Test Your Knowledge Of The 1960's History Trivia Quiz!
Test your knowledge of the 1960s history with this trivia quiz. The sixties saw the assassination of J F Kennedy, one of the most loved presidents of America. This era also sparked many civil rights protests but ended on a high note with man’s first landing on the moon. What else can you remember about this decade? Take the test and find out.
- 1.Name of the first shuttle launched into space by the Russians
- A.
Apollo
- B.
Sputnik
- C.
Stayputnik
- 2.Counter culture group know for long hair, rock'n roll and peace and love
- A.
Gangters
- B.
Red necks
- C.
Hippies
- 3.Area in which the counter culture group was started
- A.
Haight-Ashbury
- B.
New York City
- C.
Milton
- 4.Music festival held in the summer of '69 in upstate New York
- A.
Ocheaga music festival
- B.
Burlington jazz festival
- C.
Woodstock
- 5.Organization created to fight for important womans issues
- A.
WLF
- B.
NOW
- C.
WRN
- 6.Author of the book "Feminine Mystique"
- A.
Maya Angelou
- B.
Betty Friedan
- C.
Betty Ford
- 7.African american woman that wouldn't give up her seat on a bus
- A.
Oprah Winfrey
- B.
Aunt jemima
- C.
Rosa Parks
- 8.Structure used to divide West and East Berlin
- A.
Berlin Wall
- B.
Iron Curtain
- C.
A Fence
- 9.Artist who's silk screen painting brought art into mainstream America
- A.
Salvador Dali
- B.
Andy Warhol
- C.
Picasso
- 10.Political party that encouraged blacks to fight for their freedom and achieve it through any means necessary
- A.
Black Panthers
- B.
KKK
- C.
Conservative Republicans
- 11.The leader of the NAACP that was assassinated in 1963
- A.
James Meredith
- B.
MLK
- C.
Medgar Evers
- 12.British band from Liverpool England that came to america in 1964
- A.
The Beatles
- B.
The Bugs
- C.
The Insects
- 13.NAACP lawyer to become the first black Supreme Court Justice
- A.
Medgar Evers
- B.
James Meredith
- C.
Thurgood Marshall
- 14.Law passed in the summer of 1964 that outlawed racism in public places
- A.
34th Amendment
- B.
Civil Rights Act
- C.
Jim Crow Laws
- 15.African American leader of the nation of Islam
- A.
Malcolm X
- B.
MLK
- C.
Medgar Evers
- 16.The belief that women should be equal to men
- A.
Feminism
- B.
Egalitarianism
- C.
Racism
- 17.Tactic used by black activists where they use whites only amenities
- A.
Freedom marches
- B.
Rallies
- C.
Sit-ins
- 18.Black Minister who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott
- A.
Richard Pryor
- B.
MLK
- C.
Malcolm X
- 19.President Johnson's program to end poverty and racism in America
- A.
The Breakfast Club
- B.
The Great Society
- C.
The American Society
- 20.An Anti-Feminist who opposed the ERA and created a coalition against them
- A.
Phyllis Shlafly
- B.
Hilary clinton
- C.
Martha Stewart
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