U.S. History Trivia 1960’s
Style - Quiz #1
Let’s see how well you remember your
youth!
1. According to my source, US advisory
forces first landed in Vietnam in what year?
2. Approximately how many US servicemen
and women died fighting in Vietnam?
3. The Bay of Pigs took place in
1961. What was it about?
4. President Kennedy had to deal with
the Cuban Missile Crisis. What happened
in Cuba in 1962?
5. What Republican candidate did Kennedy
defeat in 1960 to become president?
6. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his
famous speech in 1963. What was it
called?
7. This Commission declared Lee Harvey
Oswald as the lone gunman that shot Kennedy.
8. A lot of young people tuned out and
took this.
9. The Civil Rights Act became law in
this year.
10. This group of people was a big part
of the counterculture of the 1960’s.
Name them.
11. These two women were at the head of
the women’s movement.
12. Many large US cities saw this happen
during the 1960’s.
13. Lyndon Johnson was often referred to
as LBJ. What did the B stand for?
14. Sirhan Sirhan is remembered for doing
this?
15. What day was JFK assassinated?
16. These two Americans were the first to
set foot on the moon.
17. Can you name the first American to
orbit the Earth?
18. The British Invasion began when the
The Beatles arrived. When was that?
19. Medicaid and Medicare were
established in this year.
20. Chicago police clashed with
protesters at this 1968 event.
21. Richard Nixon was elected President
in 1968. Who was his main competition?
22. Who was the first American in Space?
23. The U-2 incident took place on May 1st,
1960. What happened?
24. LBJ defeated this Republican for
President in 1964.
25. Young men and women were burning
these 2 items in the 1960’s.
Answers
below
1. 1961.
700 forces.
2. 58,500
3. A CIA trained group of Cuban exiles
along with US troops tried to overthrow Fidel Castro.
4. The Soviet Union placed missiles in
Cuba and we didn’t like it. They removed
them after we put up a naval blockade and agreed to remove our missiles in
Turkey.
5. Richard Millhouse Nixon.
6. I Have A Dream.
7. The Warren Commission.
8. LSD.
9. 1964.
10. Hippies.
11. Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan.
12. Riots.
13. Baines.
14. Shooting Robert Kennedy.
15. November 22, 1963.
16. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.
17. John Glenn.
18. February 7th, 1964.
19. July 30th, 1965 to be
exact.
20. 1968 Democratic National Convention.
21. Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
22. Alan Shepard. May 5th, 1961.
23. A CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down
over the Soviet Union.
24. Republican Barry Goldwater.
25. Draft cards for men and bra’s for
women.
Credit must
be given to Wikipedia and my brain
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