Question 1

Compare and contrast the ideologies, methods and results of the movements led by Stokely Carmichael, César Chávez and Delores Huerta, and Mario Savio.

Accepted Answer

Stokely Carmichael, César Chávez and Delores Huerta, and Mario Savio were all influential leaders in social and political movements during the 1960s and 1970s. Each of them had different ideologies, methods, and results in their respective movements.

Stokely Carmichael was a prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power movement. His ideology focused on the empowerment of African Americans and the rejection of nonviolent resistance in favor of self-defense. His methods included organizing protests and advocating for black nationalism. The result of his movement was a shift in the Civil Rights Movement towards a more militant and confrontational approach.

César Chávez and Delores Huerta were leaders in the Chicano Civil Rights Movement and the United Farm Workers union. Their ideology centered around the rights of farmworkers and the empowerment of the Latino community. Their methods included organizing strikes, boycotts, and nonviolent protests to demand better working conditions and wages for farmworkers. The result of their movement was the successful negotiation of labor contracts and improved conditions for farmworkers.

Mario Savio was a leader in the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. His ideology focused on the rights of students to engage in political activism and free speech on college campuses. His methods included organizing sit-ins and protests to challenge the university's restrictions on political activities. The result of his movement was the expansion of free speech rights for students on college campuses.

In comparing and contrasting these movements, it is clear that each leader had different ideologies, methods, and results. While Carmichael advocated for black empowerment and self-defense, Chávez, Huerta, and Savio focused on labor rights, Latino empowerment, and free speech, respectively. Their methods ranged from nonviolent protests to confrontational activism. The results of their movements varied, from improved labor conditions to expanded civil rights.

Overall, these leaders played crucial roles in advancing social and political change during a tumultuous time in American history, and their movements continue to have a lasting impact on civil rights and labor rights in the United States.

Question 2

The Immigration Act of 1965 _______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  severely restricted immigration from Asia 
B)  lifted all immigration quotas 
C)  ended racially based immigration quotas 
D)  placed no quota on immigrants from the Western Hemisphere 
A)  severely restricted immigration from Asia 
B)  lifted all immigration quotas 
C)  ended racially based immigration quotas 
D)  placed no quota on immigrants from the Western Hemisphere C

Question 3

Many of the laws that were part of Johnson's War on Poverty primarily focused on ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  providing adequate clothing to children living in poverty 
B)  providing free federal housing to the homeless in America 
C)  granting a guaranteed income to Americans below the poverty line 
D)  improving opportunities for the nation's poor 
A)  providing adequate clothing to children living in poverty 
B)  providing free federal housing to the homeless in America 
C)  granting a guaranteed income to Americans below the poverty line 
D)  improving opportunities for the nation's poor D

Question 4

Nation building did not work as President Kennedy had envisioned because ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the monetary aid was usually funneled through a self-interested elite and often did not reach the very poor 
B)  Congress refused to appropriate the sums of money needed to make the program succeed 
C)  the Soviet Union gave more foreign aid to the Third World than did the United States 
D)  Communist subversives staged violent protests, which forced many countries to reject the U.S. offer of assistance 
A)  the monetary aid was usually funneled through a self-interested elite and often did not reach the very poor 
B)  Congress refused to appropriate the sums of money needed to make the program succeed 
C)  the Soviet Union gave more foreign aid to the Third World than did the United States 
D)  Communist subversives staged violent protests, which forced many countries to reject the U.S. offer of assistance

Question 5

In running for the presidency in 1968, Richard Nixon ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  criticized the containment doctrine 
B)  called for an end to the welfare state 
C)  pledged to halt the rise in African-American unemployment by offering job-training programs in inner-city neighborhoods 
D)  promised to end the war in Vietnam 
A)  criticized the containment doctrine 
B)  called for an end to the welfare state 
C)  pledged to halt the rise in African-American unemployment by offering job-training programs in inner-city neighborhoods 
D)  promised to end the war in Vietnam

Question 6

Which of the following best explains why President Johnson was able to enact a sweeping program of reform legislation in 1965 and 1966?

