1960S EVENTS

Match the following

• A quarantine placed around Cuba October 1962

• Domino Theory

• If one country falls to communism, all the border nations may fall

• Sputnik

• Failed invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• The closest the US has come to nuclear war..so far

• Bay of Pigs

• First satellite launched into orbit

• Naval Blockade

What does the red dotted circle represent?

How did JFK respond to the news that the Soviets had placed nuclear weapon installations in Cuba?

• Asking the United Nations to approve economic sanctions for Cuba

• Blockading ships from entering or exiting Cuba

• Closing the US border

• Asking Congress to declare war on Cuba

The failed US attempt to overthrow the communist Cuban government in 1961 was called the:

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Project to Eliminate Cuban Communism (PECC)

• Havana Uprising

• Anti-Totalitarian Takeover (ATT)

Answer explanation

America attempted to overthrow Castra at the Bay of Pigs, but the attempt failed, leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis

Mark the location where the Cuban Missile Crisis took place

Brown v. Board of Education overruled which prior Supreme Court precedent?

• Texas v. Johnson

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Marbury v. Madison

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited Segregation in/at...

(select all that apply)

• Public Schools and Universities

• Any Public Property

• Restaurants, Theaters, and Hotels

• Private Schools and Institutions

Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...

• civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States

• Little Rock Nine

• Black law student who challenged UT LAW

• East LA Walkouts

• Integration in Little Rock H.S.

• Rosa Parks

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Herman Sweatt

• protest led by Chicano students to improve education

• Freedom Riders

In 1961, the Freedom Riders rode buses to?

• demonstrate against air pollution

• protest American involvement in Vietnam

• demonstrate in support of equal rights for women

• test segregation laws in the South

Which idea reflected in these remarks formed the basis for U.S. involvement in Vietnam?

• Nuclear deterrence

• Flexible response

• Domino theory

• Iron Curtain