Question 1

Latino civil rights leaders faced an awkward dilemma when it came to dealing with

Accepted Answer

A)  the discrimination shown to Latino men who were denied the ability to serve as soldiers during the Vietnam War. 
B)  illegal immigration from Latin America, which they feared threatened their own economic advancement. 
C)  divisions within their movement over whether to support the sexual revolution and women's rights or to stick with traditional values. 
D)  relationships with African American civil rights leaders and the question of whether to forge cross-community partnerships. 
E)  the New Left's major influence upon young Mexicans, which they feared might negatively impact their movement's public image. 
A)  the discrimination shown to Latino men who were denied the ability to serve as soldiers during the Vietnam War. 
B)  illegal immigration from Latin America, which they feared threatened their own economic advancement. 
C)  divisions within their movement over whether to support the sexual revolution and women's rights or to stick with traditional values. 
D)  relationships with African American civil rights leaders and the question of whether to forge cross-community partnerships. 
E)  the New Left's major influence upon young Mexicans, which they feared might negatively impact their movement's public image.

Question 2

Match each description with the item below.
-Timothy Leary

Accepted Answer

A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers 
A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers

Question 3

Match each description with the item below.
-Gerald Ford

Accepted Answer

A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers 
A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers

Question 4

The term "the New Left" was adopted to emphasize the strong alignment between the grassroots democracy of the 1960s and the orthodox Marxism of the 1930s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What had happened in South Vietnam by the end of 1975 following the Paris Peace Accords?

Accepted Answer

A)  The conflict resumed between South Vietnam and North Vietnam but with little consequence or outright warfare for many years. 
B)  The South Vietnamese government invited North Vietnamese leaders to a summit, where they agreed to acknowledge Hanoi's authority in the South. 
C)  North Vietnam signed a second treaty with South Vietnam, agreeing to withdraw its remaining troops after American forces left. 
D)  North Vietnamese troops gained the upper hand over South Vietnam, successfully invading and capturing Saigon. 
E)  The United States reentered the Vietnam War once Gerald Ford had replaced Nixon as president because the situation in Southeast Asia was so dire. 
A)  The conflict resumed between South Vietnam and North Vietnam but with little consequence or outright warfare for many years. 
B)  The South Vietnamese government invited North Vietnamese leaders to a summit, where they agreed to acknowledge Hanoi's authority in the South. 
C)  North Vietnam signed a second treaty with South Vietnam, agreeing to withdraw its remaining troops after American forces left. 
D)  North Vietnamese troops gained the upper hand over South Vietnam, successfully invading and capturing Saigon. 
E)  The United States reentered the Vietnam War once Gerald Ford had replaced Nixon as president because the situation in Southeast Asia was so dire.

Question 6

Analyze the counterculture movement of the 1960s? What were its goals, key figures, and achievements?

Accepted Answer

The counterculture movement of the 1960s

Question 7

As the 1972 election approached, the biggest threat to Nixon's reelection seemed to be

Accepted Answer

A)  George Wallace's potential to drain away conservative votes from the Republicans. 
B)  the massive popularity of Democratic nominee George McGovern. 
C)  public disapproval of Nixon's efforts to ease tensions with the Chinese and the Russians. 
D)  revelations concerning the Watergate break-in. 
E)  the continuing appeal of 1960s-style social liberalism. 
A)  George Wallace's potential to drain away conservative votes from the Republicans. 
B)  the massive popularity of Democratic nominee George McGovern. 
C)  public disapproval of Nixon's efforts to ease tensions with the Chinese and the Russians. 
D)  revelations concerning the Watergate break-in. 
E)  the continuing appeal of 1960s-style social liberalism.

Question 8

Match each description with the item below.
-Betty Friedan

Accepted Answer

A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers 
A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers

Question 9

What did the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) do to punish the United States for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War?

Accepted Answer

A)  It expelled the United States from membership. 
B)  It flooded the market with cheap petroleum to drive American oil producers out of business. 
C)  It cut off oil shipments to the United States. 
D)  It nationalized American oil companies in its countries. 
E)  It announced it would deal exclusively with the Soviet Union. 
A)  It expelled the United States from membership. 
B)  It flooded the market with cheap petroleum to drive American oil producers out of business. 
C)  It cut off oil shipments to the United States. 
D)  It nationalized American oil companies in its countries. 
E)  It announced it would deal exclusively with the Soviet Union.

