Cuban Missile Crisis
The month the Cuban Missile Crisis started?
October
What year was the festival in?
August 1969
When did it take place?
June 28th, 1969
As the decade progressed, mainstream fashion became more _______
Hippy (Hippie)
When did the civil rights movement begin and end?
Began in 1954 and ended in 1968
In what year did it take place?
1962
How long was the festival for?
It was a three day festival
The city in which the Stonewall riots took place?
New York City
A shift to more South-Asian inspired clothes was present in which major group?
Hippies
Who was Martin Luther King Jr?
An activist of the Civil Rights Movement who was a black baptist minister and organized many nonviolent protests. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Where did this event take place?
Cuba and the Caribbean Sea
What is the overarching movement which was expressed at Woodstock?
Countercultural
What did the police suspect the Stonewall Inn of doing without a license?
Selling Alcohol
What show in the 1960s made fashion popular?
Mad Men
What is the voting Rights Act of 1965?
outlawed discriminatory voting in the US. Prohibits states from imposing any voting qualification or prerequisite to voting based on race or color.
Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis a crisis?
Because it was the closest the world has ever come to a nuclear war
What was the Woodstock Festival mainly pointed towards?
The support of love and peace.
Why the Stonewall Inn (illegal as it was) not destroyed by the police?
Mafia owners paid off the police
The 1960s popularized which kind of jeans which have existed since 1812?
Bell-Bottom Jeans
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A political and social protest against the racial segregation of the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama.
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis end?
The US and USSR did not want a nuclear war.
What was the actual purpose of the Woodstock festival?
To build a recording studio
Why was the Stonewall Riot important?
It catalyzed the creation of the Gay Liberation Front
Why does the late 60s buck the trend for dresses?
The dresses got longer (Maxi Dresses)
Which underlying conflict was present within the Civil Rights Movement?
Violent Protest vs. Peaceful Protest