Early 1960s Review

What is happening in the image?

• The US landed on the moon.

• The US discovered a new planet.

• The US landed on Mars.

• The US took over the Soviet Union.

What did this person do for the space program?

• He was the first person from the US to orbit the Earth.

• He was the president of NASA.

• His goal to was to have the US land on the moon by the end of the 1960s.

• He was the first person to step on the moon.

The ___________________________ prohibited the use of poll taxes to prevent people from voting. ​

• 24th Amendment

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Immigration Act of 1965

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

The _____________________________________ prevents the use of literacy tests, taxes, and other measures to prevent minorities from voting.

• 24th Amendment

• Immigration Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

In his ​________________ speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated for an inclusive society.

• I Have a Dream

• Letter from a Birmingham Jail

• I've Been to the Mountaintop

• The Other America

​ ​ _____________________ were arrested, assaulted, and jailed in cities across the South. ​

• Freedom Riders

• Montgomery Bus Boycotters

• Lunch Counter Sit-in Protesters

• Marchers at Selma

____________________________________________ was elected president in 1960 and declared that America would put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

• Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
• John F. Kennedy
• Neil Armstrong
• Lyndon B. Johnson

The ___________________________________________ prevented employees from discriminating based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin.

• Civil Rights Act of 1965

• 24th Amendment

• Space program

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

Who is the person labeled A?

• John F. Kennedy

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• George Wallace

• Lee Harvey Oswald

Who is the person labeled B?

• Shirley Chisholm

• Lady Bird Johnson

• Betty Friedan

• Jacqueline Kennedy