The Great Society Speech True or False

1. What was going on in Detroit and Los Angeles in the mid-sixties? -> The Beatles were on tour and attracting massive crowds.
2. Barry McGuire's 1965 protest song "Eve of Destruction" included the line "You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'." What did that mean? -> Active-duty military personnel couldn't vote.
3. What were most of the college student protests and administrative office takeovers in the late '60s about? -> An excuse to skip classes (partial credit)
4. What leader of the Student for a Democratic Society was a Michigan grad who helped draft the Port Huron statement? -> Jane Fonda

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