Politics
Who was elected in 1960?
JFK
Which Black nationalist leader was assassinated in 1965 after advocating for Black empowerment?
Malcom X
Which wall, erected in 1961, became the defining symbol of Cold War division in Europe?
Berlin Wall
Lyndon B Johnson launched the “___” programs aimed at reducing poverty and expanding social welfare.
Where are the Beatles from?
The United Kingdom
Which Republican won the presidency in 1968 promising “law and order”?
Richard Nixon
Which 1961 campaign challenged segregation on interstate buses throughout the South?
Freedom Rides
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism through political, military, and economic pressure.
Containment
Which federal program, created in 1965, provided health insurance for Americans over age 65?
Medicare
In 1969, which Astronaut became the first human to step on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
Which 1968 offensive by North Vietnamese forces weakened American public support for the Vietnam War?
Tet Offensive
Name one founder of the Black Panther Party
- Huey P. Newton
or
- Bobby Seale
After Kennedy’s assassination, which president continued U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
Lyndon B. Johnson
This term described the large generation born after World War II that became a major economic force in the 1960s.
Baby Boom/Baby Boomers
This 1962 publication by Rachel Carson raised public awareness about pesticides and helped spark the modern environmental movement, eventually influencing new environmental regulations and industries
Silent Spring
Which 1968 Democratic National Convention CITY became infamous for violent clashes between police and antiwar protesters?
Chicago
Which student-led organization organized Freedom Rides and sit-ins during the Civil Rights Movement?
The SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
Who was president during the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
John F. Kennedy
This term describes the rapid growth in consumer spending and household purchases that characterized much of the American economy during the 1960s.
Consumerism
What was the name of the "3 Days of Peace & Music festival" that was the pinnacle of the 1960s counterculture and the anti-war movement?
Woodstock
Which Alabama governor ran for president in 1968 on a segregationist platform as a third-party candidate?
George Wallace
What year was the Civil Rights Act that ended legal segregation (Jim Crow laws) in public accommodations and banned employment discrimination signed into law by Lyndon B Johnson?
1964
Which 1964 naval confrontation in Southeast Asia led Congress to give President Lyndon B. Johnson broad authority to expand U.S. military involvement in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin incident
In 1968, this president imposed a temporary income tax surcharge to help control inflation caused by federal spending on Vietnam and domestic programs.
Lyndon B. Johnson
What's the name of the neighborhood in SF that was a associated with the counterculture movement?
Haight-Ashbury