60's-70s

Question 1

What was JFKs quote for his campaign?

Answer 1

Ask not what your country can do for you but can do for your country

Question 2

What is LBJS political party ?

Answer 2

The great society

Question 3

What is the peace corps and who created it?

Answer 3

To help developing countries (teach,build,&invest) so communism won’t take hold.
Jfk

Question 4

Who are green berets?

Answer 4

Special forces sent to other countries military to fight commie rebels

Question 5

Name the movement that ended segregation in the south?(civil rights)

Answer 5

SNCC

Question 6

What does JFK do to taxes and mini wage?

Answer 6

Cut taxes & raises mini wage

Question 7

When does Apollo 11 land in the moon?

Answer 7

July 20th,1969

Question 8

Where&when was JFK assassinated & by who?

Answer 8

Nov 22 in Dallas Texas

By Harvey Oswald

Question 9

What was the civil rights bill of 1964

Answer 9

Ends segregation everywhere

Question 10

Who signed the civil rights bill of 1964?

Answer 10

LBJ

Question 11

Who creates the (EEOC) equal employment opportunity commission ?

Answer 11

LBJ

Question 12

What is JFKs political plan?

Answer 12

New frontier

Question 13

What was the Korean War?

Answer 13

A war between the north & south

Question 13

What is the voting rights act of 1965?

Answer 13

guaranteed the right to vote to all Americans, and allowed the federal government to intervene in order to ensure that minorities could vote

Question 14

What was the bay of pigs?

Answer 14

, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.

Question 15

What was the first battle of the Vietnamese war? Of

Answer 15

La drang valley

Question 16

What was war powers resolution ?

Answer 16

Requires the president to obtain congressional approval for any troop commitment lasting longer than 60 days

Question 17

Who negotiated a peace treaty with North Vietnamese?

Answer 17

Henry Kissinger

Question 18

What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution ?

Answer 18

Allowed the president to take any measures he deemed necessary to protect American interest in the region

Question 19

Why was the Berlin war built ?

Answer 19

To prevent East Germans from leaving the country

Question 20

What was equal pay act in 1963?

Answer 20

Required that men and women receive equal pay for equal work

Question 21

Who lead the southern Christian leadership (SCLC)?

Answer 21

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 22

Who organized the freedom riders ?

Answer 22

CORE: congress of racial equality

Question 23

What was the TET offensive?

Answer 23

Convince the U.S. public the war could not be won

Question 24

Who were the black panthers created by and where?

Answer 24

By Huey Newton & bobby seale

In Oakland

Question 25

What is job corps?

Answer 25

Trained the unskilled so they could get better jobs

Question 26

Who founded the development of housing and urban development(HUD)?

Answer 26

Johnson

Question 27

Who killed Martin Luther King Jr?and where?

Answer 27

James Earl Ray

Memphis

Question 28

Who leads the Nation of Islam?

Answer 28

Malcolm & Elijah Muhammad

Question 29

What does the EPA do?

Answer 29

Protects the environment

Question 30

What’s the OSHA?

Answer 30

safety standards in work