Camelot - The Kennedy Years
The father of 35th President of the United States.
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
The Doctor of theology that became the most prominent icon of the civil rights movement.
Dr. Martin Luther King
Though often mistaken for a simple patriotic anthem due to its heavy use in military films, this 1969 hit was actually written by John Fogerty as a "protest song" against class privilege. Here is a stanza from the song "It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no furtunate one, no"
"Fortunate Son"
Who was the first American to orbit Earth during the 1960s?
John Glenn
Who is the person referred to by the initials LBJ?
Lyndon Baines Johnson
The religious affiliation of the 35th President of the United States.
Catholicism
This president of the United States of America signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
To understand the Vietnam War, you have to understand the 100 years of colonial rule by this European country.
France
Which country launched the first artificial satellite into orbit?
The Soviet Union
What legislation eliminated discriminatory voting practices, particularly literacy tests and poll taxes that had been used to disenfranchise African American voters in Southern states?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
What branch of the military did the 35th President of the United States serve?
The Navy
The murder of this 14 year old boy was the spark of the Civil Rights Movement.
Emit Till
This student-led organization, known by its three-letter acronym, was the primary force behind the anti-war movement on campuses in the 1960s.
SDS (Students for a Democratic Society)
Who said "this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth."
John F Kennedy
Citing the deep divisions caused by the Vietnam War and the strain on his 'Great Society' agenda, this incumbent President shocked the nation in a televised March 1968 address by announcing, 'I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President.
LBJ
The failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1961.
The Bay of Pigs.
This act outlawed literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had suppressed Black voters in the South.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Daily Double: The 26th Amendment was developed because "Campus Commotion" of the Vietnam War. What did the 26th Amendment change?
The Irony: Before this amendment, a 19-year-old could be drafted to fight in the jungles of Vietnam but was legally barred from voting for the politicians sending them there.
The Slogan: The popular protest chant was: "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote!"
The Speed: It remains the quickest amendment ever ratified in U.S. history because the tension on college campuses was so high that the government felt it had to act immediately to give young people a voice in the system.
Who was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 in 1963?
Valentina Tereshkova
Campaigning on a promise to bring "Peace with Honor" to Vietnam, this Republican won the 1968 election, succeeding LBJ and becoming the 37th U.S. President.
Richard Nixon
The hospital where the 35th President of the United States was pronounced dead.
Parkland Hospital in Dallas Texas
Who said "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired" while challenging racial injustice with her powerful testimony at the 1964 Democratic National Convention as part of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP).
Fannie Lou Hamer
In 1968, U.S. troops killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians in this village; the incident remained a secret until journalist Seymour Hersh exposed it a year later.
My Lai Massacre
Who was the first American astronaut to travel into space?
Alan Shepard
Protests erupted at Kent State and hundreds of other campuses in April 1970 after President Nixon announced U.S. troops were invading this neighboring neutral country to destroy North Vietnamese supply sanctuaries.
Cambodia