This decade introduced the growth and popularity of what genre of music?
Rock
Who was the president in the early 60's but was assassinated?
John F. Kennedy
This 1963 event featured Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
This movement sought to address pollution, conservation, and environmental protection.
What is the Environmental Movement?
Who gave the famous "I have a dream" speech in 1963?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What popular 4-man band sang "Yellow Submarine"?
The Beatles
This president launched the Great Society programs after Kennedy’s assassination.
Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson?
This failed 1961 invasion was an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
This influential book by Betty Friedan helped spark second-wave feminism.
What is The Feminine Mystique?
What war began in the 60's?
Vietnam war
What band sang "I'm a Believer"?
The Monkees
This activist promoted Black nationalism and was associated with the Nation of Islam.
Who is Malcolm X?
This 1962 Cold War confrontation brought the U.S. and Soviet Union close to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This movement challenged traditional norms and embraced new lifestyles, especially among young people in the 1960s.
What is the Counterculture?
true or false, the compact Ford Mustang launched in 1964 was one of the decades greatest successes.
True
Name two of the four famous Rock N Roll stars who died at 27 in the 1960's.
Brian Jones (1969), Jimi Hendrix (1970), Janis Joplin (1970), and Jim Morrison (1971),
Who was the first african american to play in major league baseball?
Jackie Robinson
This long-term conflict had roots in Cold War tensions, colonial struggles in Southeast Asia, and containment policy.
What are the Origins of the Vietnam War?
This ideology emphasized racial pride, economic independence, and sometimes separatism during the late 1960s.
What is Black Power?
An american former boxer, and three-time world heavyweight champion
Muhammad Ali
What state did Woodstock take place?
New York
Who is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in music history who got famous and died in the 1960's?
Jimi Hendrix
This term reflected improved relations better the US and USSR after the Cuban missile crisis.
Detente
This movement fought for Mexican American civil rights, labor rights, and cultural identity.
What is the Chicano Movement
The name of the first spaceflight that landed on the moon
Apollo 11