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Kennedy-Nixon 1. Who were the two candidates in
the 1960 election? 2. Why did religion part a
role in that election? 3. How did television
influence the election? 4. Who wins the election
of 1960? 5. What happened in Cuba in 1959, which
will cause concern in the U.S.? 6. This was a
failed attempt to overthrow the new leader of
Cuba? 7. What did our spy planes find in Cuba in
1962? 8. How did the U.S. react to the
situation? 9. How did the situation end? 10. What
happened in Berlin to symbolize the conflict
between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.? 11. What
special request did Kennedy ask the people of the
nation in his Inaugural? 12. What influence did
Jackie Kennedy have on the nation? 13. This was
the name of Kennedys overall program to lead us
into the future? 14. This specific Kennedy
program was designed to get volunteers to help
povertystricken nations around the world? 15.
What specific goal did Kennedy challenge the
whole nation, but especially the scientific
community to reach? 16. What happened in Nov.
1963 in Dallas, Texas? 17. Who committed this
crime? 18. Who became the new President? 19. This
was the official investigation into the
assassination? 20. What did the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 do? 21. What did Johnson call his program
for a better tomorrow? 22. What was the role of
Head Start? 23. Identify Medicare? 24. Identify
Medicaid? 25. Identify HUD? 26. What was the book
Silent Spring about? 27. How did the Warren Court
of the 60s change the Constitution? 28. What two
Constitutional Amendments were basically ignored
by a large part of the population? 29. How did
Jackie Robinson help to change racial
discrimination? 30. Who was Rosa Parks? 31. Who
would lead the boycotts in Montgomery
Alabama? 32. Describe the belief of Martin Luther
King Jr. about protesting unjust laws. 33. What
was the SCLC? 34. Where did school desegregation
become a national issue in 1957? 35. How did
Eisenhower solve the problem? 36. Where did the
sit-in movement begin and when? 37. What did the
Freedom Riders do?
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Kennedy-Nixon 38. In 1963, protestors in this
Alabama city where met with police violence and
fire-hoses? 39. Who was James Meredith? 40. What
did George Wallace do to gain national
attention? 41. What was the March on
Washington? 42. What Federal law finally
guaranteed voting rights to African
Americans? 43. Who was Medgar Evers? 44. What
religious group emerged to challenge African
Americans to form separate communities from
whites? 45. Who became the leading spokesperson
of this group? 46. Who started the Black Power
movement? 47. This group led by Bobby Seale and
Huey Newton advocated self-defense against white
violence.? 48. Which civil rights leader was
killed in 1964, by a rival member of his own
group? 49. Which leader was killed in Memphis,
Tenn. In 1968? 50. Who was the assassin? 51.
Which potential President and civil rights
supporter was also assassinated in 1968? 52. This
foreign policy theory said that if we allow one
nation to become communist, then others would
soon follow. 53. An incident in the area near
Vietnam led to the beginnings of U.S. involvement
in Vietnam? 54. What was the name of the
communist forces of Vietnam? 55. Identify Hawks
and Doves? 56. What were deferments? 57. What was
the turning point of Vietnam? 58. Who was
President when the U.S. began sending troops into
Vietnam? 59. Who became President in 1968? 60.
Name two colleges were war protests ended with
deadly violence? 61. These were secret documents
about the war effort that were released to
newspapers that damaged the governments
credibility? 62. What law was passed as a result
of Vietnam that limits a Presidents power to
wage war without approval? 63. Who did Cesar
Chavez fight for? 64. What is NOW? 65. These
people were the non-conformist youths who
revolted against the people in control of the
nation? 66. What was Nixons policy of giving
power back to local governments called? 67. What
was Nixons policy of relaxing tensions with the
Communist nations called? 68. What two Communist
nations did Nixon visit in person? 69. This
scandal in the 1972 election would cause Nixon to
resign? 70. This Supreme Court case resulted in
the Court ordering the President to release tapes
of recorded conversations?