1960's History Trivia Quiz

20 Questions | By Wileym | Last updated: Oct 24, 2016

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Questions and Answers

1.

Name of the first shuttle launched into space by the Russians

Discuss
- 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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