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100
THIS wall was built in 1961, dividing the East (communist) and West (capitalist) portions of Germany's capital.
What is the Berlin Wall?
100
THIS famous rock n roller was found dead in his apartment in 1977.
Who is Elvis?
100
To end the spread of communism, the US sent troops to THIS country in 1965 to fight communist forces.
What is Vietnam?
100
JFK was assassinated in THIS US city in 1963.
What is Dallas?
100
The first celebration of THIS day was in 1970, showing the importance of environmental awareness and preservation in this period.
What is Earth Day?
200
The space race was hot in the 1960's, resulting in THIS country sending the first man in to space in 1961.
What is the Soviet Union?
200
THIS famous music festival was held in New York in 1969.
What is Woodstock?
200
As the women's rights movement grows, THIS famous court case from 1972 makes abortion legal.
What is Roe v. Wade?
200
THIS president resigned from his office in 1974 after the Watergate Scandal.
Who is Nixon?
200
Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech at THIS famous event in Washington, D.C., in 1963.
What is the March on Washington?
300
THIS disastrous 1961 US maneuver was a result of the rise of communism in Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
300
Andy Warhol exhibited his famous pop art featuring THIS common product in 1962.
What is Campbell's soup?
300
With the growth of the Civil Rights movement, THIS militant group was founded in Oakland in 1966 to protect the rights of minorities.
What is the Black Panthers?
300
In 1969, THIS famous musician and his wife participated in a bed-in for peace.
Who is John Lennon?
300
THIS famous boxer became the world heavyweight champ in 1964.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
400
A Buddhist monk set himself ablaze in 1963 at a busy intersection in THIS city to protest the wrongdoings of the US-backed government in South Vietnam.
What is Saigon?
400
THIS famous Alfred Hitchcock film was released in 1960; it features a main character named Norman Bates.
What is Psycho?
400
As communism becomes more common, Mao Zedong launches a cultural revolution in THIS country in 1966.
What is China?
400
Rachel Carson released her book with THIS title in 1962; it helped promote the environmental movement.
What is Silent Spring?
400
THIS organization began in 1961, allowing young US citizens to aid communities all over the world.
What is the Peace Corps?
500
The student protests at Kent State University in Ohio in 1970 were prompted by Nixon's decision to invade THIS country during the Vietnam War.
What is Cambodia?
500
In the mid-sixties, the Beatles, a group from THIS town in England, led to the British Invasion, a period where British music flooded US airwaves.
What is Liverpool?
500
As revolutionary thinking becomes more popular, wealthy heiress Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974 from her apartment in THIS city.
What is San Francisco?
500
THIS president developed and began implementing the "war on poverty" and the Great Society.
Who is LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson)?
500
THIS famous civil rights activist was killed in 1965 by Nation of Islam members.
Who is Malcolm X?
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