1960's general knowledge

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  1. 3. Region in Nigeria affected by a 1960s famine
  2. 6. Term used to describe JFK’s presidency
  3. 7. Avant-garde artist who married John Lennon
  4. 10. ___ Panthers — radical civil rights group
  5. 13. Waif-like British model of the Mod era
  6. 15. The decade of counterculture and moon landings
  7. 16. Trendy youth subculture of 1960s London
  8. 17. Beatle who sang “Give Peace a Chance”
  9. 19. Country central to a major U.S. war during the ‘60s
  10. 20. James ___, icon of ‘50s-‘60s youth
  11. 21. NASA’s first manned spaceflight program
  12. 22. Hallucinogenic drug popularized by Timothy Leary
  13. 23. ___ of Pigs — failed 1961 invasion
  14. 25. Abbie, radical activist and Yippie leader
  15. 27. “___ Power” — symbol of peace and protest
  16. 30. Janis, legendary ‘60s blues-rock singer
  17. 31. Movement revived by Betty Friedan’s work
  18. 34. Many young men sought to avoid this during Vietnam
  19. 36. British band that led the “British Invasion”
  20. 38. ___ Spring — 1968 uprising crushed by Soviets
  21. 41. Nation that fought Six-Day War in 1967
  22. 44. Civil rights leader assassinated in 1968 (initials)
  23. 45. Nickname for the American South
  24. 46. Antiwar protesters often chanted this word
  25. 47. Famous 1969 music festival held in New York
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  1. 1. Space agency that dominated 1960s headlines
  2. 2. Environmental awareness color rising by late '60s
  3. 4. Nickname for JFK’s younger brother
  4. 5. Record label that launched many Black artists
  5. 8. Type of protest common in the civil rights era
  6. 9. Slang term for cool or stylish
  7. 11. U.S. president assassinated in 1963
  8. 12. TV band created in the image of the Beatles
  9. 14. L.A. neighborhood where 1965 riots occurred
  10. 15. Radical student activist group (abbr.)
  11. 16. Popular fashion trend symbolizing youth rebellion
  12. 18. Co-discoverer of DNA, published book in the ‘60s
  13. 23. City where a wall divided East and West
  14. 24. Crisis involving Soviet missiles in 1962
  15. 26. Segregationist governor who ran for president
  16. 28. Jane or Henry, famous ‘60s actors
  17. 29. Ohio university where students were shot in 1970
  18. 32. First name of JFK's Peace Corps leader, Shriver
  19. 33. Catchy 1960s slang for a song
  20. 35. NASA space program that landed men on the moon
  21. 37. Site of historic civil rights marches in Alabama
  22. 39. Guitarist known for “Purple Haze” and Woodstock
  23. 40. Consumer advocate who published “Unsafe at Any Speed”
  24. 42. Author of popular parenting book of the decade
  25. 43. 1968 Offensive that shifted public opinion on Vietnam