Question 10

The hippie movement sought to

Accepted Answer

A)  transform American political life through a careful series of revolutionary legal reforms at the federal and state levels. 
B)  address income inequality through civil disobedience to laws that reinforced inequities in American society. 
C)  destroy the existing capitalist system through the immediate construction of a socialist-anarchist state. 
D)  achieve personal liberation by exceeding limits, embracing plain living, and rejecting the pursuit of wealth and careers. 
E)  lead white youth into a form of paramilitary organization similar in many ways to the Black Panthers. 
A)  transform American political life through a careful series of revolutionary legal reforms at the federal and state levels. 
B)  address income inequality through civil disobedience to laws that reinforced inequities in American society. 
C)  destroy the existing capitalist system through the immediate construction of a socialist-anarchist state. 
D)  achieve personal liberation by exceeding limits, embracing plain living, and rejecting the pursuit of wealth and careers. 
E)  lead white youth into a form of paramilitary organization similar in many ways to the Black Panthers.

Question 11

Stagflation tends to involve low unemployment rates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Essential to breaking the Watergate case was the 1973 testimony before the Ervin committee of White House legal counsel John Dean. What did he testify?

Accepted Answer

A)  that he had been paid to lie under oath previously 
B)  that John Ehrlichman had ordered the cover-up 
C)  that he had ordered the White House cover-up himself 
D)  that the president had personally ordered the Watergate break-in 
E)  that the president had approved a White House cover-up 
A)  that he had been paid to lie under oath previously 
B)  that John Ehrlichman had ordered the cover-up 
C)  that he had ordered the White House cover-up himself 
D)  that the president had personally ordered the Watergate break-in 
E)  that the president had approved a White House cover-up

Question 13

What was the event that helped trigger the gay rights movement of the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Stonewall riots 
B)  Red Power protests 
C)  the passage of hate-crimes legislation 
D)  the debate over the Equal Rights Amendment 
E)  the labeling of HIV/AIDS as a "homosexual disease" by politicians 
A)  the Stonewall riots 
B)  Red Power protests 
C)  the passage of hate-crimes legislation 
D)  the debate over the Equal Rights Amendment 
E)  the labeling of HIV/AIDS as a "homosexual disease" by politicians

Question 14

Which of the following statements accurately describes the state of Latino rights in the 1960s and early 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mexican American leaders maintained the bracero program in the 1960s and after, believing that allowing new Mexican immigrants to have low-paying jobs would help the economic advancement of Mexican Americans who had been citizens for longer. 
B)  Due to the changing public sentiment after the Second World War, Hispanic Americans experienced very little discrimination in hiring, housing, and education, although activists still fought for ways to celebrate their culture in everyday society. 
C)  The population of Latino Americans was at its largest in the 1960s and early 1970s, but their rights and social equality only began to improve substantially when the population became much smaller in the 2000s. 
D)  Hispanic Americans' service in the military during the Second World War had helped to instill a clearer sense of American identity and pushed them to pursue equality, for they still often experienced segregation, discrimination, and limited opportunities. 
E)  Strikes and hunger strikes, such as those led by Cesar Chavez, failed to gain widespread media attention, for the primary way Latino Americans gained awareness and support for their cause was by working hard at low-paying jobs. 
A)  Mexican American leaders maintained the bracero program in the 1960s and after, believing that allowing new Mexican immigrants to have low-paying jobs would help the economic advancement of Mexican Americans who had been citizens for longer. 
B)  Due to the changing public sentiment after the Second World War, Hispanic Americans experienced very little discrimination in hiring, housing, and education, although activists still fought for ways to celebrate their culture in everyday society. 
C)  The population of Latino Americans was at its largest in the 1960s and early 1970s, but their rights and social equality only began to improve substantially when the population became much smaller in the 2000s. 
D)  Hispanic Americans' service in the military during the Second World War had helped to instill a clearer sense of American identity and pushed them to pursue equality, for they still often experienced segregation, discrimination, and limited opportunities. 
E)  Strikes and hunger strikes, such as those led by Cesar Chavez, failed to gain widespread media attention, for the primary way Latino Americans gained awareness and support for their cause was by working hard at low-paying jobs.

