Lets Get Musical
A song that expresses disapproval of political or social issues.
Protest Song
Compulsory enlistment for military service
Conscription
The competition between the USA and USSR to achieve space exploration milestones
Space Race
Many people in the 1960s wanted equal rights for Black Americans. This movement was known as the...
Civil Rights Movement.
The full name of JFK
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
A genre that became popular for its storytelling and political messages.
Folk Music
A mass protest movement calling for an end to the Vietnam War
Moratorium
The NASA mission that first landed humans on the moon
Apollo 11
Who gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963?
Martin Luther King Jr
JFK's life came to a sad end when he was...
Assasinated
Brittish band from Liverpool shares its name with in insect.
The Beatles
The belief that if one country fell to communism, others nearby would follow
Domino Theory
The year Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.
1969
This US president was very supportive of the Civil Rights Movement.
John F Kennedy
The lasting impact of a person or event on history. JFK had a positive one of these.
Legacy
A singer who wanted the world to be fair and kind to everyone. He used his music to communicate his message in the form of protest songs. Notably "A Change is Gonna Come"
Sam Cooke
A period of political tension between the USA and USSR without direct military conflict
The Cold War
Space travellers launched by the USSR were known as
Cosmonauts
In what year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
1968
JFK is credited with calming tensions between the US and The USSR during which Missile Crisis.
Cuban Missile Crisis.