Accepted Answer

A)  His proposals received overwhelming support from the public. 
B)  The congressional Republicans decided to vote for his program. 
C)  He was able to use the patriotic spirit engendered by the Vietnam War to win support for his program. 
D)  In the 1964 congressional elections, the voters gave Johnson the most liberal Congress in American history. 
A)  His proposals received overwhelming support from the public. 
B)  The congressional Republicans decided to vote for his program. 
C)  He was able to use the patriotic spirit engendered by the Vietnam War to win support for his program. 
D)  In the 1964 congressional elections, the voters gave Johnson the most liberal Congress in American history.

Question 7

Which of the following is true of the War on Poverty?

Accepted Answer

A)  It provided public-works jobs to millions of poor people. 
B)  It especially benefited female-headed families. 
C)  It directly attacked the housing, health, and nutritional problems of the poor. 
D)  It alone was responsible for alleviating hunger in the United States. 
A)  It provided public-works jobs to millions of poor people. 
B)  It especially benefited female-headed families. 
C)  It directly attacked the housing, health, and nutritional problems of the poor. 
D)  It alone was responsible for alleviating hunger in the United States.

Question 8

Analyze and evaluate the impact of music on young people in the 1960s.

Accepted Answer

The impact of music on young people in t

Question 9

The Johnson administration was characterized by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Limitless support for space exploration, a cheerful and optimistic White House, and confrontational dealings with the Soviet Union 
B)  Intensification of the Vietnam War, enactment of a wealth of legislation attacking economic and social ills in the country, and a dramatic increase in black elected officials in the South 
C)  Much-needed refurbishing of America's infrastructure, intense efforts to win friends in Latin America, and huge tax cuts 
D)  Major anti-crime legislation, contentious relations between the president and Congress, and defense-contract scandals 
A)  Limitless support for space exploration, a cheerful and optimistic White House, and confrontational dealings with the Soviet Union 
B)  Intensification of the Vietnam War, enactment of a wealth of legislation attacking economic and social ills in the country, and a dramatic increase in black elected officials in the South 
C)  Much-needed refurbishing of America's infrastructure, intense efforts to win friends in Latin America, and huge tax cuts 
D)  Major anti-crime legislation, contentious relations between the president and Congress, and defense-contract scandals

Question 10

The Medicare program, enacted in 1965, provided insurance against medical and hospital bills for __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Vietnam veterans 
B)  ethnic minorities 
C)  the elderly 
D)  welfare recipients 
A)  Vietnam veterans 
B)  ethnic minorities 
C)  the elderly 
D)  welfare recipients

Question 11

Where was the epicenter of the "Summer of Love"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Woodstock, NY 
B)  San Francisco, CA 
C)  Austin, TX 
D)  Chicago, IL 
A)  Woodstock, NY 
B)  San Francisco, CA 
C)  Austin, TX 
D)  Chicago, IL

Question 12

Explain how and why the United States had become so deeply involved with the defense of South Vietnam by the time of President Kennedy's assassination in 1963. How does this compare with U.S. involvement in Vietnam under President Johnson?

Accepted Answer

The United States became deeply involved

Question 13

What is the term for opponents of the American military's involvement in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hawks 
B)  The Free Speech Movement 
C)  Doves 
D)  The counterculture 
A)  Hawks 
B)  The Free Speech Movement 
C)  Doves 
D)  The counterculture

Question 14

The Black Panthers advocated ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  establishment of a separate state exclusively for African Americans 
B)  extermination of the white power structure 
C)  destruction of the capitalist system 
D)  that African Americans rely on the American legal system to secure equality under the law 
A)  establishment of a separate state exclusively for African Americans 
B)  extermination of the white power structure 
C)  destruction of the capitalist system 
D)  that African Americans rely on the American legal system to secure equality under the law

Question 15

What triggered the 1964 race riots in Harlem?

