Presidents
Which vice president became president after JFK was assassinated?
Lyndon Johnson
What is the name of the rebellious youth movement that believed the solution of society's problems was self-expression, love, and sharing?
counterculture
What government health insurance program was estalished to help elderly people pay for medical care?
Medicare
What is the name of the North Vietnamese and pro-Communist South Vietnamese guerrillas who fought against the United States?
Viet Cong
Which civil rights activist was assassinated in Memphis on a motel balconey?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Which political party did Nixon belong to?
Republican
What was Nixon's term for his belief that most Americans were not violent radicals but instead wanted peace and order?
silent majority
Which act outlawed literacy tests for voters and sent federal officials into states to help register blacks to vote?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What is the name of Nixon's policy of reducing American forces and increasing the role of the South Vietnamese?
Vietnamization
Which Democrat senator running for president was assassinated?
Robert Kennedy
Which president believed the government should eliminate poverty and inequality to create a "Great Society?"
Lyndon Johnson
What term describes a relaxation of tensions between nations?
detente
Which act established fairer procedures for voter registration, forbade racial discrimination in public buildings, and created the Equal Opportunity Commission?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
In which offensive did the Viet Cong launch surprise attacks against the South during the celebration of the lunar new year?
Tet Offensive
Henry Kissinger
Which man ran as a candidate of the Independent Party in the election of 1968?
George Wallace
What was the name of the first satellite successfully launched into space?
Sputnik I
What is the name of Nixon's policy that attempted to slow inflation and reduce unemployment?
New Economic Policy
What is the name of the village that William Calley's company massacred?
My Lai
Which Chief Justice led a policy of judicial activism to address major social problems?
Earl Warren
Who was the liberal Democrat nominee that ran against Nixon during the election of 1972?
George McGovern
What was the name of radical antiwar groups that hoped to use resentment of the Vietnam War as a means of overthrowing established American institutions?
"New Left"
Which amendment outlawed the use of poll taxes that prevented black suffrage?
Twenty-fourth Amendment
In which resolution did Congress grant President Johnson the authority to escalate the war in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What was the name of the first living creature carried into orbit by a Soviet rocket?
Laika