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60s Quiz - Test Your Memory

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Level 2 Quiz Questions Preview

When did the General Assembly convene for the first session in its new Legislative Building?
1960
1962
1963
1966

Which Indian Tribe received state recognition?
Haliwa
Lumbee
Choctaw
Cherokee

When was the North Carolina Zoo Society, a non-profit, tax-exempt organization incorporated to raise funds for the Zoo?
1965
1966
1967
1968

Durham resident Warren Wheeler founded what type of company?
Insurance
automotive
Airline
Grocery

When did the Greensboro sit-ins get started?
1960
1961
1962
1965

Howard Lee was elected as the first African American mayor of what North Carolina city?
Charlotte
Fayetteville
Chapel Hill
Durham

When was the North Carolina School of the Arts founded?
1962
1963
1967
1969

Who was the first women to run for lieutenant governor in NC?
Nina Simone
Mary Blye
Margaret Taylor Harper
Ruth Easterling

What year was Woolworth's desegregated?
1960
1965
1966
1969

When was the Department of Community Colleges established?
1962
1963
1967
1969

When was the march on Washington, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., where he delivered the speech, “I Have a Dream”?
1962
1963
1964
1968

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