Vietnam/1960

Which two presidential candidates starred in the first televised debate?

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Harry Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Which decision reversed the 1896 ruling Plessy v. Ferguson, desegregating public schools across the nation?

• Brown v. the Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Korematsu v. the United States

• Becker v. Blaut

What was the most popular music genre among teenagers in the 50s and 60s?

• Rhythm and Blues

• Country Western

• Big Band

• Rock n' Roll

After the war, the ___?___ replaced radio and movies as the main entertainment for American families.

• television

• YouTube

• internet

• community swimming pool

Singer from Memphis, Tennessee whose music awoke of generation of young people to the sounds of rock n' roll

• Elvis Presley

• Little Richard

• Bill Haley and the Comets

• James Dean

What is the name of Lyndon B. Johnson's program designed to eliminate poverty and racial injustice?

• Make American Great Again

• The Great Society

• The Vietnam War

The Great Society program ended due to U.S. involvement in which war?

• Korean War

• Civil War

• WWIII

• Vietnam War

What is Vietcong?

• A group of Baddies living in South Vietnam.

• A group of communists in South Vietnam wanting to overthrow the govt.

The gap between what the gov’t was saying & the reality of the Vietnam War is called?

• 956 Gap

• LBJ Gap

• Credibility Gap

Why did the U.S. get involved in the Vietnam War?

• To steal money from South Vietnam.

• To stop the spread of communism in Asia.