Question 1

Birmingham started integrating downtown businesses in 1963. What else occurred in the city that year?

Accepted Answer

A)  Medgar Evers was assassinated. 
B)  Four girls were killed in a church bombing. 
C)  Martin Luther King Jr. served five months in prison. 
D)  Black students were allowed to go to the white college. 
E)  George Wallace was elected mayor. 
A)  Medgar Evers was assassinated. 
B)  Four girls were killed in a church bombing. 
C)  Martin Luther King Jr. served five months in prison. 
D)  Black students were allowed to go to the white college. 
E)  George Wallace was elected mayor. B

Question 2

As a result of the Red Power movement, many more Americans began to identify themselves as Indians than before 1960.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Match between columns
                        Premises: Tet offensive
New Left
War on Poverty
Cuban Missile Crisis
Stonewall Inn
March on Washington
Hart-Celler Act
Roe. v. Wade

Accepted Answer

The Answer of changed immigration laws and high point of is...

Question 4

What was the Tet offensive?

Accepted Answer

A)  a Vietnamese holiday 
B)  a protest in the United States over the Vietnam War 
C)  the aerial bombing campaigns the United States waged against North Vietnam 
D)  uprisings by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese armies in South Vietnamese cities 
E)  an attempt by secret U.S. military personnel to save the French garrison in northern Vietnam 
A)  a Vietnamese holiday 
B)  a protest in the United States over the Vietnam War 
C)  the aerial bombing campaigns the United States waged against North Vietnam 
D)  uprisings by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese armies in South Vietnamese cities 
E)  an attempt by secret U.S. military personnel to save the French garrison in northern Vietnam

Question 5

In the 1964 election Barry Goldwater suffered a major defeat even though he succeeded in the Deep South. What did this suggest?

Accepted Answer

A)  There was a strong opposition among whites to the civil rights movement. 
B)  That the South understood it was necessary to address racial inequalities. 
C)  That segregation was finally over. 
D)  That the Republican Party would not be able to survive in the long run. 
E)  That religious prejudices continued to be divisive. 
A)  There was a strong opposition among whites to the civil rights movement. 
B)  That the South understood it was necessary to address racial inequalities. 
C)  That segregation was finally over. 
D)  That the Republican Party would not be able to survive in the long run. 
E)  That religious prejudices continued to be divisive.

Question 6

In addition to prohibiting racial discrimination, what did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish?

Accepted Answer

A)  It banned discrimination on the grounds of national origin. 
B)  It banned discrimination on the grounds of sex. 
C)  It banned discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. 
D)  It banned discrimination on the grounds of religion. 
E)  It banned discrimination on the grounds of economic status. 
A)  It banned discrimination on the grounds of national origin. 
B)  It banned discrimination on the grounds of sex. 
C)  It banned discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. 
D)  It banned discrimination on the grounds of religion. 
E)  It banned discrimination on the grounds of economic status.

Question 7

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged" was an early call for what would come to be known as

Accepted Answer

A)  color-blind hiring. 
B)  grandfathering. 
C)  unionization. 
D)  affirmative action. 
E)  communism. 
A)  color-blind hiring. 
B)  grandfathering. 
C)  unionization. 
D)  affirmative action. 
E)  communism.

Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Discuss how successful the anti-war movement was in changing the course of the war. What methods were used? How did the movement view freedom and the war?

Accepted Answer

The Vietnam War was a conflict that last

Question 9

What made the French student protests of 1968 different from American student protests?

Accepted Answer

A)  The French students had no issues with authority. 
B)  The French supported the Vietnam War. 
C)  Large numbers of French workers joined in, adding their own demands. 
D)  The French only cared about environmental issues. 
E)  Most French students were not concerned about public education. 
A)  The French students had no issues with authority. 
B)  The French supported the Vietnam War. 
C)  Large numbers of French workers joined in, adding their own demands. 
D)  The French only cared about environmental issues. 
E)  Most French students were not concerned about public education.

Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-counterculture

Accepted Answer

The counterculture refers to a movement

Question 11

During the feminist movement, women came to believe that "the personal is political," thus permanently changing Americans' definition of freedom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is considered the climax of the sixties in U.S. history?

