President Kennedy
What was the name of Kennedy's wife?
Jackie
In which presidential election did Johnson defeat Barry Goldwater? (Clue: elections held every four years, Kennedy assassinated in 1963)
1964
Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat
Kennedy
Name one popular TV show of the 1950s.
Could be a number of answers.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in which major American city?
Dallas
LBJ was originally a public school teacher in which state?
Texas
What was the primary goal of Freedom Summer?
To get black Americans in the South registered to vote
Which governmental organization was formed to promote positive US relations with 3rd World countries?
Peace Corps
Which famous white musician achieved a great amount of success in the 1950s by emulating black musicians?
Elvis Presley
As part of the solution to the Cuban missile crisis, Kennedy agreed to remove missiles from two countries. Name one of those two countries.
Italy and Turkey
Which act outlawed discrimination in voting, education, and public accommodations and was signed into law by LBJ?
Civil Rights Act
What was the goal of the March on Washington?
To urge Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act
A wall was erected in which European city as a direct result of the Cold War?
Berlin
The ___________ family was a household consisting of a mother, father, and their children.
nuclear
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
Which LBJ legislation provided basic hospital insurance for Americans in the Social Security system who were age 65 or older?
Medicare
Martin Luther King Jr. was involved with the SCLC. What does this acronym stand for?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Nikita Khrushchev took over as Soviet premier after the death of which Soviet leader?
Joseph Stalin
During the 1950s, Congress added which words to the dollar bill? (Hint: These words were added to make clear the contrast between the importance of religion in American society and the atheist basis of communist societies.)
"In God We Trust"
What is the name of John F. Kennedy's brother who was assassinated while running for President?
Robert Kennedy
What was the name of LBJ's vision for America?
Before changing his last name to "X," what was the original last name of Malcolm X?
Little
Which caribbean nation experienced a Communist revolution?
Cuba
Which term refers to the phenomenon of a dramatic rise in newborns following the end of WWII?
Baby boom