U.S. History Events
Name the date that JFK was assassinated
November 22, 1963
April 30, 1957
Name the company that produced the first handheld calculator in 1967
Texas Instruments (TI)
Name the event that hippies opposed
Vietnam War
Name two popular sports in the 1960s
Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball
Name the date of the moon landing
July 20th, 1969
Name the number of American soldiers who died in the Vietnam War
Approximately 58,200 American soldiers
Name the inventor of the first computer mouse
Douglas Engelbart
Name one recognizable feature of hippies
Tie-dye shirts, loose clothing, flower patterns on clothing, peace signs
Name two popular 1960s bands
The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Byrds
Name two civil rights groups from the 1960s
CORE, SNCC, NAACP, SCLC
Name the date that the Berlin Wall fell
November 9, 1989
Name the first computer game
Spacewar!
Name two popular food items from the 1960s
Cool Whip, Easy Cheese, Fondue, Lucky Charms, Spaghetti-Os, Pigs in a Blanket
Name the year in which it was announced that over half of all network prime-time programming would be broadcast in color
1965
Name three of LBJ's Great Society Programs
Upward Bound, Head Start, Job Corps., VISTA, Medicare, Medicade, HUD
Name the dates of the Cuban Missile Crisis
October 16th, 1962 - October 28, 1962
Name the year in which cassette tapes were invented
1962
Name and define two 1960s slang terms
bad - awesome, ball - to party, chrome dome - bald person, a gas - a lot of fun, groovy - really cool
Name the date that The Flintstones first aired
September 30, 1960
Name all four U.S. presidents during this time period
Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon
Name the date that the Yom Kippur War began
October 6, 1973
Name the year in which the ATM was invented
1967
Name three popular fashion trends in the 1960s
Mini skirts, capri pants, plaid shirts, slacks, bell-bottoms
Name three TV shows that were popular in the 1960s
The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Batman, The Twilight Zone, I Dream of Jeannie