Question 1

The sit-in at Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960:

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reflected mounting frustration at the slow pace of racial change.

Question 2

By the end of 1960, some 70,000 demonstrators had taken part in sit-ins across the South to protest:

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segregation.

Question 3

The Freedom Rides:

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were launched by CORE to desegregate interstate bus travel.

Question 4

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail declared that:

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the white moderate had to put aside his fear of disorder and commit to racial justice.

Question 5

In his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr.:

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discussed the litany of abuses faced by blacks in the South and the need for change.

Question 6

When Birmingham police chief Bull Connor used nightsticks, high-pressure hoses, and attack dogs on young civil rights protesters:

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there was a wave of revulsion globally.

Question 7

In 1963 during the Birmingham civil rights demonstrations, firemen:

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assaulted young demonstrators with high-pressure hoses.

Question 8

The 1963 March on Washington:

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was a high point in black and white cooperation.

Question 9

To combat communism, one of John Kennedy's first acts was to:

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establish the Peace Corps.

Question 10

During the Bay of Pigs invasion:

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the CIA failed in its mission.

Question 11

The Cuban Missile Crisis:

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brought the United States and the Soviets to the brink of nuclear war.

Question 12

Regarding civil rights during his presidency, John F. Kennedy:

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was reluctant to address the movement's demands until 1963.

Question 13

What event forced John F. Kennedy to take meaningful action in support of the civil rights movement?

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prohibited only sexual discrimination in the armed forces.

Question 14

In 1964, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, which:

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prohibited both racial and sexual discrimination in employment and public institutions.

Question 15

The 1964 Civil Rights Act did not:

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ban discrimination on the grounds of sex.

Question 16

Lyndon Johnson remarked, I think we delivered the South to the Republican Party after:

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passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Question 17

During Freedom Summer:

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a coalition of civil rights groups launched a voter registration drive in Mississippi.

Question 18

The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party:

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challenged the white delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.

Question 19

Republican Barry Goldwater viewed ____________ as a threat to freedom.

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the New Deal welfare state

Question 20

Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign emphasized:

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a reduction in governmental regulations.

Question 21

The Port Huron Statement was to the Students for a Democratic Society what the _____________ was to the Young Americans for Freedom.

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Sharon Statement

Question 22

The 1965 Voting Rights Act:

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empowered federal officials to oversee voter registration.

Question 23

The Hart-Cellar Act of 1965:

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established new, racially neutral criteria for immigration.

Question 24

The Hart-Cellar Act of 1965 did all of the following EXCEPT:

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It was forced through Congress in response to increasing numbers of Vietnamese refugees.

Question 25

The Great Society:

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included Lyndon Johnson's crusade to end poverty in America.

Question 26

Johnson's War on Poverty included all of the following programs EXCEPT:

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A jobs program for unemployed Americans.

Question 27

The Kerner Report:

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blamed the urban riots on segregation and poverty.

Question 28

Malcolm X:

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insisted that blacks have economic and political autonomy.

Question 29

Black Power emerged as a response to all of the following factors EXCEPT:

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the passage of the Civil Rights Act.

Question 30

All of the following statements about the Black Panther Party are true EXCEPT:

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the Black Panther Party rejected the idea of black self-determination.

Question 31

The New Left:

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called for a democracy of citizen participation.

Question 32

The Port Huron Statement:

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offered a vision for social change based on participatory democracy.

Question 33

The free speech movement:

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began in Berkeley to protest a campus ban on political groups convening and distributing literature at a central meeting place.

Question 34

The Gulf of Tonkin resolution:

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authorized the president to take all necessary measures to repel armed attack in Vietnam.

Question 35

What was the attitude of the New Left toward university professors, as seen in the Port Huron Statement?

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They thought them puppets of the military-industrial complex.

Question 36

The antiwar movement:

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challenged the foundations of Cold War thinking.

Question 37

The counterculture of the 1960s can best be described as:

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a rejection of mainstream values.

Question 38

Why was liberation theology so popular in Latin America in the 1960s?

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The Cuban Missile Crisis had shattered the region's complacency.

Question 39

In the Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan:

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equal educational opportunities.

Question 40

The National Organization for Women (NOW) campaigned for all of the following EXCEPT:

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an end to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Question 41

At the 1968 Miss America beauty pageant, feminist protesters threw all of the following items into the freedom trash can EXCEPT:

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birth-control pills.

Question 42

The gay liberation movement:

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was inspired by the civil rights movement.

Question 43

After the Stonewall riot:

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a militant gay liberation movement was born.

Question 44

Chicano farm workers found a powerful advocate in:

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Cesar Chavez.

Question 45

In the 1960s, Latino rights in particular were the focus of the:

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United Farm Workers.

Question 46

The American Indian Movement:

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demanded greater tribal self-government.

Question 47

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring inspired the:

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suspects could refuse to cooperate with police.

Question 48

In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that:

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state laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional.

Question 49

In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that:

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those in police custody had certain rights.

Question 50

The Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision:

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created a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.

Question 51

Which event marked the turning point in the Vietnam conflict, forcing Lyndon Johnson to change course and pull out of the upcoming presidential race?

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The Tet offensive.

Question 52

On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated:

Accepted Answer

while in Memphis, supporting a garbage workers' strike.

Question 53

In his 1968 election campaign, Richard Nixon appealed to the:

Accepted Answer

silent majority.

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