The Election of 1960
This Democrat won the presidency in 1960.
Who was John F. Kennedy?
This Texan became president after Kennedy’s assassination.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This tactic was used to protest segregated lunch counters.
What are sit-ins?
Communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam were called this.
Who were the Viet Cong?
Johnson announced he would not do this in 1968.
What is run for re-election?
He was the Republican nominee in 1960.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Johnson’s legislative agenda was known as this.
What is the Great Society?
King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at this event.
What was the March on Washington?
This resolution allowed the U.S. to escalate involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
He challenged Johnson for the Democratic nomination in early 1968.
Who is Eugene McCarthy?
This factor may have decided the 1960 election.
What were televised debates?
These two major civil rights laws were passed in 1964 and 1965.
What are the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act?
King was arrested in this Alabama city.
What is Birmingham?
The U.S. fought a limited war because of fear of involvement from these countries.
Who were the Soviet Union or China?
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in this city.
What is Memphis, Tennessee?
Kennedy called his domestic program this.
Johnson called his anti-poverty efforts this.
What is the War on Poverty?
Scenes of confrontation over integration occurred at these two universities.
What are the University of Mississippi and University of Alabama?
This 1968 military campaign shifted American public opinion against the war.
What was the Tet Offensive?
He won the California primary shortly before being assassinated.
Who is Robert Kennedy?
Kennedy’s program faced resistance from this group in Congress.
Who were the Southern Democrats?
These two healthcare programs began under Johnson.
What are Medicare and Medicaid?
Between 1965–1967, many cities experienced this.
What were riots?
This intelligence ship was captured by North Korea in 1968.
What was the USS Pueblo?
This Republican won the presidential election of 1968.
Who is Richard Nixon?