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1960s & Vietnam War
Global Citizenship
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the 45 year period of distrust and tension between the Soviet union and United states | cold war |
| first satellite in space | sputnik |
| Democratic president from 1960-1963 | Kennedy |
| democratic president from 1963-1968 | Johnson |
| Republican president from 1968-1974 | nixon |
| man believed to have shot JFK | Lee Harvey Oswald |
| date of Kennedy assassination | November 22 1963 |
| list 3 conclusions of the Warren commission | 1. Oswald is guilty 2. ruby shot Oswald 3. single bullet theory |
| the communist leader of north vietnam | ho chi Minh |
| leader of civil rights who believed in peaceful protest | Martin Luther king |
| LBJ's domestic plan | great society |
| rock festival that drew 400,000 peaceful people at the end of the decade | woodstock |
| the tremendous increase in births between 1946-1964 | baby boom |
| this term means massive peaceful protest of an unjust law | civil disobedience |
| this significant piece of legislation ended de jure | civil rights act of 1964 |
| 3 characteristics of the early civil rights movement | 1. MLK= leader 2. black and white 3. civil disobedience |
| 3 characteristics of the black power movement | 1. Malcolm X=leader 2. only blacks 3. "by any means necessary" |
| one characteristic of the vietminh | Russian trained |
| one characteristic of the vietcong | gorilla warfare |
| battle that was the turning point of the Vietnam war | tet |
| government lies revealed by tet | 1. US is wanted there 2. our opponents are unorganized |
| nixon's plan to end the war in Vietnam | vietnamization |
| this rock band, known as the fab four, led the British rock invasion | Beatles |
| this three year TV series about space as a final frontier led to more spin-offs than any other series | star trek |
| this doll was immensely popular in the 60's and beyond | Barbie |
| this famous symbol started as a sign for nuclear disarmament | peace sign |
| this famous record label was named after the motor city of Detroit | Motown |
| this popular championship game in professional football began in the 60's | superbowl |
| this chubby checkers song inspired a dance of the same name | twist |
| the football team that won more championships than any other in the decade | packers |
| car that was the classic muscle of the decade | mustang |
| cite an example of the influence of television on the civil rights movement | events of Birmingham |
| cite an example of the influence of television on the Vietnam war | the actions of Cronkite |
| how did black power modify the protest phrase "we shall overcome" | "we shall overrun" |
| "winning isn't everything.___________" | "....it's the only thing" |
| "segregation now,__________,______________" | "....segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" |
| what term describes southern hesitation to obey federal laws and courts | interposition |
| what amendment is used to apply the bill of rights to state protections | fourteenth |
| Indian pacifist that was the inspiration for the strategies of the civil rights movement | gandi |
| man who shot the footage of the Kennedy assassination | Abraham zabruder |
| dictator of USSR after stalin | Nikita khrushchev |
| chief justice of the supreme court who was in charge of investigating the Kennedy assassination | earl warren |
| the general in charge of American forces in Vietnam | William Westmoreland |
| refused to give up her seat on a segregation bus | Rosa parks |
| the attorney general of the US assassinated during the 1968 election | Bobby Kennedy |
| communist leader of Cuba | Fidel castro |
| head of the national organization of women and famous feminist | Betty friedan |
| Union organizer for Mexican- American laborers | Cesar Chavez |
| the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald | jack ruby |
| the white supremacist who shot MLK | James Earl ray |
| the first American on the moon | Neil Armstrong |
| famous leader of the black power movement | Malcolm x |
| first black supreme court justice | thurgood marshall |
| influential folk singer and musician of the 60s | Bob Dylan |
| Harvard professor who encouraged the use of LSD | timothy Leary |
| influential newscaster / first to express personal opinion | Cronkite |
| first to break the color line in professional sports | jackie Robinson |
| communist leader of north Vietnam | ho chi minh |
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