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1. What was the sudden fervor for The Beatles known as?
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2. What was the name of the original Beatles album?
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3. What major force did the US fight during the Vietnam War?
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4. What other names did the Viet Cong go by?
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5. What did COINTELPRO stand for?
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6. How many ground forces were introduced to Vietnam in 1965?
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7. True or False: US forces were not initially sent in on the offensive.
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8. What was Tinker v. Des Moines?
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9. When was the moon landing?
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10. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
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11. What was the lunar module that successfully landed on the moon?
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12. The Stonewall Inn was the setting for the riot that began which civil rights movement?
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13. "The __________ has landed."
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14. When did the the Selma-to-Montgomery march occur?
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15. What was the wave of British mania in the US known as?
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16. What famous street are the Beatles associated with?
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17. True or False: The "New Frontier" referred to space.
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18. John F. Kennedy presided over the Oval Office for what major war?
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19. When did Lynden B. Johnson become president?
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20. When did Richard Nixon become president?
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21. What act guaranteed equal pay for women?
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22. When was construction on the Berlin Wall started?
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23. JFK's wife was...
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24. How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
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25. Where was JFK assassinated?
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26. What hurricane caused significant damage to the Gulf Coast in 1965?
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27. The Kennedy presidential era was known as the ________ Era.
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28. How long did Lynden B. Johnson serve as president?
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29. Martin Luther King Jr. was the 1st president of the __________.
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30. What year was MLK assassinated?
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31. What was the growing anti-war, passivity movement known as?
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32. What was the Chicano Movement?
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33. What was the name of Elvis' post-Army comeback album?
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34. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" is a 1964 album/song by __________.
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35. __________ Warhol is an artist who is closely associated with the pop art movement.
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36. What film features a famous shower murder scene?
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37. True or False: "Psycho" originally got middling reviews.
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38. What was "596"?
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39. What book is Betty Friedan famous for writing?
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40. What did the Wilderness Act accomplish?
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41. What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibit?
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42. Who was Park Chung-hee?
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43. What style of government is Muammar Gaddafi known for creating?
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44. Where did the Tlatelolco massacre take place?
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45. What civil rights movement was Bloody Sunday part of?
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46. What form of political ideology was at the center of China's cultural revolution?
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47. The Nigerian Civil War was a war between __________.
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48. What kicked off the Stonewall riots?
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49. When was the first Ford Mustang produced?
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50. What company produced the first industrial robot?
Whether the 1960s were a memory for you, or just a memory of what you learned in school, there's no denying this decade had its impact on U.S. history. Read more