Political
The president that was assassinated in Dallas, TX in 1963
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This movement fought to end racial discrimination and segregation
Civil Rights Movement
The program that provided health insurance for Americans over the age of 65 beginning in 1965
What is medicare?
This Pentagon document leak revealed that several U.S administrations had misled the public about Vietnam.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
The country won the Space Race
What is the U.S
Which event almost caused a nuclear war in 1962?
A. Bay of Pigs
B. Cuban Missile Crisis
C. Watergate
D. Kent State
B. Cuban Missile Crisis
The economic and political philosophy the US saw as a threat and sought to destroy and stop the spread of.
Communism
This president's "War on poverty" aimed to reduce poverty in the United States.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
The surprise 1968 offensive launched by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces that shocked Americans at home.
What is the Tet Offensive?
The U.S's closest ally in the Cold War.
What is the United Kingdom?
The President created the "Great Society" which aimed to reduce poverty and reduce racial injustice
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
The Heavyweight boxing champion who refused the draft for religious reasons.
Who is Muhammed Ali
This 1964 act established the Job Corps and Head Start as part of the "War on Poverty."
What is the Economic Opportunity Act?
This incendiary weapon created massive firestorms and became one of the most controversial and deadly weapons used in the Vietnam War.
What is Napalm?
This famous festival in 1969 became a symbol of the hippie movement.
What is the Woodstock festival?
Double Jeopardy:
This barrier in Germany divided a major Germany city into eastern and western sections, and became a big part of the Cold War by preventing many people to escape communist territories.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This feminist author wrote the Feminine Mystique, helping spark more attention to feminism.
Who is Betty Friedan?
In 1964, LBJ signed this major bill into law to stimulate the economy through broad individual and corporate tax cuts
What is the Revenue Act of 1964?
This 1964 resolution gave the president authority to increase U.S military involvement in Vietnam after reported attacks on U.S naval ships.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This famous speech by JFK encouraged Americans to help their country rather than themselves.
What is the "Inaugural Speech?"
This failed 1961 invasion involved Cuban exiles attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
The third member of the Apollo 11 mission, besides Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, who piloted the lunar module.
Michael Collins
This organization of oil-producing countries was founded in 1960, and became powerful world economics.
What is OPEC? (The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
This massacre in Vietnam led over 300 unarmed women, men, and children to be killed in 1968 by U.S troops in Vietnamese villages.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
The T.V show series that began in 1966 with the mission,"to go boldly to where no man has gone before"
What is Star Trek?