He ran against Kennedy in 1960. Kennedy just barely won...
Who is Nixon
100
This happened at the 16th St Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama
What is four little girls were killed
100
The Soviets built a wall to prevent escape from here
What is Berlin
100
Buddhist monks set themselves on fire because
What is they wanted to raise awareness of their persecution at the hands of Diem
100
The first televised debates were called
What are the "great debates"
200
Leader of South Vietnam. He would be assassinated
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem
200
He was denied access to Ole Miss. He would be allowed to go with the help of 30,000 US soldiers
Who is James Meredith
200
The idea that having lots of missiles deters a war was referred to by this acronym
What is MAD
200
This country was not pleased with the US and peaced out of NATO in 1966
What is France
200
Organization that sent American volunteers overseas to help people in underdeveloped nations
What is the Peace Corps
300
First person in space
Who is Yuri Gagarin
300
This group organized the freedom rides
What is CORE
300
Kennedy's new policy towards communism which differed from "massive retaliation"
What is "flexible response"
300
Kennedy's Marshall Plan for Latin America
What is the Alliance for Progress
300
Brand new ICBMs that were located in the midwest were called
What are Minutemen
400
Attorney General under Kennedy
Who is Robert "Bobby" Kennedy
400
This was the main reason for the March on Washington
What is to build support and put pressure on Congress to pass the Civil Rights bill
400
Kennedy responded to the Cuban Missile Crisis by
What is placing a "quarantine" around Cuba, preventing Soviet weapons from getting in.
400
The Indian-Chinese War was significant because it...
What is showed the split between Communist China and Soviet Russia
400
One the ways Kennedy controlled inflation - it had to do with business...
What is through wage price guideposts
500
He wrote "The Other America" which raised awareness about poverty in America
Who is Michael Harrington
500
This group, organized by Dr King, tried to fight "Bull" Connor and segregationists in Birmingham, Alabama. Of course, they didn't fight because they were pacifists
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
500
The main reason why the Bay of Pigs invasion was unsuccessful
What is because there was no popular uprising against Castro
500
Nation where a coalition government was formed between the US, the USSR, and Britain for the first time. It held off communism for awhile
What is Laos
500
This program sought to connect western countries by reducing tariffs by as much as 50%