JFK
What city was JFK assassinated in?
Dallas
Who were the two candidates in the 1960 election? (First and last name for both)
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Segregation Laws
This person was accused of killing JFK
Lee Harvey Oswald
US and USSR standoff to remove missiles from Cuba
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Attempted assassination of Fidel Castro using US trained Cuban Exiles
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Which candidate won the debate if people watched it on TV and which won if they listened on the radio?
TV = JFK
Radio = Nixon
Civil Rights Leader who was a reverend that believed in Non-Violent Protests
MLK Jr.
Official Government Investigation of the JFK assassination
The Warren Commission
This Supreme Court Ruling declared segregation Unconstitutional in schools
Brown v Board of Education
Who trained the Cuban Exiles during the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
CIA
What made the election of 1960 so special and unique?
It was the first televised debate.
Why did Malcolm X choose the letter "X" as his last name?
His true last name was stolen from his ancestors
The Man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
Black voters in the South often had to take these in order to vote
Literacy Tests
Name one thing JFK aimed to do during his presidency
Options:
Raise the Minimum Wage
Put a man on the moon
Pass Civil Rights Legislation
Anything New Frontier related
Which political party did each candidate belong to?
JFK = Democratic
Nixon = Republican
The Black Panther Party provided free __________ and ___________ to young people.
Education and Lunches
The only recording of the JFK assassination
The Zapruder Film
Law that prevented discrimination of any race, gender, national origin
Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was JFK's wife's name, AND which member of his family also tried to run for President?
Jackie Kennedy
His brothers
What was the name of JFK's Vice President?
LBJ
(Lyndon B. Johnson)
MLK was frustrated with this group due to them being more concerned with "order than justice"
The White Moderate
If there WAS a second shooter, what location would they have been in?
The Grassy Knoll
Law that banned Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests before voting
The Voting Rights Act of 1965