Accepted Answer

A)  Violence against African-American-owned businesses by white mobs. 
B)  Attempts by African Americans to desegregate suburban neighborhoods. 
C)  The shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer. 
D)  The assassination of an African-American state legislator. 
A)  Violence against African-American-owned businesses by white mobs. 
B)  Attempts by African Americans to desegregate suburban neighborhoods. 
C)  The shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer. 
D)  The assassination of an African-American state legislator.

Question 16

Which of the following laws outlawed legal discrimination based on race color, religion, national origin, and sex, and created means to enforce its provision?

Accepted Answer

A)  Voting Rights Act of 1965 
B)  Immigration Act of 1965 
C)  Civil Rights Act of 1964 
D)  Economic Opportunity Act 
A)  Voting Rights Act of 1965 
B)  Immigration Act of 1965 
C)  Civil Rights Act of 1964 
D)  Economic Opportunity Act

Question 17

In relation to his program, called the New Frontier, John Kennedy __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  demonstrated an ability to move legislation through Congress 
B)  called for an end to the missile race 
C)  did little to push his social-policy agenda through Congress 
D)  made no mention of the problem of poverty in the United States 
A)  demonstrated an ability to move legislation through Congress 
B)  called for an end to the missile race 
C)  did little to push his social-policy agenda through Congress 
D)  made no mention of the problem of poverty in the United States

Question 18

The provision in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that forbade discrimination on the basis of sex was included because _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Southern congressmen hoped it would lead to the defeat of the bill 
B)  the Johnson administration was warned by Democratic congresswomen that they would vote against the measure unless the provision was included 
C)  liberal congressmen hoped it would convince their undecided colleagues to support the bill 
D)  the National Organization of Women pledged to lobby against passage of the bill if the provision was not included 
A)  Southern congressmen hoped it would lead to the defeat of the bill 
B)  the Johnson administration was warned by Democratic congresswomen that they would vote against the measure unless the provision was included 
C)  liberal congressmen hoped it would convince their undecided colleagues to support the bill 
D)  the National Organization of Women pledged to lobby against passage of the bill if the provision was not included

Question 19

Upon entering the presidency, Lyndon Johnson made which of the following his top legislative priority?

Accepted Answer

A)  Environmental protection 
B)  Civil rights 
C)  Military rearmament 
D)  Housing 
A)  Environmental protection 
B)  Civil rights 
C)  Military rearmament 
D)  Housing

Question 20

The majority of American soldiers on the ground in Vietnam were _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  career military 
B)  draftees 
C)  reservists 
D)  volunteers 
A)  career military 
B)  draftees 
C)  reservists 
D)  volunteers

Exam 26: The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968

Compare and contrast the ideologies, methods and results of the movements led by Stokely Carmichael, César Chávez and Delores Huerta, and Mario Savio.

The Immigration Act of 1965 _______________________.

Many of the laws that were part of Johnson's War on Poverty primarily focused on ________________.

Nation building did not work as President Kennedy had envisioned because ___________________.

In running for the presidency in 1968, Richard Nixon ____________________.

Which of the following best explains why President Johnson was able to enact a sweeping program of reform legislation in 1965 and 1966?

Which of the following is true of the War on Poverty?

Analyze and evaluate the impact of music on young people in the 1960s.

The Johnson administration was characterized by which of the following?

The Medicare program, enacted in 1965, provided insurance against medical and hospital bills for __________________.

Where was the epicenter of the "Summer of Love"?

Explain how and why the United States had become so deeply involved with the defense of South Vietnam by the time of President Kennedy's assassination in 1963. How does this compare with U.S. involvement in Vietnam under President Johnson?

What is the term for opponents of the American military's involvement in Vietnam?

The Black Panthers advocated ___________________.

What triggered the 1964 race riots in Harlem?

Which of the following laws outlawed legal discrimination based on race color, religion, national origin, and sex, and created means to enforce its provision?

In relation to his program, called the New Frontier, John Kennedy __________________.

The provision in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that forbade discrimination on the basis of sex was included because _________________.

Upon entering the presidency, Lyndon Johnson made which of the following his top legislative priority?

The majority of American soldiers on the ground in Vietnam were _____________________.

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