Question 1

Malcolm X was viewed as an apostle of racial violence by most whites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The Immigration Reform Act did not alter the rate or national origin of immigration after 1965.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What did students of the New Left movement think was missing in American liberalism in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  the willingness to address poverty 
B)  the reluctance of companies to recognize unions 
C)  the commitment to legislate on behalf of Social Security 
D)  the practice of true participatory democracy 
E)  a concern about the threat of monopoly in industrial capitalism 
A)  the willingness to address poverty 
B)  the reluctance of companies to recognize unions 
C)  the commitment to legislate on behalf of Social Security 
D)  the practice of true participatory democracy 
E)  a concern about the threat of monopoly in industrial capitalism

Question 4

Which of the following transformed protest into rebellion by the mid-1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  gender inequality 
B)  the Vietnam War 
C)  segregation 
D)  Mexican immigration 
E)  discrimination against homosexuals 
A)  gender inequality 
B)  the Vietnam War 
C)  segregation 
D)  Mexican immigration 
E)  discrimination against homosexuals

Question 5

How did the African-American civil rights protesters that marched in June 1963 in more than 186 cities feel about the danger of getting arrested?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had tried to avoid any encounter with the police as best they could. 
B)  Too many police officers had infiltrated the civil rights movement. 
C)  Most of the protesters came from privileged backgrounds and knew that they would get off easy. 
D)  The very point of the protests was to illustrate the punitive nature of southern Jim Crow justice. 
E)  Until that time, the police had had a reputation of being highly sympathetic to the civil rights movement. 
A)  They had tried to avoid any encounter with the police as best they could. 
B)  Too many police officers had infiltrated the civil rights movement. 
C)  Most of the protesters came from privileged backgrounds and knew that they would get off easy. 
D)  The very point of the protests was to illustrate the punitive nature of southern Jim Crow justice. 
E)  Until that time, the police had had a reputation of being highly sympathetic to the civil rights movement.

Question 6

How did the women's liberation movement inspire a major expansion of the idea of freedom?

Accepted Answer

A)  The women's movement included members of the middle class as well as the working class. 
B)  The women's movement included men and women. 
C)  The women's movement included African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Anglo-Americans. 
D)  The women's movement took the protest for social justice to the streets. 
E)  The women's movement brought considerations of power and justice inside the family. 
A)  The women's movement included members of the middle class as well as the working class. 
B)  The women's movement included men and women. 
C)  The women's movement included African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Anglo-Americans. 
D)  The women's movement took the protest for social justice to the streets. 
E)  The women's movement brought considerations of power and justice inside the family.

Question 7

What did the Kerner Report cite as the cause of urban riots in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  an influx of immigrants 
B)  segregation and poverty 
C)  environmental issues 
D)  crack cocaine abuse 
E)  education 
A)  an influx of immigrants 
B)  segregation and poverty 
C)  environmental issues 
D)  crack cocaine abuse 
E)  education

Question 8

Why did King decide to send black schoolchildren to protest in the streets of Birmingham?

Accepted Answer

A)  He believed they were the future. 
B)  He believed the police would use force against them, and in return, he would use those images to build support for the civil rights movement. 
C)  They were easily manipulated. 
D)  He believed the image of children marching would show they had no schools in which to get an education. 
E)  He knew it was a peaceful city and nothing would happen to them. 
A)  He believed they were the future. 
B)  He believed the police would use force against them, and in return, he would use those images to build support for the civil rights movement. 
C)  They were easily manipulated. 
D)  He believed the image of children marching would show they had no schools in which to get an education. 
E)  He knew it was a peaceful city and nothing would happen to them.

Question 9

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Briefly explain President Kennedy's approach to the Vietnam War.

