This future President lost the 1960 Presidential debate to John F. Kennedy.
Who was Richard Nixon?
100
President Johnson oversaw the first moon landing (conspiracies aside) where this man became the first human being to walk on the moon. “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Who was Neil Armstong?
100
Leader of the Nation of Islam (not Malcolm X).
Who was Elijah Muhammad?
100
His real name was Nguyen That Thanh, Communist leader of North Vietnam (and eventually all of Vietnam).
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
100
The title of the book that started the 2nd wave of feminism in the U. S. by Betty Friedan.
What is the 'Feminine Mystique?'
200
This was the name of the first man in space.
Who was Yuri Gagarin?
200
Besides the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act, Johnson's other signature policy goal was the War on...this.
What is Poverty?
200
This Alabama city was the starting point of the march that led to "Bloody Sunday" and the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
What is Selma, AL?
200
This country owned as a colony 'Indochina' including Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
What is France?
200
Writer of the Port Huron Statement and leader of the Students for a Democratic Society.
Who was Tom Hayden?
300
This was the name of the Commission that investigated the assassination of JFK and found that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone - named for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time.
What was the Warren Commission?
300
These are the names of the ‘Great Society’ health reforms, still around today, that subsidizes healthcare for the poor and the elderly.
What are Medicare and Medicaid?
300
This was the city where Martin Luther King, Jr's “I have a dream” speech was delivered.
What is Washington, D. C.?
300
This was the Christian, capitalist, South Vietnamese leader chosen by the U. S. to run Vietnam.
Who was Ngo Dinh Diem?
300
This former Defense official released the 'Pentagon Papers' to the New York Times prompting a case in the Supreme Court about the Freedom of the Press.
Who is Daniel Ellsberg?
400
One of Kennedy's long lasting programs that recruited young people, not for the army, but to serve the U. S. overseas for help building houses and teaching modern agricultural techniques.
What is the Peace Corps?
400
After taking over for Kennedy, LBJ had to run on his own in a campaign that included the infamous "Daisy" ad against this Republican Senator.
Who was Barry Goldwater?
400
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded this ‘black power’ movement.
What were the 'Black Panthers?'
400
Chemical defoliant used to clear jungles in Vietnam - also infamous for causing health problems in our soldiers and Vietnamese villagers.
What was Agent Orange?
400
This anti-feminist became famous by fighting against the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) even though she was a woman.
Who was Phyllis Schlafly?
500
This country near the border of the Soviet Union was where we secretly remove missiles from as part of deal that stopped World War III from probably happening during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is Turkey?
500
This Alabama governor ran for President four times as an independent challenging LJB's efforts to desegregate the South.
Who was George Wallace?
500
This former (and current) civil rights leader was a founder of SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), was beaten during “Bloody Sunday” in the March from Selma, and is currently a congressman from Atlanta, GA.
Who is John Lewis?
500
Both the Viet-minh and the Viet-cong launched an attack on U. S. bases in South Vietnam on this Vietnamese holiday.
What is Tet (New Year's)?
500
University where national guard troops fired on and killed 4 students who were protesting the Vietnam War.