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69 Cards in this Set
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what were U-2 planes used for until one was shot down by the Soviet Union?
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spying
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Which president said that american advisors in Vietnam could fire if fired upon
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kennedy
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which president took office in 1961
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JFk
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what volunteer organization was established to help poorer nations
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peace corps
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what country did the US cut diplomatic relations with because of problems over the American presence at guantanamo bay
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cuba
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what nation had the soviet missles that endangered the US
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cuba
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who was the cuban leader during the missile crisis
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fidel castro
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who was the USSR leader during the missile crisis
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krushchev
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where was the US invasion of cuba by cuban exiles
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bay of pigs
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who was the first black to attend Ole Miss
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james meredith
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what president was shot in 1963
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JFK
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where was he assassinated
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dallas, TX
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who was the assassin
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lee harvey oswald
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who shot the assassin
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Jack Ruby
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who else was killed and/or injured that day
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Tippett- killed
governor connally - injured |
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what is the name of the famous investigation of this 20th century assassination
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warren commission
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what became illegal in 1963 for children to do in school
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pray
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who was the first black US supreme court justice
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thurgood marshall
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what were refusals by blacks to move from a restaurant until they were served
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sit-ins
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what famous speaker said, "I have a dream..."
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martin luther king jr
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in what city did he make this speech
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washington DC
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who was the first black in eighty five years to be elected to the senate from Mass.
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edward brooke
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who wrote soul on ice while in Folsom State Prison
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eldridge cleaver
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what law was passed in 1964 that banned discrimination
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civil rights act of 1964
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what resolution was passed by congress authorizing presidential action in vietnam
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gulf of tonkin resolution
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what section of Los Angeles did black riot in 1965
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Watts
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what leader who promoted black pride was killed in 1965
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malcom x
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who was the first black congresswoman
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shirley chisholm
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who introduced the term black power
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carmichael
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in what cities in new jersey and michigan did race riots occur
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newark, NJ... and Detroit michigan
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what black congressman from NY lost his seniority for misuse of gov funds
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adam clayton powell
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who was the decades top team of newscasters
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chet huntley and david brinkley
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what was rachel carson's book that started the environmentalist movement
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silent spring
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what famous weekly magazine stopped publishing after 148 yrs
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saturday evening post
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what broadway hit summed up the ideas and protests of the 1960s
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Hair
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what scottish actor starred as james bond
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sean connery
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what were the extremely short skirts that came into fashion
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miniskirts
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what thin young model from england became the rage
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twiggy
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what is the nickname for marijuana
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pot
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what is the genetically dangerous drug used for hallucinatory trips
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LSD
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who were the four mop-haired musicians from england who became famous
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the beatles
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who was an artist that helped start the pop art movement by painting pictures of campbell's soup cans
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andy warhol
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what powerful sect was begun by elijah muhammaed
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black muslims
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to what caribbean nation did the US send 14000 troops during a civil war
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dominican republic
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what was the capital city of north vietnam that was bombed for the first time in 1966
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hanoi
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what nation was dragged into the vietnam in 1966
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cambodia
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to what neighbor of vietnam did the US send military planes
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Laos
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what ship with its entire crew was siezed in the sea of japan by north koreans
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USS pueblo
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in what village did a massacre of vietnamese civilians occur
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my lai
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what TV hit of 1967 starred dan rowan and dick martin
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laugh-in
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what did the supreme court rule that all criminal defendants must have
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counsel
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what was the subj. of many demonstrations during the sixties
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vietnam war
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which brother of JFK was shot in 1968
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robert kennedy
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who shot him
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sirhan sirhan
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what famous civil rights leader was shot in 1968
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MLK jr
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where was he when he was killed
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memphis
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who was convicted of killing him
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james earl ray
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who was elected pres in 1968
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nixon
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who accomplished the first US suborbital space flight
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allen sheppard
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what was the name of the first US space program
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mercury
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who was the first man to walk on the moon
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buss aldrin
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when did this happen
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1969
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what is the event in 1969 at which 400,000 young people met to listen to rock and blues music
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woodstock
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what senator was investigated for the death of mary jo kpechne who drowned at chappaquiddick
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ted kennedy
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who was the worlds greatest heavyweight boxing champion who said "i am the greatest"
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muhammed ali
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what is his real name and why did he change it
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cassius clay, he converted to islam
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where is the only place the US and USS agree nuclear weapons could be tested
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underground
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in what european city did the vietnam peace talks begin
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paris
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what country cut diplomatic relations with the US bc of problems over a new canal
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panama
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