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Name:_________________________ 1960s Study Guide
1. Why do people say there is a “Kennedy dynasty”? ___________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did many people believe JFK “won” the first televised debate? _____________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3. What was the nickname of JFK’s administration? What were its goals? __________ ___________________________________________________________________ 4. Why did Americans fall in love with the Kennedy’s? __________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. What was the “Bay of Pigs”? ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 6. Explain why the Berlin Wall was constructed. _______________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 7. Be able to describe the structure details of the Berlin Wall. 8. What was the big deal about the USSR building nuclear missile launch pads in Cuba? _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 9. When and where was JFK assassinated? _________________________________ 10. Who was Lee Harvey Oswald? _________________________________________ 11. Who was Jack Ruby? _________________________________________________ 12. What were the findings of the Warren Commission? _________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 13. Be able to describe JFK’s assassination (from the Zapruder film). 14. Who took over as President after JFK was assassinated? _____________________ 15. What did Johnson declare “war” on when he became president? _______________ 16. Describe each of the following programs LBJ created to help those in need: A. Head Start _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ B. Job Corps _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ C. VISTA ________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ D. Federal Food Assistance __________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 17. Why was Johnson’s plan to improve America called the “Great Society”? ________ ___________________________________________________________________ 18. What’s the difference between Medicare and Medicaid? ______________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 19. How did it come about that police have to read us “our rights” when we are arrested? ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 20. What did the Supreme Court rule in Gideon v. Wainwright? ____________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 21. How does the case Escobedo v. Illinois affect us today? ______________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 22. Why did young adults start rebelling in the 1960s? ___________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 23. What were Hippies rebelling against? _____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 24. Explain how “do you own thing” relates to hippies. ___________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 25. When, where and how did the “Summer of Love” come about? _________________ __________________________________________________________________________ 26. What is NOW? _______________________________________________________ 27. How did the women’s rights movement begin? ______________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 28. Explain pop art’s significance. ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 29. What, where and when was Woodstock? _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 30. Who was Jimi Hendrix? ________________________________________________ 31. What made Hendrix popular? ___________________________________________ 32. Why was there a race to space in the 1950s and 1960s? _____________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 33. What were Mercury, Gemini and Apollo? __________________________________ 34. Who was the first American in space? ____________________________________ 35. Who were the first three men to land on the moon? __________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 36. Who was Gus Grissom? _______________________________________________ 37. Explained why Apollo 13 is significant. ____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ |