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70 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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spies
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which president took office in 1961?
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kennedy
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what president said that american advisors in vietnam could fire if fired upon?
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kennedy
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what volunteer organization was established to help "pooer" nations
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peace corps act of 1961
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what country did the united states 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 soviet missiles that endangered the united states?
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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 soviet leader during the cuban missile crisis?
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Khrushchev
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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 the University of MS?
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James Meredith
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what president was shot in 1963?
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Kennedy
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where was he when he was assassinated?
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dallas texas
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who was the assassin?
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oswald
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who shot the assassin?
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ruby
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who else was killed and/or injured that day?
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officer tippett and gov. connally
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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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T. 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
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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 massachusetts?
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edward brooke
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who wrote Soul On Ice while in folsom state prison
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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 blacks riot in 1965?
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watts neighborhood
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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 and detroit
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what black congressman from new york lost his seniority for misuse of government funds
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powell
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who was the decade's top team of newscasters?
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huntley 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 years?
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Saturday Evening Posts
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what broadway hit summed up the ideals 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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Connery
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what were the extremely short skirts that came into fashion?
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mini skirt
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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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Warhol
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what powerful sect was begun by Elijah Muhammad?
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black muslims
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to what caribbean nation did the united states send 14,000 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 seized 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 television 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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right to a lawyer
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what was the subject of many demonstrations during the sixties?
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vietnam war
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which brother of John. F Kennedy 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 civilian rights leader was shot in 1968?
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MLK
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Where was he when he was killed?
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Memphis, TN.
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Who was convicted of killing him?
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James Earl Ray
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who was elected president in 1968?
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Nixon
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who accomplished the first US suborbital space flight/
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Alan Shepard
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who was the first american in orbit?
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john glenn
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what was the name of the first US suborbital space program?
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Project Mercury
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who was the first man to walk on the moon?
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armstrong
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when did this happen?
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july 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 Kopechne, who drowned at Chappaquiddick?
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Ted Kennedy
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who was the world's 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 soviet union and the united states 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 united states because of problems over a new canal treaty?
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panama
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