1960s All American Politics

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1. In the 1960 Presidential campaign, candidate John F. Kennedy's father, former Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, was rumored to have used his ties to "the mob" to rig the election in which state? New Jersey Illinois New York California

2. Finish this quote used by Viet Nam War protestors: "Hey, hey LBJ, how many kids ... (fill in the blank)" Go to 'Nam today? Won't fight anyway? Want you to pay? Did you kill today?

3. The longest filibuster in US Senate history, 125 hours long, was undertaken by Southern Democratic senators protesting the first of three Civil Rights Acts of the 1960s. Who was the president who signed the first act into law? (Hint: the filibuster was stopped by the Senate Majority Leader who later was elected President himself in the 1960s). John F. Kennedy Dwight Eisenhower Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon

4. In 1966 The Black Panther Party was founded. The organization was established to promote African-American power and political clout by Bobby Seale and which other well-known black activist? Stokely Carmichael Huey Newton Malcolm X Louis Farrakhan

5. Who was Abraham Zapruder? He finished a surpising second to Barry Goldwater in the 1964 Iowa caucus The first person to serve as Secretary of the Interior under four presidents (Eisenhower through Nixon) The author of the first Kennedy biography "Death of a President" The amateur photographer who filmed the assassination of President Kennedy

6. In 1968, which anti-war US Senator almost beat incumbent president Johnson in the New Hampshire Democratic primary? George McGovern Hubert Humphrey Eugene McCarthy Robert Kennedy

7. Which event did NOT happen in 1965? First US combat troops sent to Viet Nam The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers Watts Riots broke out in Los Angeles John Lindsey elected Mayor of New York

8. Who was the newly-elected Governor of Alabama who proclaimed at his 1963 inauguration "Segreation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever"? Strom Thurmond George Wallace Orval Faubus Lester Maddox

9. In February, 1967 the 25th Amedment to the US Constitution was enacted. It was of particular importance in the years 1973, 1974, 1985, 2002 and 2007. What was the subject of the 25th Amendment? Presidential term limits Citizens do not have to pay poll taxes to vote Succession of President and Vice-President Voting age lowered from 21 to 18

10. In 1968 who became the first African American woman elected to Congress? Bella Abzug Shirley Chisholm Barbara Jordan Yvonne Braithwaite Burke