How Well Do You Know This Decade in History? 1960-1969
Written by Colleen Curran History Expert
Last updated · 6 min play time
Sex, drugs, rock and roll, and war – it's the 1960s! Think you know history? Challenge your 1960s knowledge with this Decade's quiz.
Sex, drugs, rock & roll, apple pie, and war – it's the 1960s! Young Americans were drafted into the Vietnam War as tensions grew between the United States and the Soviet Union as part of their global Cold War. Rock and R&B hit the charts, and protestors marched in the streets, fighting for their civil rights. Think you know history? Challenge your 1960s knowledge with this decade's quiz.
This quiz was expert written by Colleen Curran. Colleen earned an MA in History at Boston College in 2016. She specialized in nineteenth and twentieth-century American race and labor history. She currently works as an Editor for the Massachusetts Historical Commission and continues her education in the Sustainable Development Program at the Harvard Extension School.
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Perfect score - I was a child in the 60s, but I am well read as well.
I did good if you look at the fact that I was bone in the late 70's but I am well read.
I was in my twenties in the sixties so I lived through all of the questions. I thought the quiz was super easy.
Rly rly rly hard but I tried my best
pretty good - some years (or something) off, pretty sure. Kennedy did not appoint Thurgood Marshall in 1967-
Great collection of 60’s histore. Brought back a mixed bag of memories.
Good quiz about a tumultuous time in history. Things seemed so much simpler than .
Had fun. I was a little girl in the 60s but Iremember some stuff. Learned a lot in school.
it was fun. Missed 2/60. one had no idea. one had a 50/50 chance
These answers should be common knowledge for most Americans born by 1950.
It was fun. Remember each and every event as I was there
Cool quiz
Great Quiz
phnx505. The news media did their jobs then rather than become cash cows for the corporate media. The lack of hateful false news right-wing propaganda networks also helped.
Interesting how the 60's were revolutionary back then. Even those born after can get most questions right.
when I'm not reading the Bible I'll need to play solitaire or these quizzes that's what disabled guys do
I like it, was fun