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100
Who was the King of Rock and Roll in the 1950s?
Elvis Presley
100
What sport helped bring China and the United closer in the 1970s?
Ping Pong
100
Name two Communist Countries.
USSR, China, North Korea, North Vietnam, Cuba
100
Political party of the Presidency - 1960.
Before - Republican

After - Democrat

100

Who was Eisenhower's Vice President?

Richard Nixon
100
Define detente.

The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.

100

Which President ended the war in Vietnam?

Richard Nixon

200
Which band performed "Fortunate Son"?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
200

Who was the first black baseball player in Major League Baseball?

Jackie Robinson

200
Explain the Domino Theory.
Communism will spread like Dominos.
200
Number of Civil Rights laws passed (name them) - 1963
Civil Rights Act 1964

Voting Rights Act 1965

200
Which 20th century President was most qualified to hold the office and why?
Eisenhower, experience during WWII
200


Which President is being portrayed and why is he being portrayed this way?

Gerald Ford. clumsy because of his fall while boarding Air Force One.

200

During the Vietnam era, President Johnson appointed the first black Supreme Court Justice, name that person.

Thurgood Marshall

300
What is the song, "Fortunate Son" about?
Elitism in the United States during the Vietnam War.
300
What device helped shape the narrative of the 1960 Presidential election?
The television 
300
What European country fought in Vietnam during the 1950s.
France
300
Opinion of the War in Vietnam - 1968
Before there was a majority that supported the war, after there was not.
300
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964?
Martin Luther King Jr.
300
Name the most closely and least closely contested Presidential elections of the 20th century.

Closest - 1960

Least close - 1972

300

Name two arguments made by the government in favor of the war.

American prestige, containing communism, keeping our promise to the people of Vietnam

400
What is the song, "The Yellow Rose of Texas," about?
The free black woman who helped the Texans capture Santa Anna.
400
How do you save yourself from a nuclear blast?
Duck and cover.
400
What is McCarthyism?

A vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54.

400
Victories for non-violent protests - 1955
Before the Montgomery Bus boycott there were not very many, after you have the freedom riders, and the creation of the Southern Leadership Coalition
400
Why did Gerald Ford pardon Richard Nixon?
To protect the integrity of the office of the President and to also allow the country to move on and heal.
400


What program is this on?

The Ed Sullivan Show
400

Name two arguments against the war in Vietnam.

Hypocrisy in terms of Civil Rights, elitism in the draft, we shouldn't be fighting in another countries Civil War, we are fighting against democracy

500
Which member of Fleetwood Mac will not be touring with the band on their 2019 tour?
Lindsey Buckingham
500
What was the American Dream of the 1950s?

Own a car, a home, white picket fence, multiple kids. For white people.

500
Name two events that perpetuated the myth of the red scare.

USSR gets the Atom Bomb in 1949, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are executed in 1953, Klaus Fuchs, convicted of spying at Los Alamos by the British in 1950.  

500
The reputation of the Presidency - 1963

Under Eisenhower and JFK there trust in American leadership, that trust was lost during the LBJ and Nixon administrations 

500
What is the biggest criticism of Eisenhower's Presidency?
A lack of moral leadership on Civil Rights.
500


Name the two events portrayed in this clip.

Ping pong diplomacy and the Watergate Scandal
500

Name two events that shaped 1968, explain why they are important.

Tet Offensive, Death of MLK, Death of RFK, Democratic National Convention, My Lai

600

According to Billboards what was the number 1 song of 1973?  We listened to it as a part of the movie Forrest Gump?

Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando

600

Who opened the first episode of Gunsmoke?

John Wayne - would also accept, The Duke

600
Name two foreign policy achievements that eased American relations with Communist countries under the Nixon administration.
One china policy, SALT
600
Communists in the Government - 1953
Not many before, Rosenbergs and Fuchs, not many after
600

Name four individuals discussed in class who were killed in the 1960s.

JFK, RKF, MLK, Malcolm X

600
Ducks say quack & fish go blub & the seal goes OW OW OW, but there's one sound that no ones knows... what does the fox say?

The most commonly heard red fox vocalizations are a quick series of barks, and a scream-y variation on a howl. All fox vocalizations are higher-pitched than dog vocalizations, partly because foxes are much smaller. The barks are a sort of ow-wow-wow-wow, but very high-pitched, almost yippy. It's commonly mistaken for an owl hooting. That bark sequence is thought to be an identification system; studies indicate that foxes can tell each other apart by this call.

600

John Kennedy had a very bad year in 1961, why?

Bay of Pigs, first meeting with Khrushev