1950s and 60s
The first televised Presidential debate featured Richard Nixon against this charismatic Democrat
John F. Kennedy
James Meredith was the first black man to enroll at this iconic Southern college
The University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss")
Nixon defeated this liberal New York Republican in the 1968 Republican presidential primary
Nelson Rockefeller
Vietnam was originally occupied by this European Empire
France
Watergate Hotel was hosting the _____________ National Convention in 1972
Democratic [Party]
This subculture, influenced by jazz music, pushed back against what they saw as the conformity of 1950s life
Beatniks
From May to December of 1961, these activists rode in desegregated busses to protest bus segregation
Freedom Riders
Nixon used this strategy to bring an "honorable end" to the Vietnam War.
Vietnamization
Vietnam was later occupied by this Axis Powers empire during WWII
Japan
The "plumbers" were assigned to intimidate anyone who would leak bad information about ___________'s administration
Richard Nixon
The CIA launched a failed invasion of communist Cuba, let by Cuban refugees, at this Cuban inlet
The Bay of Pigs
Voter literacy tests were limited under this bill signed by President Lyndon Johnson
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Henry Kissinger promoted ________________, which focuses on rational decision making rather than moral or ideological objectives
Realpolitik
Vietnam was the second country, after ____________ to be split into a communist north and a democratic south
Korea
Carl Bernstein and ___ _______________ worked for the Washington Post to expose Nixon's corruption during Watergate
Bob Woodward
This wall, separating East and West Berlin, was constructed in 1961.
Berlin Wall
The Woolsworth _________ __________ was the site of a "sit-in" protest in Greensboro, North Carolina
Lunch counter
Nixon created this government agency to help companies reduce pollution
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Americans feared that one Asian country becoming communist would lead to others coming, such as in a game of ________________
Dominoes
The organization "Committee to Re-Elect the President" was also known by this acronym
"CREEP"
Following FDR's New Deal and Truman's Fair Deal, John F. Kennedy proposed this package of social reforms
New Frontier
This black Muslim civil rights activist was murdered by extremists after taking a more moderate and peaceful approach to black civil rights.
Malcolm X
This controversial Philadelphia Mayor supported Nixon in 1972, which raised questions about the effect that Nixon's "law and order" policies had on black citizens
Mayor Frank Rizzo
American involvement in Vietnam escalated due to the ____________ of ________________ Incident
Gulf of Tonkin
How could Nixon have disassociated himself from that committee's crimes?
Firing the aides involved