The 1950s-1970s Eras, GA 5th Grade S.S.

Question 1

The communist Vietcong group tried to ______________ the South Vietnam government.

Accepted Answer

overthrow

Question 2

This Kennedy program had college graduates volunteer to teach, grow food and start businesses.

Accepted Answer

Peace Corps

Question 3

Neil Armstrong said, "It's one small step for man, one _____________ for mankind."

Accepted Answer

giant leap

Question 4

The space race was a race between America and ____________ to send people into outer space.

Accepted Answer

the Soviet Union

Question 5

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to ever land on _________.

Accepted Answer

the moon

Question 6

Once America started sending soldiers, they used tanks, bombers, and _______ in the fighting.

Accepted Answer

helicopters

Question 7

Americans saw the brutal Vietnam war on TV, and many started having ______ against the war.

Accepted Answer

demonstrations

Question 8

North Vietnam ignored the cease-fire and beat South Vietnam, making it one _____ country.

Accepted Answer

communist

Question 9

In 1973, the U.S., North Vietnam, and South Vietnam agreed to a _____________.

Accepted Answer

cease-fire

Question 10

The Soviet Union sent ___________ Sputnik I into space first in 1957.

Accepted Answer

rocket

Question 11

U.S. government had to start a ___________ to get more young men fighting in the Vietnam War.

Accepted Answer

draft

Question 12

Alan Shepard was the first ______ in outer space.

Accepted Answer

American

Question 13

A memorial was built in ________ in 1982 for the 58,000+ U.S. soldiers killed in Vietnam.

Accepted Answer

Washington, D.C.

Question 14

During a Dallas, Texas parade in 1963, John F. Kennedy was _________ by Lee Harvey Oswald.

Accepted Answer

assassinated

Question 15

"Ask not what your _____________________ can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

Accepted Answer

country

Question 16

After JFK's death, Vice President __________ became the new U.S. President.

Accepted Answer

Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 17

However, the Vietcong had faster groups that knew the ___________ well.

Accepted Answer

jungles

Question 18

One of Lyndon B. Johnson's new programs to help the poor was __________.

Accepted Answer

Welfare

Question 19

Which music style became the most popular with young people in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Rock 'n' Roll

Question 20

Elected in 1960, this man was our youngest U.S. president at 43 years old.

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 21

Andy Warhol was a leader in this style of art that became popular in the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

Pop Art

Questions 21