Ente1960s

JFK

100

In the agreement ending the Cuban Missile Crisis Khrushchev promised to remove Soviet Missiles from Cuba in exchange for JFK's public promise to _______.

What is not invade cuba

200

JFK won his presidency mainly due to the fact that his debates were on ___.

What is T.V.

300

This attempt to overthrow Castro and Communism by Cuban Exiles, with U.S supported ended in a mess.

What is Bay of Pigs.

400

JFK successfully negotiated this crisis, that occured only 30 miles from U.S. shoreline.

What is Cuban Missile

500

JFK was unable to pass many of his domestic programs because ___.

What is his New Frontier policies were too expensive.

Civil Rights

100

This is what all the marches, sit ins, and boycotts had in common under the leadership of MLK.

What is nonviolence

200

The 14th amendment of the U.S. constitution guarantees ___. 

what is protection for all, justice for all regardless of race, gender, ethnicity; Due Process of the Law

300

One of the first forms of nonviolent protests; other then sit - ins was __________.

Freedom Rider

400

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was meant to protect ___.

rights of African Americans to vote.

500

Reapportionment as required by the Warren Court shifted more political power to  ___.

What is African Americans

Civil Rights and LBJ

100

This Act eliminated system of giving immigration preference to Northern Europeans.

Immigration Act of 1965

200

The Resolution that gave LBJ as President complete war powers.

What Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 

300

Riots broke out in many cities around the country in the mid to late 1960's  because of _____.

African American Frustration with discrimination and racism

400

The Voting Rights Act of 1965  was meant to ___.

Protect African American voters from discriminatory practices. 

500

LBJ's Great Society Program is compared to FDR's New Deal Program because both ______ the size of government in order to _______ citizens that were in need.

What is Increased / Help, assist, tend to

Vietnam

100

The U.S. commanding Military General in the Vietnam War was ___.

William Westmoreland

200

The ________ gave conflicting messages with the government's message about the Vietnam War, resulting in a credibility gap.

What is T.V.

300

This is type of warfare was commonly used by the Vietcong and Vietminh.

What is guerrilla.

400

The _________ divided North and South Vietnam; and called for elections.

What is the Geneva Accords.

500

The purpose of "Agent Orange" was to destroy the __________.

Vietcong's ability to hide in the jungle; vegetation, jungle

Huh?

100

Space capsule that carried American Astronauts to the moon and back.

Apollo

200

He was an outspoken segregationist that ran as an independent in the 1968 election form Alabama

Who is George Wallace

300

The Man who leaked the Pentagon Papers.

Who is Daniel Ellsberg

400

Became an outspoken leader of the Black Panther party and was later assassinated.

Who is Malcom X

500

The ruling in Plessy vs. Furguson was __________ is constitutional. This was reversed later in Brown V. Board

What is segregation / Jim Crow / separate but equal