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People called Kennedy’s America this; it reflected the optimism and confidence people had in their “King Arthur.”

What is “Camelot”? 1

This man was identified as the sole assassin of Kennedy by the Warren Commission; he in turn was killed by Jack Ruby.

Who was Lee Harvey Oswald? 2

These are three examples of how America had fallen behind the Soviets in the “Space Race.” (names are fine)

What / who are Sputnik, Laika (1 st mammal or dog), Belka / Strelka, Luna 1, Yuri Gagarin? 3

These are four of the conspiracy theories of JFK’s assassination.

What are the 2 gunmen theory; CIA plot; Mafia hit; Soviet plot; Cuban plot; or LBJ plot? 4

These are five elements of JFK’s “New Frontier”.

What are the Peace Corps; NASA; immigration policy; federal funding for education; health care for the elderly; boost economy by keeping interest rates low; & tax cuts? 5

Prior to becoming vice- president, LBJ was majority leader of this legislative body.

What is the US Senate? 1

These are two examples of LBJ’s downfall.

What are LBJ’s “credibility gap”; “long hot summers”’; economic downturn; unpopularity of Vietnam War & lashing out at media, preachers, liberals? 2

This was the Arizona Senator, an arch- conservative, who ran against LBJ in 1964 as the GOP candidate.

Who was Barry Goldwater? 3

These were four parts of the “Great Society”.

What were the Voting Rights Act; Elementary and Secondary Ed. Act; Higher Ed. Act; CPB; NEH; NEA; & the “War on Poverty”? 4

These men became the three candidates for president in 1968, after LBJ withdrew his name from consideration of a second term.

Who were Hubert Humphrey (D); Richard Nixon (R); and George Wallace (American Ind. Party)? 5

This island nation was the focus of two of the Cold War crises of this time period; it had undergone a revolution just before this period began.

What was Cuba? 1

This symbol of the Cold War was built as part of Khrushchev’s effort to drive NATO out of West Berlin.

What was the Berlin Wall? 2

These were the three parts of the “Triad” of nuclear strategy – the three legs of the nuclear stool, if you will.

What were land based, air based, and submarine based nuclear weapons? 3

These are two “non-aligned” organizations formed to protect their respective membership from “first world” nations; one represented the nations of a continent while the other represented producers of a valuable product.

What are the Organization of African States and OPEC? 4

This was the series of public and secret actions that resolved the Cuban Missile Crisis.

What were the Soviets withdrew nukes from Cuba; US publicly promised never to invade Cuba; Cuba publicly promised never to allow nukes into their country; and the US secretly removed nukes from Turkey? 5

These laws were the result of the “separate but equal” doctrine confirmed by the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson USSC case.

What were Jim Crow laws? 1

This was a famous document, written by Martin Luther King, while he was imprisoned following a protest march in the south, in 1963; it explained his commitment to the non-violent approach to civil rights.

What was the “Letter from Birmingham Jail”? 2

These are the names of three civil rights leaders who rejected non-violence, instead supporting Black Power and / or Black Nationalism.

Who were Malcolm X; Stokely Carmichael; Huey Newton; Bobby Seale? 3

These were three civil rights organizations formed during the period, to either coordinate protests or protect Blacks.

What were the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, and the Black Panther Party? 4

These are the three reactions of Southern whites against the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision.

What are the Southern Manifesto, White Citizens’ Councils, and lynching (or Emmett Till murder)? 5

This was the name of the guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam, fighting against the government and the US military.

Who were the Viet Cong? 1

These were the names of the leaders of North and South Vietnam.

Who were Ho Chi Minh (North) & Diem (South)? 2

This was the 1968 campaign, consisting of surprise attacks in dozens of South Vietnamese cities by communist guerrillas, that coincided with the Vietnamese New Year.

What was the Tet Offensive? 3

This was the insulting nickname for the American actress who traveled to North Vietnam in support of their war effort against the US.

Who was “Hanoi Jane” Fonda? 4

This was the name of the Vietnamese village where US soldiers massacred about 400 civilians.

What was My Lai (Massacre)? 5