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100
This future President lost the 1960 Presidential debate to John F. Kennedy.
Who was Richard Nixon?
100
President Johnson oversaw the first moon landing (conspiracies aside) where this man became the first human being to walk on the moon. “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Who was Neil Armstong?
100

This Supreme Court case requires that people are read their constitutional rights as they are arrested.

What is Miranda v. Arizona?

100
His real name was Nguyen That Thanh, Communist leader of North Vietnam (and eventually all of Vietnam).
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
100
The title of the book that started the 2nd wave of feminism in the U. S. by Betty Friedan.
What is the 'Feminine Mystique?'
200

This was the name of the first American in space.

Who was John Glenn?

200
Besides the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act, Johnson's other signature policy goal was the War on...this.
What is Poverty?
200

This event challenged the federal government to enforce Supreme Court rulings against discrimination on interstate transportation. 

What are the 1961 Freedom Rides?

200
This country owned as a colony 'Indochina' including Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
What is France?
200

This group started the British Invasion.

Who are The Beatles?

300

John F. Kennedy is the youngest elected president.  How old was he?

What is 43?

300
These are the names of the ‘Great Society’ health reforms, still around today, that subsidizes healthcare for the poor and the elderly.
What are Medicare and Medicaid?
300
This was the city where Martin Luther King, Jr's “I have a dream” speech was delivered.
What is Washington, D. C.?
300

This was the capital of South Vietnam, which would later be captured by the North Vietnamese. 

What is Siagon?

300

Was best known for his poem ‘Howl’ on a lack of the American public’s spirituality.

Who is Allen Ginsberg?

400

Famous quote from John F. Kennedy's inauguration speech.

What is "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
400

After taking over for Kennedy, LBJ had to run on his own in a campaign that included the infamous "Daisy" ad against this Republican Senator.

Who was Barry Goldwater?

400
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded this ‘black power’ movement.
What were the 'Black Panthers?'
400
Chemical defoliant used to clear jungles in Vietnam - also infamous for causing health problems in our soldiers and Vietnamese villagers.
What was Agent Orange?
400

First African American woman elected to Congress.

Who was Shirley Chisolm?

500

This country near the border of the Soviet Union was where we secretly remove missiles from as part of deal that stopped World War III from probably happening during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

What is Turkey?

500
This Alabama governor ran for President four times as an independent challenging LJB's efforts to desegregate the South.
Who was George Wallace?
500

Government action intended to enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments.

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

500
Both the Viet-minh and the Viet-cong launched an attack on U. S. bases in South Vietnam on this Vietnamese holiday.
What is Tet (New Year's)?
500

University where national guard troops fired on and killed 4 students who were protesting the Vietnam War.

What is Kent State?