-Pigs.aspx 1) Who was Fidel Castro?

2) Why didn’t the US like Castro?

3) Who was the US going to use to overthrow Castro?

4) What were two reasons the Bay of Pigs Invasion failed? Civil Rights http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/john_kennedy_and_civil_rights.htm 5) How many African Americans did Kennedy appoint to various positions during his presidency? 6) What did Kennedy promise in his campaign? 7) What major piece of legislation did Kennedy try to enact?

Space Program http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Space-Program.aspx 8) What country pulled ahead of the US in the “Space Race”?

9) What did President Kennedy say the US should achieve before the end of the decade?

10) Who was the first man to orbit the moon?

11) What was the name of the program that landed men on the moon?

Assassination http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-thePresident.aspx 12) Why was President Kennedy in Texas?

13) How was President Kennedy assassinated?

14) Who did the police arrest for the killing?

15) Whose funeral was President Kennedy’s modeled after? What was lit? What images stuck in people’s minds?