What do you know about the 1960?

In 1960, the President of the United States was...

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan

In November 1960, J. F. Kennedy was elected the 35th President of the USA.

... was his opponent.

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Harry S. Truman

• Lyndon Johnson

• Richard Nixon

J. F. Kennedy was married to ..., one of the most beloved First Ladies of the history of the USA.

• Evelyn Lincoln

• Jacqueline (or Jackie) Bouvier

• Marilyn Monroe

• Priscilla Wear

... is rumoured to have been one of the many mistresses of J. F. Kennedy.

• Evelyn Lincoln

• Jacqueline (or Jackie) Bouvier

• Marilyn Monroe

• Priscilla Wear

In April 1961, the CIA launched a military operation in Cuba to push the Cuban leader Fidel Castro from power. Its name was...

• the Bay of Pigs Invasion

• the Cuban Offensive

• D-Day

• Operation Havana

The missiles that were at the centre of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 were installed there (Cuba) by...

• Cuba
• Germany

• Italy

• the USSR

What was JF Kennedy's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis in October, 1962? - He ordered the US...

• Air Force to bomb Cuba

• Army to invade Cuba

• Navy to organize a blockade of Cuba

• Armed Forces not to intervene

The Civil Rights Movement defended that Black Americans should have equal rights under the law in the United States. Its two most famous leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. and ..., were tragically assassinated in the late 1960s.

• Dorothy Height

• Jim Crow

• Malcom X

• Rosa Parks

What did the Counterculture Movement of the 1960s value?

• Fighting for freedom and civil rights for all but not really equality

• Going into war in order to establish peace

• Living in peace and spreading love all around

• Taking drugs and attacking the non-members of their community

Which defining characteristic of the Counterculture Movement provided the foundation for the various rights movements that followed it?

• Communes

• Drug Use

• Protest

• Youthfulness