Show:
Famous People
Events
Acronyms/Groups
JFK and More Famous People
Music/Movies
100
Who were the Freedom Riders?
What is Civil Rights activists (challenged status quo by riding interstate buses in the south in mixed racial groups to challenge local laws or customs that enforced segregation in seating)
100
When was the Berlin Wall built?
What is August 13, 1961
100
What was the purpose of the Peace Corp
What is providing technical assistance, helping people outside US to understand American Culture and Americans understand the cultures of other countries. (Work is related to social and economic development)
100
What was the name for JFK's unsuccessful domestic programs?
What is "New Frontier" Legislation
100
What was the movie clip called that we showed for the Berlin Wall?
What is Night Crossing
200
Who was the first American in space?
What is Alan B. Shepard
200
What is the Bay of Pigs
What is Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba on April 17, 1961
200
What was the purpose of NOW?
What is National Organization of Women (take action to bring women into full participation in American society, speak out of their equality and freedom, develop confidence, full partnership with men.)
200
Who was JFK's assassin?
What is Lee Harvey Oswald
200
What famous 1960s Rock N Roll artist says "Thank you, Thank you very much"
What is Elvis Presley
300
Who is Betty Friedan?
What is Women's Rights activist (wrote "The Feminine Mystique" cofound National organization for women and wrote "The Second Stage" and "The Fountain Age"
300
What Crisis did the U.S. face from October 14-22, 1962?
What is Cuban Missile Crisis (Nuclear missile sites being built by Soviet Union on Cuba, Kennedy created a ring of ships around Cuba and demanded the removal of missiles)
300
What was ERA?
What is Equal Rights Amendment (proposed amendment to US Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women. ERA was originally written by Alice Paul.)
300
Who was Cesar Chavez
What is Union Leader and Labor Organizer (dedicated life to improving treatment, pay, and working conditions for farm workers.)
300
Who sings these Lyrics? If everybody had an ocean Across the U. S. A. Then everybody'd be surfin' Like Californi-a You'd seem 'em wearing their baggies Huarachi sandals too A bushy bushy blonde hairdo Surfin' U. S. A.
What is Beach Boys
400
Who was James Meredith
What is a civil rights activist (became first African American to attend the University of Mississippi in 1962.)
400
What was the purpose of the Warren Commission?
What is Evaluate all the facts and circumstances surrounding the assassination and the subsequent killing of the alleged assassin to report is conclusions and findings. President Johnson created one week after JFK's murder.
400
What was SDS?
What is Students for a Democratic Society (student activist movement in US that was one of main representations on New Left. It was expanded and developed rapidly in mid 1960s before dissolving at its last convention in 1969.)
400
Describe the Art of Andy Warhol
What is One of the most important artists of pop art, which became extremely popular in the second half of the twentieth century. He is best remembered for his paintings of Campbell's soup cans. His paintings were realistic versions of popular, everyday items. He started off in blotted line art, then pop art, then silk screening, and finally to movies.
400
What movie was made in 1961 and Cruella De Vil plays in this movie?
What is 101 Dalmatians
500
Who is Jack Ruby?
What is Nightclub owner--murdered Lee Harvey Oswald before Oswald could stand trial for the assassination of President JFK
500
What famous speech was given in 1963 in Washington, D.C?
What is "I Have a Dream" -Martin Luther King Jr.
500
What was AIM?
What is American Indian Movement (Native American advocacy group in US founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota with agenda that focuses on spirituality, leadership, and sovereignty.)
500
What does JFK stand for?
What is John Fitzgerald Kennedy
500
What movie does Steve Martin and Beyoncé Knowles play in that was released in 2006 but the original was released in 1963. In this film, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is assigned to solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and the theft of the famous Pink Panther diamond.
What is The Pink Panther