The 1960s

Question 1

What was the decade of the 1960s known as

Answer 1

It was known as a decade of radical change on a global scale. Young people began to think differently and question their world and circumstances on all levels.

Question 2

How was the change in outlook in 1960s expressed

Answer 2

The change in outlook and attitude was expressed in many forms such as fashion, music, morality, attitude to war and how authority was viewed

Question 3

How did the birth (revival) of protests come in the 1960s

Answer 3

The 1960s was a decade of overwhelming change in the way people viewed themselves and the world around them. People especially young students, became aware of HUMAN RIGHTS and began to PROTEST against what they saw as being unfair and unjust — people began to realise that the power to make a difference lay in the right to speak out, take action and demand change

Question 4

What human rights

Answer 4

Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death.

Question 5

What is Civil society

Answer 5

society considered as a community of citizens linked by common interests and collective activity.

Question 6

What is civil disobedience

Answer 6

Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government.

Question 7

What is a protest

Answer 7

A protest is a public expression of objection, disapproval or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one. Protests can take many different forms, from individual statements to mass demonstrations.

Question 8

What was the student movement during the 1960s

Answer 8

The student movement of the 1960s rested on the notion of change. Students wanted to end the consensus culture that formed following the Second World War, eliminate racial discrimination and free themselves from the authoritarian rule of the establishment

Question 9

What was the women’s liberation movement

Answer 9

The women’s liberation movement was a political alignment of women and feminist intellectualism that emerged in the late 1960s.

Question 10

What was the campaign for nuclear disarmament (CND)

Answer 10

The campaign for nuclear disarmament is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the US.

Question 11

What was the anti-Vietnam war demonstrations movement

Answer 11

It was an anti-war protest started among peace activist in 1965 after the United states began bombing North Vietnam.

Question 12

What was the civil rights movement

Answer 12

The civil rights movement was an era dedicated to activism for equal rights and treatment of African Americans in the United States.

Question 13

Who was the first person to go to space

Answer 13

In 1961 the Soviet Union sent Yuri Gagarin into space in the Vostok 1 spacecraft

Question 14

When was the Berlin Wall constructed

Answer 14

In 1961

Question 15

When was the first presidential debate

Answer 15

In 1960

Question 16

Who and when did the first man orbit the earth 3 times

Answer 16

The American John Glenn in 1962

Question 17

When was the Cuban missile crisis

Answer 17

In 1962

Question 18

When did Martin Luther king jnr make his iconic “I have a dream” speech in Washington

Answer 18

In 1963

Question 19

When did Betty friedan publish the feminine mystique. And what did the book spark

Answer 19

In 1963 and it sparked the second wave of feminism

Question 20

When was president JF Kennedy assassinated

Answer 20

In 1963

Question 21

What British rock and roll band took the world by storm in 1964

Answer 21

beatlemania

Question 22

When was Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment

Answer 22

In 1964

Question 23

When was the sharpeville massacre declared unlawful by ANC and PAC

Answer 23

1960

Question 24

When did sa become a republic and leave the commonwealth

Answer 24

In 1960

Question 25

When was Malcom X assassinated

Answer 25

In 1965

Question 26

What are Los Angeles riots sometimes referred to as

Answer 26

As the watts rebellion

Question 27

When did operation rolling thunder start

Answer 27

1965

Question 28

What was operation rolling the under

Answer 28

US bombing campaign in north Vietnam in 1965

Question 29

When was the first stadium concert performed and who performed

Answer 29

In 1965 the Beatles performed the first stadium concert in the history of music playing before a crowd of 55600 people in New York City

Question 30

When was che Guevara killed

Answer 30

In 1967

Question 31

When, Where and who performed the first heart transplant

Answer 31

The first heart transplant was successfully performed by Dr Christiaan Banard in Cape Town, South Africa in 1967

Question 32

When was the black panther part formed

Answer 32

The black panther part was formed in 1966

Question 33

What is the black panther party

Answer 33

It is a black power political organisation founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in 1966. The party was aimed at stopping police brutality and encouraging self determination for African Americans

Question 34

When was Martin Luther king jr assassinated

Answer 34

In 1968

Question 35

When did the TET and the my Lai massacre -Vietnam war Happen

Answer 35

1968

Question 36

When did Neil armstrong land on the moon

Answer 36

1969

Question 37

When was the Woodstock music festival held

Answer 37

In 1969

Question 38

Who was Steve Biko and what organisations and movements did he establish in 1969

Answer 38

Steve Biko is a South African anti apartheid activist. He founded the black consciousness movement (BCM) and the South African students organisation (SASO) in 1969

Question 39

What are some important political and social events of the 1960s

Answer 39

Disarmament protests, the March on Washington, the peace movement, the women liberation movement, the moon landing and the Woodstock music festival

Question 40

What was the March on Washington

Answer 40

It was a massive March in august 1963, when around 250 000 people gathered in front of Lincoln memorial in Washington, D.C. the event was Aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation. It is where Martin Luther king jr said his I have a dream speech

Question 41

What was the peace movement

Answer 41

Many young people rejected their parents values by dropping out of society and becoming hippies. Hippies wanted to create an alternate society that was different from the normal lives of their parents generation. Many of them became vegetarians and developed a distinctive style, most importantly they preached peace. Both inner peace for individuals and world peace.

Question 42

Who established the national organisation for women and when

Answer 42

Betty Friedan established it in 1966