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In my Inaugural Speech I said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
Who is John F. Kennedy
100
Kennedy's foreign policy that said the U.S. need not respond to all foreign threats with nuclear warfare
What is Flexible Response
100
this was a free daycare or preschool program for those children living in poverty
What is Head Start
100
this was the name given to those civil rights activists that rode busses into the south in order to protest segregation in public transportation facilities
What is the Freedom Riders
100
this was an outdoor music and art festival held in upstate New York in 1969
What is Woodstock
200
I was a civil rights activist that advocated for black separatism
Who is Malcolm X
200
This was a failed CIA plot to overthrow Castro in Cuba
What is the Bay of Pigs Invasion DAILY DOUBLE: Describe in detail the events that took place at the Bay of Pigs
200
this term refers to the difference in age and values between parents and their children
What is the generation gap DAILY DOUBLE: The new generation of young Americans created a counterculture. Name two ideas or values that represented this new culture.
200
this banned segregation in all public places such as restaurants and transportation facilities
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
200
this was an organization that sent volunteers to underdeveloped countries to aid them in areas like medicine, education, and building infrastructure
What is the Peace Corp
300
In 1959, I became the new communist leader of Cuba
Who is Fidel Castro
300
This was built in order to stop thousands from fleeing a Soviet controlled section of Germany.
What is the Berlin Wall DAILY DOUBLE: What was Khrushchev's fear behind so many people fleeing East Berlin to West Berlin?
300
This new type of health insurance was paid for by the government and benefited American citizens over the age of 65
What is Medicare
300
this was a campaign to get African Americans to register to vote in the south
What is Freedom Summer DAILY DOUBLE: Describe in detail the tragedy that happened during Freedom Summer.
300
The Warren Report declared me as the lone assassin of JFK
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald DAILY DOUBLE: Despite the Warren Report findings, a majority of Americans still believe in a conspiracy theory surrounding the assassination of JFK. Describe one of the many conspiracy theories in detail (motive, evidence, etc.)
400
I created the Great Society program
Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson DAILY DOUBLE: Name at least two programs that were set in place under the Great Society
400
This was the course of action the U.S. decided to take against Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
What is a naval blockade
400
This act revised the number of immigrants allowed in the U.S. each year
What is the Immigration and Nationality Act
400
this outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests and the grandfather clause
What is Voting Rights Act of 1965
400
In an attempt to promote equal opportunity, this required a certain number of minorities to be appointed to jobs and educational programs
What is Affirmative Action
500
I was the first American to orbit the Earth
Who is John Glenn
500
This prohibited any further testing of nuclear weapons above ground.
What is the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
500
a book written by Betty Friedan challenging the idea that all a woman needed in life to be happy was a husband and children to take care of
What is The Feminine Mystique
500
a group of African Americans that formed militant groups in order to protect themselves from the police
What is the Black Panther Party
500
this organization was founded by Betty Friedan and other women activists that wanted to pursue equal rights for women
What is the National Organization for Women (NOW) DAILY DOUBLE: Name at least three issues that this organization still deals with today.