Presidents & Politics
The wealthy family who dominated the American political scene in the 1960s. Hint: Two of them were assassinated.
Who are the Kennedys?
This war broke Americans trust in their governing authorities.
What is the Vietnam War?
A popular music festival of the 1960s went by this name.
What is Woodstock?
Two nations involved in the space race as part of their Cold War?
What are USSR and USA?
The name of the Civil Rights Leader assassinated in 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The name of the scandal that led to President Nixon’s resignation.
What is Watergate?
Vietnam division line.
What is the 17th parallel?
The name of a 1960s fashion icon
Who is Twiggy?
The name of the space shuttle that exploded in 1986.
What is the Challenger?
The name for children of Asian women and American servicemen
What is Amerasians?
The only president to gain the office without being elected.
Who is Gerald R. Ford?
The university where students were shot during a protest against the Vietnam War.
What is Kent University in Ohio?
Most popular dance music from the 1970s.
What is disco?
The first American to be on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Popular color scheme in the 1980s.
Neon
Vice President who took the presidential oath of office on Air Force One.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
The chemical agent that destroyed the Viet Cong’s crops, is now banned in the USA and harmed all living things it came in contact with?
What is Agent Orange?
A women’s fashion item in the 1980s that resembled football players.
What are shoulder pads?
The first country to put a dog into space.
What is USSR?
The home entertainment item that saw a rise in popularity in the 1980s.
What are video games?
Conservative politics as defined in 1980s US politics.
What is morality plus small government?
The peace agreement, signed in 1978, that was brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt?
Camp David Accords
The best-selling 1980s album by Michael Jackson.
What is Thriller?
Project that now serves both cosmonauts and astronauts as their “home away from home.”
What is the International Space Station?
The biggest complaint 1980s parents had about their kids watching TV.
What is too many ads?