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1
What major legislation passed in 1964 ended segregation in public places?
Voting Rights Act
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Movement
Fair Housing Act
2
What major music festival in 1969 became a symbol of the counterculture era?
Newport Folk Festival
Altamont
Woodstock
Coachella
3
What U.S. act aimed to protect the voting rights of minorities, especially in the South?
Equal Pay Act
Title IX
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
4
What U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act into law?
JFK
Gerald Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
5
What conflict began in the 1950s and escalated in the 1960s, drawing heavy U.S. involvement?
Vietnam War
Cold War
Korean War
Gulf War
6
What record label helped launch the careers of major soul and R&B artists in the '60s?
Motown
Columbia
Capitol Records
Sun Records
7
What physical barrier divided Berlin and became a Cold War symbol in 1961?
The Soviet Border Fence
The Iron Curtain
The Berlin Wall
The Eastern Blockade
8
Which fast food franchise began in 1955 and helped define American drive-thru culture?
White Castle
Dairy Queen
McDonald’s
Wendy’s
9
What landmark case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Korematsu v. U.S.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Loving v. Virginia
Brown v. Board of Education
10
What global organization was formed after WWII but took a bigger role during Cold War conflicts?
Greenpeace
World Peace Org
NATO
Red Cross
11
What international event was sparked by the Soviet Union launching Sputnik in 1957?
Moon Landing
Space Race
Arms Race
Bay of Pigs Invasion
12
What space mission successfully landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969?
Gemini 12
Mercury 7
Apollo 13
Apollo 11
13
Which U.S. city was the epicenter of the 1967 “Summer of Love”?
Chicago
San Diego
Austin
San Francisco
14
What movement was led by teens and young adults who wanted peace, love, and music?
Fitness Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Hippie Movement
Grunge Wave
15
What event in 1962 nearly escalated into nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
Bay of Pigs
Geneva Accords
Berlin Airlift
Cuban Missile Crisis
16
What was the “new” way of dancing in the '60s, made famous by Chubby Checker?
The Dougie
The Worm
The Twist
The Shuffle
17
Who was sworn in as president immediately after JFK’s assassination?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
18
What toy had kids drawing like artists by turning knobs?
Lite-Brite
Etch A Sketch
Nintendo
DoodlePad
19
What U.S. program, started in 1961, sent young volunteers abroad to help developing nations?
GI Bill
Peace Corps
Alliance for Progress
New Deal
20
What type of phone required you to spin a dial to make a call in the 60's?
Push-button
Rotary
Touch-tone
Hand-crank
21
What civil rights legend sparked a bus boycott in 1955?
Michelle Obama
Ruby Bridges
Beyonce
Rosa Parks
22
Which boxer famously declared, “I am the greatest,” and won the heavyweight title in 1964?
George Foreman
Rocky
Mike Tyson
Muhammad Ali
23
Who famously declared, "Ask not what your country can do for you..."?
Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
24
Who delivered the iconic “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963?
James Baldwin
MLK Jr.
Rosa Parks
Malcom X