Accepted Answer

A)  the publication of the Feminine Mystique 
B)  the Cuban Missile Crisis 
C)  the year 1968 
D)  the election of Hubert Humphrey to the presidency 
E)  the death of Joseph Stalin 
A)  the publication of the Feminine Mystique 
B)  the Cuban Missile Crisis 
C)  the year 1968 
D)  the election of Hubert Humphrey to the presidency 
E)  the death of Joseph Stalin

Question 13

The slogan of the March on Washington was "I have a dream."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court declared the legality of interracial marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Women's liberation

Accepted Answer

A)  was a single-issue movement that argued for equal pay for equal work. 
B)  was a movement born of other movements where female activists had experienced discriminatory treatment from their male counterparts. 
C)  remained a tiny fringe movement because of its radical tactics, including "consciousness-raising" sessions and a takeover of the 1968 Miss America pageant. 
D)  focused primarily on burning bras and other consumer goods and garments. 
E)  attracted middle-class women, much like the suffrage movement in the early twentieth century. 
A)  was a single-issue movement that argued for equal pay for equal work. 
B)  was a movement born of other movements where female activists had experienced discriminatory treatment from their male counterparts. 
C)  remained a tiny fringe movement because of its radical tactics, including "consciousness-raising" sessions and a takeover of the 1968 Miss America pageant. 
D)  focused primarily on burning bras and other consumer goods and garments. 
E)  attracted middle-class women, much like the suffrage movement in the early twentieth century.

Question 16

The 1960 sit-in at Greensboro, North Carolina,

Accepted Answer

A)  sparked similar successful demonstrations throughout the North. 
B)  ended with integration of the Woolworth's lunch counter. 
C)  was violent and ended with the death of 10 students. 
D)  was not supported by any the white locals. 
E)  lasted for over a week. 
A)  sparked similar successful demonstrations throughout the North. 
B)  ended with integration of the Woolworth's lunch counter. 
C)  was violent and ended with the death of 10 students. 
D)  was not supported by any the white locals. 
E)  lasted for over a week.

Question 17

On what grounds could foreign nationals apply for immigrant status in the United States after 1965?

Accepted Answer

A)  political views 
B)  knowledge of U.S. history 
C)  family ties 
D)  country of origin 
E)  military experience 
A)  political views 
B)  knowledge of U.S. history 
C)  family ties 
D)  country of origin 
E)  military experience

Question 18

What did the defeat of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater show?

Accepted Answer

A)  The success of the civil rights movement had made conventional Republicans unelectable. 
B)  The success of the New Deal state had made libertarianism unattractive to Americans. 
C)  The changing demographic image of the United States had made older presidential candidates unappealing. 
D)  The civil rights movement had redrawn the political map and opened the South to the Republican Party. 
E)  Americans were not yet ready for a Jewish presidential candidate. 
A)  The success of the civil rights movement had made conventional Republicans unelectable. 
B)  The success of the New Deal state had made libertarianism unattractive to Americans. 
C)  The changing demographic image of the United States had made older presidential candidates unappealing. 
D)  The civil rights movement had redrawn the political map and opened the South to the Republican Party. 
E)  Americans were not yet ready for a Jewish presidential candidate.

Question 19

Match between columns
                        Premises: Stokely Carmichael
Betty Friedan
Cesar Chavez
Carl Ogelsby
Fidel Castro
Lyndon Johnson
Michael Harrington
Mario Savio
Loving v. Virginia
James Meredith
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ralph Nader

Accepted Answer

The Answer of interracial marriage and Unsafe at Any Speed is...

Question 20

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Lyndon Johnson said that economic freedom meant more than equal opportunity. Explain what he meant by that statement and how his Great Society program attempted to redefine the relationship between freedom and equality.

Accepted Answer

Lyndon Johnson's statement about economi

Exam 25: The Sixties, 1960-1968

Birmingham started integrating downtown businesses in 1963. What else occurred in the city that year?

As a result of the Red Power movement, many more Americans began to identify themselves as Indians than before 1960.

What was the Tet offensive?

In the 1964 election Barry Goldwater suffered a major defeat even though he succeeded in the Deep South. What did this suggest?

In addition to prohibiting racial discrimination, what did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish?

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged" was an early call for what would come to be known as

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Discuss how successful the anti-war movement was in changing the course of the war. What methods were used? How did the movement view freedom and the war?

What made the French student protests of 1968 different from American student protests?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -counterculture

During the feminist movement, women came to believe that "the personal is political," thus permanently changing Americans' definition of freedom.

Which of the following is considered the climax of the sixties in U.S. history?

The slogan of the March on Washington was "I have a dream."

In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court declared the legality of interracial marriage.

Women's liberation

The 1960 sit-in at Greensboro, North Carolina,

On what grounds could foreign nationals apply for immigrant status in the United States after 1965?

What did the defeat of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater show?

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Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

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Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

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An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

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What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

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An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

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