Presidents & Politics
This young, charismatic Democrat defeated Richard Nixon in the 1960 election.
John F Kennedy
This preacher and activist became the most prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This failed 1961 invasion of Cuba was meant to overthrow Fidel Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the 1950s and 1960s, expanding civil rights and liberties.
Who is Earl Warren?
This movement focused on protecting nature and limiting pollution in the 1960s.
What is the Environmental Movement?
This was the first presidential debate ever broadcast on television, changing how Americans judged candidates.
What is the Kennedy–Nixon Debate?
This 1963 protest in Washington, D.C., is where MLK delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
This 1962 event brought the world to the brink of nuclear war after Soviet missiles were discovered in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This case ruled that suspects must be informed of their rights when arrested.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This 1962 book by Rachel Carson warned about the dangers of pesticides.
What is Silent Spring?
This was Kennedy’s domestic policy program that promised progress in science, education, and civil rights.
What is the New Frontier?
This 1964 law outlawed segregation in public places and banned job discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
To resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy agreed to remove U.S. missiles from this country.
What is Turkey?
This case banned prayer in public schools, reinforcing the separation of church and state.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
This technology allowed Americans to see major events like debates and moon landings in their homes.
What is the television?
This was the name of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s sweeping reform program that aimed to end poverty and racial injustice.
What is the Great Society?
This 1965 event in Alabama drew attention to the fight for voting rights after marchers were attacked by police.
What is Bloody Sunday or the Selma to Montgomery March?
This international competition drove the U.S. and USSR to prove their dominance through space exploration.
What is the Space Race?
The Warren Court expanded rights for this group, often through cases about fair treatment and due process.
Who are criminal defendants?
This musical festival in 1969 became a symbol of the counterculture movement.
What is Woodstock?
Johnson’s presidency created these two major health programs for the elderly and the poor.
What are Medicare and Medicaid?
The assassination of this Civil Rights leader in 1968 led to riots and national mourning.
Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1969, this historic achievement fulfilled Kennedy’s goal of reaching the moon before the decade ended.
What is the Apollo 11 Moon Landing?
The Warren Court’s decisions reflected this broader goal of ensuring equal protection under the law.
What is civil rights and social justice?
Many of the social changes of the 1960s paved the way for this later movement focused on gender equality.
What is the Women’s Rights Movement?