Question 1

During the 1960s, Americans found new meanings of freedom and produced new rights. Which of the following problems was not addressed?

Accepted Answer

A)  racial inequality 
B)  women's rights 
C)  low voter turnout 
D)  urban poverty 
E)  agricultural stagnation 
A)  racial inequality 
B)  women's rights 
C)  low voter turnout 
D)  urban poverty 
E)  agricultural stagnation

Question 2

Why did the Alliance for Progress fail?

Accepted Answer

A)  Communism was already strong in the area. 
B)  Local governments rejected U.S. assistance, as they mistrusted American intentions. 
C)  The aid was administered by local elites who kept the money to themselves. 
D)  Funds were invested in unfruitful industries. 
E)  The amount of money sent was insufficient. 
A)  Communism was already strong in the area. 
B)  Local governments rejected U.S. assistance, as they mistrusted American intentions. 
C)  The aid was administered by local elites who kept the money to themselves. 
D)  Funds were invested in unfruitful industries. 
E)  The amount of money sent was insufficient.

Question 3

Compare the civil rights movement in the South with that in the North. Be sure to discuss methods, leadership, and issues that were being addressed, and the success of each.

Accepted Answer

The civil rights movement in the South a

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

Participatory democracy is a form of dem

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The Great Society was a set of domestic

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Colonization refers to the process of es

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of American influence in the world in 1968?

Accepted Answer

A)  McDonald's opened its first restaurants in Europe and Asia. 
B)  Other countries joined a U.S. coalition to win the war in Vietnam. 
C)  The Soviet Union admitted that American consumer products were better. 
D)  Automobiles in Japan got bigger. 
E)  Other countries borrowed American language and strategy for protests against authority. 
A)  McDonald's opened its first restaurants in Europe and Asia. 
B)  Other countries joined a U.S. coalition to win the war in Vietnam. 
C)  The Soviet Union admitted that American consumer products were better. 
D)  Automobiles in Japan got bigger. 
E)  Other countries borrowed American language and strategy for protests against authority.

Question 8

Why did the United States continue to support South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem's corrupt and weak regime?

Accepted Answer

A)  Diem had the support of his people, which pointed to an eventual South Vietnamese victory over the communists. 
B)  By 1963, Diem's forces had regained much of the Vietnamese countryside from the outnumbered Viet Cong. 
C)  Presidents Kennedy and Johnson feared losing Vietnam to communism. 
D)  U.S. officials were caught by surprise when a military coup led to Diem's death. 
E)  Diem had built a stable and broad base of support for his government using advice from American officials. 
A)  Diem had the support of his people, which pointed to an eventual South Vietnamese victory over the communists. 
B)  By 1963, Diem's forces had regained much of the Vietnamese countryside from the outnumbered Viet Cong. 
C)  Presidents Kennedy and Johnson feared losing Vietnam to communism. 
D)  U.S. officials were caught by surprise when a military coup led to Diem's death. 
E)  Diem had built a stable and broad base of support for his government using advice from American officials.

Question 9

What best describes Young Americans for Freedom (YAF)?

Accepted Answer

A)  communists who demanded representation in government 
B)  conservative students who aimed to take control of the Republican Party 
C)  retired veterans who demanded reasonable pensions 
D)  young women who wanted to be able to vote 
E)  radical Democrats who wanted to limit federal power 
A)  communists who demanded representation in government 
B)  conservative students who aimed to take control of the Republican Party 
C)  retired veterans who demanded reasonable pensions 
D)  young women who wanted to be able to vote 
E)  radical Democrats who wanted to limit federal power

Question 10

John F. Kennedy's foreign policy for Latin America, called the Alliance for Progress, was a failure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  suspects could not refuse to cooperate with police. 
B)  local elections could be monitored by federal officials. 
C)  states must permit interracial marriage. 
D)  those in police custody had certain rights. 
E)  school prayer was unconstitutional. 
A)  suspects could not refuse to cooperate with police. 
B)  local elections could be monitored by federal officials. 
C)  states must permit interracial marriage. 
D)  those in police custody had certain rights. 
E)  school prayer was unconstitutional.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)  enhance diplomatic talks with the Soviet Union. 
B)  promote the production of the hydrogen bomb. 
C)  destroy nuclear weapons. 
D)  create the Peace Corps. 
E)  increase military spending. 
A)  enhance diplomatic talks with the Soviet Union. 
B)  promote the production of the hydrogen bomb. 
C)  destroy nuclear weapons. 
D)  create the Peace Corps. 
E)  increase military spending.

