Final - 50s, 60s, Cold War

Question 1

Elvis Presley 1954

Question 2

Cuban Missel Crisis

Answer 2

October, 1962 – Soviets put missiles on Cuba: massive fear.
Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy threatens to launch nuclear
attack on Soviets if they don’t remove missiles. Eventually
after 13 days, the crisis calms down

Question 3

Bay of Pigs

Answer 3

1961: US tries to send 1500 Cuban exiles to invade cuba: Fails. Bay of Pigs Disaster

Question 4

Miss American Pie

Question 5

Buddy Holly

Answer 5

Singer
Died in plane crash

Question 6

Rosa Parks

Answer 6

Refused to give up her seat

Question 7

Martin Luther King Jr

Answer 7

Activist - I have a dream

peaceful demonstration

Question 8

Malcolm X

Answer 8

he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the African American community. A controversial figure accused of preaching violence,

Question 9

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Answer 9

Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional

Question 10

I have a dream speech

Answer 10

American dream and reality, saying that overt white supremacists have violated the dream,

Question 11

Lee Harvey Oswald

Answer 11

Killed JFK