Monumental Changes Questions

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The acclaimed enviornmental book, Silent Spring, was written by this woman in 1962.
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Rachel Carson
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Who was the first famous television and radio evangelist who appeared during the 50s and 60s?
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Billy Graham
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Which of the following characterizes the economic conditions of the United States in the late 50s and early 60s
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large middle class and economic prosperity
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Which nation successfully maintained neutrality when it came to dealing with the two superpowers following WW2 and carrying forward into the 60s?
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India
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The Limited Test Ban Treaty forbids nuclear testing in every area but _____.
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underground
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During WW2 many blacks migrated from the South to industrial cities in the North. Why did they do this?
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better job opprotunities and fewer issues with segregation
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_____ was involved with the Six Day War against Isreal in 1967.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
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The chief commanding officer during the Vietnam War was _____.
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General Westmoreland
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During the Tet Offensive, the NLF and North Vietnamese _____.
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suffered heavy losses
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Lieutenant _____ was the commanding officer responisble for the My Lai massacre.
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William Calley
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This major 1967 operation attempted to clear out NLF strongholds around Saigon
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Cedar Falls
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Which of the following cities experienced major race riots during the 1960s?
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Detroit, Los Angeles, and Newark
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_____ experimented with Communism before taking part in a number of civil rights and anti-war protests
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Pete Seeger
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These individuals raised a black-gloved fist during the medal ceremony at the Summer Olympics.
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Tommie Smith and John Carlos
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The 45 rpm record was followed by the _____, which in turn was followed by the eight-track tape player.
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33 rpm record
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Which of the following bands were part of the '60s British Invasion?
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Rolling Stones, Moody Blues, and The Kinks
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The first television station to begin programming around 1932 was _____.
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BBC
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The famous actor from the 1960s, _____, was heavily involved in charitable work and auto racing.
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Paul Newman
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The famous show that began airing in the 1960s and was geared toward teens was called _____.
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American Bandstand
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The first man to orbit the earth was a Russian cosmonaut by the name of _____.
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Yuri Gagarin
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The Japanese company, _____, put out the first videotape recorder in 1965.
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Sony
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This U.S. president initiated funding for NASA.
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Dwight Eisenhower
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This South African doctor performed the world's first heart transplant in 1967.
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Christiaan Barnard
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The Space Needle opened in 1962 at _____, Washington.
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Seattle
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Which pop artist was known for these three paintings: 100 Dollar Bills, 100 Soup Cans, and 100 Coke Bottles?
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Andy Warhol
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Which of the following is not one of the characteristics of psychedelic art?
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complex landscapes
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For a picture to be considered _____, it must contain bizarre, strange, or weird images of people or places.
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surreal
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Which of the following novels written in the 1960s did not deal with the subject of war?
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Stranger in a Strange Land
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What three people or events sparked the rise of the civil rights movement?
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Rosa Parks, Little Rock Nine, and Brown v. Board of Ed.
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A famous civil rights bus boycott took place in _____.
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Montgomery, Alabama
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What are two things the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplished?
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it removed the use of poll taxes and it made literacy tests illegal in voting
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Some of the first anti-war demonstrations were _____.
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teach-ins
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_____ once led a group of protesters who tried to levitate the Pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War.
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Abbie Hoffman
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The Yippies were _____.
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one of the anti-war prostest groups
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What two things fueled the anti-war movement during 1968?
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increasing body count and the Tet Offensive
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During the 1968 Democratic Convention, Jerry Rubin introduced Pigasus the _____ as a presidential candidate.
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pig
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What did President Johnson announce to the American people during his television address on March 31, 1968?
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he would not seek another term as president and he had ordered a partial bombing halt over North Vietnam
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What did Freedom Summer try to accomplish?
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registration of black voters
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In November 1967, General Westmoreland told the American public that _____.
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the United States was making progress in Vietnam and the end of the war was in sight
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This astronaut played golf on the moon.
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Alan Shepard
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Which statement below best describes a nonalignment nation?
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a country that refuses to be held to any treaty with a superpower
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The _____ Offensive turned public opinion against the Vietnam War.
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Tet
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This civil rights activist won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Martin Luther King
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Which of the following men was not a famous rocket scientist?
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Alan Shepard
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Who did Richard Nixon defeat in the 1968 November presidential election?
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Hubert Humphrey