Many historians consider the sixties as a cultural period to last until _ - _ when Richard Nixon
resigned the presidency over the _ scandal and the _ War finally came to an end.
ANSWER 1974-1975 , Watergate, Vietnam
JFK, a Democratic politician, especially attuned to civil rights issues, was assassinated in the
year _
ANSWER 1963
Civil Rights movement climaxed on August 28, 1963 when MLK and other civil rights leaders
led a _ on _ and King delivered his I have a Dream speech.
ANSWER March, Washington
Malcolm X converted to the Nation of Islam, became a spell binding speaker, and insisted that
Blacks defend themselves when attacked but shot and killed _ _ during a speech in the year _
ANSWER Black Muslims, 1965
Nearly _ U.S. troops died in Vietnam
ANSWER 60,000
Rock burst onto American's consciousness with the arrival of the _ in February of the year _
ANSWER Beatles, 1964
Other British rock groups such as the Rolling Stones and the Kinks, part of the so-called _ _ ,
transformed the pop culture landscape.
ANSWER British Invasion
, American rockers Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead in the Haight-Ashbury district in
San Francisco developed _ _ , a music intended to si
ANSWER pyschedelic rock
In urban black communities _, soul, and funk built huge followings.
ANSWER Motown
These two traditions came together in an event that climaxed the youth movement: the three
day Music and Art Fair at _, New York in 1969
ANSWER Woodstock
In a culture saturated by the din of political protest and electrified rock music, _ had difficulty
making itself heard.
ANSWER jazz
Though controversial, _ _, was the most vital and influential legacy of jazz in the sixties.
ANSWER free jazz
Louis Armstrong released a number one hit record with, "_ _!"
ANSWER Hello Dolly
Unlike bebop, free jazz had no Mintons or Monroes - no _ _ from which the music emanated
across the country and the world.
ANSWER central hub
Coltrane and Miles offered a _ free approach that became the basis for the neo-bop movement
that has dominated mainstream jazz since.
ANSWER moderate