Question 13

What was one reason behind the student protest that occurred in April 1968 at Columbia University?

Accepted Answer

A)  grade inflation at Columbia 
B)  Columbia's carbon emissions 
C)  Columbia's refusal to educate immigrants 
D)  the rise in illegal drug use by Columbia professors 
E)  Columbia's involvement with defense research 
A)  grade inflation at Columbia 
B)  Columbia's carbon emissions 
C)  Columbia's refusal to educate immigrants 
D)  the rise in illegal drug use by Columbia professors 
E)  Columbia's involvement with defense research

Question 14

The Berlin Wall

Accepted Answer

A)  was built to stop the emigration from West Berlin. 
B)  was built by the U.S. Army. 
C)  separated Berlin from the rest of Germany. 
D)  was a tangible symbol of Cold War dynamics. 
E)  was supposed to be temporary. 
A)  was built to stop the emigration from West Berlin. 
B)  was built by the U.S. Army. 
C)  separated Berlin from the rest of Germany. 
D)  was a tangible symbol of Cold War dynamics. 
E)  was supposed to be temporary.

Question 15

Which of the following was at the center of the civil rights agenda by the mid-1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  foreign policy 
B)  access to public schools 
C)  gay rights 
D)  the economic divide between blacks and other Americans 
E)  unemployment 
A)  foreign policy 
B)  access to public schools 
C)  gay rights 
D)  the economic divide between blacks and other Americans 
E)  unemployment

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Our Bodies, Ourselves is a book that was

Question 17

Coupled with the decade's high rate of economic growth, the War on Poverty succeeded in reducing the incidence of poverty from 22 to 13 percent of American families during the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring inspired the ________ movement.

Accepted Answer

A)  environmental 
B)  feminist 
C)  gay liberation 
D)  conservative 
E)  Indian 
A)  environmental 
B)  feminist 
C)  gay liberation 
D)  conservative 
E)  Indian

Question 19

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-During the 1960s, the United States had become a more open, more tolerant-in a word, freer-country. Defend or refute this statement.

Accepted Answer

The 1960s in the United States was a tim

Question 20

Sisterhood Is Powerful, published in 1970,

Accepted Answer

A)  emphasized the idea that women should take power. 
B)  showed that, by the end of the 1960s, feminist ideas had entered the mainstream. 
C)  became important in the 1990s. 
D)  was banned from public libraries. 
E)  convinced a great deal of men to join the feminist cause. 
A)  emphasized the idea that women should take power. 
B)  showed that, by the end of the 1960s, feminist ideas had entered the mainstream. 
C)  became important in the 1990s. 
D)  was banned from public libraries. 
E)  convinced a great deal of men to join the feminist cause.

Exam 25: The Sixties, 1960-1968

During the 1960s, Americans found new meanings of freedom and produced new rights. Which of the following problems was not addressed?

Why did the Alliance for Progress fail?

Compare the civil rights movement in the South with that in the North. Be sure to discuss methods, leadership, and issues that were being addressed, and the success of each.

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

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

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

Which of the following is an example of American influence in the world in 1968?

Why did the United States continue to support South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem's corrupt and weak regime?

What best describes Young Americans for Freedom (YAF)?

John F. Kennedy's foreign policy for Latin America, called the Alliance for Progress, was a failure.

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

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

What was one reason behind the student protest that occurred in April 1968 at Columbia University?

The Berlin Wall

Which of the following was at the center of the civil rights agenda by the mid-1960s?

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

Coupled with the decade's high rate of economic growth, the War on Poverty succeeded in reducing the incidence of poverty from 22 to 13 percent of American families during the 1960s.

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring inspired the ________ movement.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -During the 1960s, the United States had become a more open, more tolerant-in a word, freer-country. Defend or refute this statement.

Sisterhood Is Powerful, published in 1970,

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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