Accepted Answer

President Kennedy's approach to the Viet

Question 10

"Black is Beautiful" was the slogan used by Black Power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower had sought a policy known as termination, meant to integrate Indians into the American mainstream, but it was abandoned by John F. Kennedy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Who ran as a third-party candidate in the 1968 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A)  George Wallace 
B)  Richard Nixon 
C)  Hubert Humphrey 
D)  Eugene McCarthy 
E)  Robert Kennedy 
A)  George Wallace 
B)  Richard Nixon 
C)  Hubert Humphrey 
D)  Eugene McCarthy 
E)  Robert Kennedy

Question 13

During Freedom Summer

Accepted Answer

A)  very few white college students participated. 
B)  only black activists participated in the voter registration campaign. 
C)  signers of the Southern Manifesto launched a campaign against integration. 
D)  a coalition of civil rights groups launched a voter registration drive in Mississippi. 
E)  there was little violence. 
A)  very few white college students participated. 
B)  only black activists participated in the voter registration campaign. 
C)  signers of the Southern Manifesto launched a campaign against integration. 
D)  a coalition of civil rights groups launched a voter registration drive in Mississippi. 
E)  there was little violence.

Question 14

The Black Panther Party

Accepted Answer

A)  promoted peaceful integration between blacks and whites. 
B)  created multiple charity events for the poor. 
C)  worked alongside California police departments. 
D)  advocated armed self-defense. 
E)  rapidly spread throughout the country. 
A)  promoted peaceful integration between blacks and whites. 
B)  created multiple charity events for the poor. 
C)  worked alongside California police departments. 
D)  advocated armed self-defense. 
E)  rapidly spread throughout the country.

Question 15

The Cuban Missile Crisis changed John F. Kennedy's attitude toward the Cold War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The free speech movement

Accepted Answer

A)  failed in its efforts to establish free speech on college campuses. 
B)  began in Berkeley to protest a campus ban on political activism. 
C)  began in Los Angeles to protest a campus ban on political literature. 
D)  began in Port Huron to protest a campus ban on political literature. 
E)  had little support among college students at the time. 
A)  failed in its efforts to establish free speech on college campuses. 
B)  began in Berkeley to protest a campus ban on political activism. 
C)  began in Los Angeles to protest a campus ban on political literature. 
D)  began in Port Huron to protest a campus ban on political literature. 
E)  had little support among college students at the time.

Question 17

The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 was crushed by student demonstrators, allowing the newly elected democratic government to remain in place.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The violence in Birmingham was not surprising since it already was a violent city.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 20

Democrats painted Barry Goldwater as what during the 1964 election?

Accepted Answer

A)  weak 
B)  anti-intellectual 
C)  greedy 
D)  out of touch 
E)  extremist 
A)  weak 
B)  anti-intellectual 
C)  greedy 
D)  out of touch 
E)  extremist

Exam 25: The Sixties, 1960-1968

Malcolm X was viewed as an apostle of racial violence by most whites.

The Immigration Reform Act did not alter the rate or national origin of immigration after 1965.

What did students of the New Left movement think was missing in American liberalism in the 1960s?

Which of the following transformed protest into rebellion by the mid-1960s?

How did the African-American civil rights protesters that marched in June 1963 in more than 186 cities feel about the danger of getting arrested?

How did the women's liberation movement inspire a major expansion of the idea of freedom?

What did the Kerner Report cite as the cause of urban riots in the 1960s?

Why did King decide to send black schoolchildren to protest in the streets of Birmingham?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Briefly explain President Kennedy's approach to the Vietnam War.

"Black is Beautiful" was the slogan used by Black Power.

Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower had sought a policy known as termination, meant to integrate Indians into the American mainstream, but it was abandoned by John F. Kennedy.

Who ran as a third-party candidate in the 1968 presidential election?

During Freedom Summer

The Black Panther Party

The Cuban Missile Crisis changed John F. Kennedy's attitude toward the Cold War.

The free speech movement

The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 was crushed by student demonstrators, allowing the newly elected democratic government to remain in place.

The violence in Birmingham was not surprising since it already was a violent city.

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

Democrats painted Barry Goldwater as what during the 1964 election?

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

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

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

A Divided Nation

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