1960s

Question 1

Election of 1960

Answer 1

1. Kennedy v Nixon
2. 1st televised debates
3. Kennedy is the first Catholic president

Question 2

Kennedy’s Presidency

Answer 2

1. “New Frontier”- give federal money to education, healthcare, etc but most are blocked by Congress
2. Peace Corps- Americans go to underdeveloped countries to help out

Question 3

Alliance for Progress

Answer 3

1961- Economic development for Latin America, but results are limited

Question 4

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Answer 4

1. CIA plans to train Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro
2. Complete failure because no uprising occurs
3. Causes Cuba and the Soviet Union to move closer together

Question 5

Berlin Wall

Answer 5

Built by the Soviets to keep East Germans from going to democratic West Germany.

Question 6

Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

Answer 6

1. Soviet Union is storing nuclear weapons in Cuba, so JFK orders a naval blockade
2. Very close to nuclear war
3. Soviet Union promises to remove the weapons if the US promises not to invade Cuba and remove missiles from Turkey
4. Hotline between DC and Moscow to relax tension

Question 7

Flexible Response

Answer 7

US wants to increase spending on conventional weapons and maintain a variety of options.

Question 8

Green Berets

Answer 8

Trained special forces unit

Question 9

Lydon Johnson

Answer 9

1. Replaces JFK in 1963

2. “The Great Society”

Question 10

The Great Society

Answer 10

1. Johnson- increases size and scope of federal government
2. Advances civil rights, education funding, immigration reform
3. War on poverty is declared- programs for preschool and vocational education

Question 11

Immigration and Neutrality Act

Answer 11

Ends quotas to restrict nationalities

Question 12

Election of 1964

Answer 12

1. Johnson elected

2. Creates medicare, medicaid and food stamp programs

Question 13

Civil Rights Movement

Answer 13

1. Freedom Rides- try to end segregation in bus facilities, often met with violence
2. Letter from a Birmingham jail- need for nonviolent protests, civil disobedience

Question 14

Civil Rights Act (1964)

Answer 14

1. Segregation illegal

2. Equal Employment opportunity Commission bans discrimination in employment

Question 15

24th Amendment

Answer 15

Outlaws collection of poll taxes

Question 16

Voting Rights Act (1965)

Answer 16

Literacy test is banned, ends Southern effort to stop African Americans from voting.

Question 17

Golf of Tonkin Incident (1964)

Answer 17

Johnson claims US ship was attacked by North Vietnamese, and Congress sends troops to Vietnam.

Question 18

Tet Offensive (1968)

Answer 18

Surprise attack by North Vietnam

Question 19

Social Movements

Answer 19

1. Pro war hawks vs anti war doves, who argue that the war takes funds from the great society
2. Betty Friedman advocates for equality for women, writes The Feminine Mystique
3. Stonewall Riots start the gay rights movement

Question 20

American Indian Movement

Answer 20

1. Want to take back their land

2. Unsuccessful and met with violence

Question 21

Cesar Chavez

Answer 21

1. Points out that pesticides used are causing birth defects

2. Unionizes migrant farm workers

Question 22

Elijah Mohamed

Answer 22

Leader of black Muslims

Question 23

Malcolm X

Answer 23

1. Wants to achieve equality by any means necessary, doesn’t like whites
2. Eventually softens his message after converting to Islam

Question 24

Black Panther Movement

Answer 24

1. Very violent and aggressive, civil rights movement

Question 25

Equal Rights Amendment

Answer 25

1. Would give total equality to women

2. Never passed, some women didn’t want it because then they would have had to be drafted