Question 15

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the early 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most of their members called themselves the Weathermen and drastically abandoned pacifism. 
B)  Their work rarely involved criticism of the status quo due to dependency on university funding. 
C)  They were the official youth wing of the Democratic party that worked closely with senators. 
D)  They were in strong opposition to the beliefs and actions of the New Left. 
E)  They challenged established authority and sought to give "power to the people." 
A)  Most of their members called themselves the Weathermen and drastically abandoned pacifism. 
B)  Their work rarely involved criticism of the status quo due to dependency on university funding. 
C)  They were the official youth wing of the Democratic party that worked closely with senators. 
D)  They were in strong opposition to the beliefs and actions of the New Left. 
E)  They challenged established authority and sought to give "power to the people."

Question 16

How did the Watergate scandal unfold? What was its political significance?

Accepted Answer

The Watergate scandal unfolded in the ea

Question 17

Nixon's Watergate-related resignation came with the revelation that he had

Accepted Answer

A)  burned his tapes of White House conversations. 
B)  lied to the Senate's Ervin committee. 
C)  authorized the use of dirty tricks against Democratic campaigns. 
D)  ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in. 
E)  ordered the IRS to harass his political enemies. 
A)  burned his tapes of White House conversations. 
B)  lied to the Senate's Ervin committee. 
C)  authorized the use of dirty tricks against Democratic campaigns. 
D)  ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in. 
E)  ordered the IRS to harass his political enemies.

Question 18

Match each description with the item below.
-Mario Savio

Accepted Answer

A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers 
A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers

Question 19

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries used its huge oil supplies as a political and economic weapon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What role did Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique play in American history?

Accepted Answer

A)  It celebrated the cult of female domesticity and delayed the onset of any sort of organized feminist movement. 
B)  It explained the challenges of many upper- and middle-class women and helped launch the second phase of the feminist movement. 
C)  It described ways for women to better please their husbands and perpetuated the idea that women were inferior. 
D)  It painted an ideal portrait of suburban living and sparked the beginning of the movement of the white middle class to the suburbs. 
E)  It focused on the difficulties working-class women and women of color faced both at home and in the workplace. 
A)  It celebrated the cult of female domesticity and delayed the onset of any sort of organized feminist movement. 
B)  It explained the challenges of many upper- and middle-class women and helped launch the second phase of the feminist movement. 
C)  It described ways for women to better please their husbands and perpetuated the idea that women were inferior. 
D)  It painted an ideal portrait of suburban living and sparked the beginning of the movement of the white middle class to the suburbs. 
E)  It focused on the difficulties working-class women and women of color faced both at home and in the workplace.

Exam 30: Rebellion and Reaction

Latino civil rights leaders faced an awkward dilemma when it came to dealing with

Match each description with the item below. -Timothy Leary

Match each description with the item below. -Gerald Ford

The term "the New Left" was adopted to emphasize the strong alignment between the grassroots democracy of the 1960s and the orthodox Marxism of the 1930s.

What had happened in South Vietnam by the end of 1975 following the Paris Peace Accords?

Analyze the counterculture movement of the 1960s? What were its goals, key figures, and achievements?

As the 1972 election approached, the biggest threat to Nixon's reelection seemed to be

Match each description with the item below. -Betty Friedan

What did the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) do to punish the United States for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War?

The hippie movement sought to

Stagflation tends to involve low unemployment rates.

Essential to breaking the Watergate case was the 1973 testimony before the Ervin committee of White House legal counsel John Dean. What did he testify?

What was the event that helped trigger the gay rights movement of the 1970s?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the state of Latino rights in the 1960s and early 1970s?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the early 1960s?

How did the Watergate scandal unfold? What was its political significance?

Nixon's Watergate-related resignation came with the revelation that he had

Match each description with the item below. -Mario Savio

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries used its huge oil supplies as a political and economic weapon.

What role did Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique play in American history?

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