Question 1

In The Feminine Mystique,Betty Friedan:

Accepted Answer

A)  focused on the plight of working-class women. 
B)  emphasized the role of child-rearing for women. 
C)  focused on the discontents of middle-class women. 
D)  focused on the particular plight of black women. 
E)  emphasized the role women played in the anti-war movement. 
A)  focused on the plight of working-class women. 
B)  emphasized the role of child-rearing for women. 
C)  focused on the discontents of middle-class women. 
D)  focused on the particular plight of black women. 
E)  emphasized the role women played in the anti-war movement.

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Lyndon Johnson

Accepted Answer

A) Great Society 
B) Unsafe at Any Speed 
C) "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 
D) National Farm Worker's Association 
E) Free Speech movement
F)supporter of Black Power movement
G)Bay of Pigs
H)The Other America
I)founder of NOW
J)Nation of Islam
K)SDS leader
L)University of Mississippi
M)interracial marriage 
A) Great Society 
B) Unsafe at Any Speed 
C) "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 
D) National Farm Worker's Association 
E) Free Speech movement
F)supporter of Black Power movement
G)Bay of Pigs
H)The Other America
I)founder of NOW
J)Nation of Islam
K)SDS leader
L)University of Mississippi
M)interracial marriage

Question 3

Analyze James Baldwin's statement about the civil rights movement challenging the United States to rethink "what it really means by freedom." How did civil rights activists challenge the government and American citizens?

Accepted Answer

The civil rights movement was a pivotal

Question 4

During the Bay of Pigs invasion:

Accepted Answer

A)  the CIA failed in its mission. 
B)  Eisenhower suspended trade with Cuba. 
C)  the CIA restored Fulgencio Batista to power. 
D)  a popular uprising of anti-Castro Cubans toppled Castro's regime. 
E)  Fidel Castro took over American landholdings. 
A)  the CIA failed in its mission. 
B)  Eisenhower suspended trade with Cuba. 
C)  the CIA restored Fulgencio Batista to power. 
D)  a popular uprising of anti-Castro Cubans toppled Castro's regime. 
E)  Fidel Castro took over American landholdings.

Question 5

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)  B and C 
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)  B and C 
E)  attracted middle-class women, much like the suffrage movement in the early twentieth century.

Question 6

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 7

Which of the following statements best describes the legacy of the War on Poverty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its overwhelming success suggested that restoring Americans' economic security was ultimately more important than securing their civil rights. 
B)  It cemented Lyndon Johnson's reputation as one of the most popular presidents in American history. 
C)  It transformed the condition of life in poor urban neighborhoods. 
D)  It helped significantly reduce America's incidence of poverty. 
E)  It had a large effect on the infrastructure of the South. 
A)  Its overwhelming success suggested that restoring Americans' economic security was ultimately more important than securing their civil rights. 
B)  It cemented Lyndon Johnson's reputation as one of the most popular presidents in American history. 
C)  It transformed the condition of life in poor urban neighborhoods. 
D)  It helped significantly reduce America's incidence of poverty. 
E)  It had a large effect on the infrastructure of the South.

Question 8

What was the purpose of Freedom Summer?

Accepted Answer

A)  To bring national attention to the growing strength of Klan members in Mississippi. 
B)  To register new black voters across the state of Mississippi. 
C)  To address the failure of the Civil Rights Act to include a provision on voting rights in the South. 
D)  To provide field experience for new recruits to CORE and SNCC. 
E)  B and C 
A)  To bring national attention to the growing strength of Klan members in Mississippi. 
B)  To register new black voters across the state of Mississippi. 
C)  To address the failure of the Civil Rights Act to include a provision on voting rights in the South. 
D)  To provide field experience for new recruits to CORE and SNCC. 
E)  B and C

Question 9

Unlike the New Deal,the Great Society was a response to prosperity,not depression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Port Huron Statement offered a new vision of social change while defining freedom to mean participatory democracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The American Indian Movement:

Accepted Answer

A)  was in opposition to the Red Power movement. 
B)  demanded the end of the tribal system. 
C)  demanded greater tribal self-government. 
D)  urged all Indians to leave their reservations. 
E)  demanded greater federal control of the reservation system. 
A)  was in opposition to the Red Power movement. 
B)  demanded the end of the tribal system. 
C)  demanded greater tribal self-government. 
D)  urged all Indians to leave their reservations. 
E)  demanded greater federal control of the reservation system.

Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Civil Rights Act of 1964

Accepted Answer

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landm

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT true of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Accepted Answer

A)  The crisis was part of a dispute between the United States and the Soviet Union after a U.S. Navy vessel carrying nuclear warheads was intercepted off the coast of Turkey. 
B)  The crisis erupted after U.S. spy planes discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. 
C)  The standoff brought the United States to the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. 
D)  Kennedy was appalled by military leaders who had discussed "winning" a nuclear war, prompting him to sign an aboveground nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviets the following year. 
E)  Kennedy secretly agreed to remove American Jupiter missiles from Turkey. 
A)  The crisis was part of a dispute between the United States and the Soviet Union after a U.S. Navy vessel carrying nuclear warheads was intercepted off the coast of Turkey. 
B)  The crisis erupted after U.S. spy planes discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. 
C)  The standoff brought the United States to the brink of nuclear war with the Soviet Union. 
D)  Kennedy was appalled by military leaders who had discussed "winning" a nuclear war, prompting him to sign an aboveground nuclear test-ban treaty with the Soviets the following year. 
E)  Kennedy secretly agreed to remove American Jupiter missiles from Turkey.

Question 14

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

Question 15

The violence in Birmingham was surprising since it was a relatively peaceful city with little history of racial conflict.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Sharon Statement

Accepted Answer

A) SDS 
B) Richard Nixon's voter base 
C) a congressional blank check 
D) outlawed the poll tax 
E) freedom of the press
F)Young Americans for Freedom
G)University of California at Berkeley
H)young American volunteers to help abroad
I)aid for Latin America
J)environmental movement
K)protection of the right to abortion
L)voter registration drive
M)women's health 
A) SDS 
B) Richard Nixon's voter base 
C) a congressional blank check 
D) outlawed the poll tax 
E) freedom of the press
F)Young Americans for Freedom
G)University of California at Berkeley
H)young American volunteers to help abroad
I)aid for Latin America
J)environmental movement
K)protection of the right to abortion
L)voter registration drive
M)women's health

Question 17

On April 4,1968,Martin Luther King Jr.was assassinated:

Accepted Answer

A)  while in Memphis, supporting a garbage workers' strike. 
B)  as he launched the Poor People's Campaign in Dallas. 
C)  and while the nation mourned his death, there was no violence. 
D)  and congressional support for the Open Housing Act declined. 
E)  and no one was ever charged for the crime. 
A)  while in Memphis, supporting a garbage workers' strike. 
B)  as he launched the Poor People's Campaign in Dallas. 
C)  and while the nation mourned his death, there was no violence. 
D)  and congressional support for the Open Housing Act declined. 
E)  and no one was ever charged for the crime.

Question 18

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Mario Savio

Accepted Answer

A) Great Society 
B) Unsafe at Any Speed 
C) "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 
D) National Farm Worker's Association 
E) Free Speech movement
F)supporter of Black Power movement
G)Bay of Pigs
H)The Other America
I)founder of NOW
J)Nation of Islam
K)SDS leader
L)University of Mississippi
M)interracial marriage 
A) Great Society 
B) Unsafe at Any Speed 
C) "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 
D) National Farm Worker's Association 
E) Free Speech movement
F)supporter of Black Power movement
G)Bay of Pigs
H)The Other America
I)founder of NOW
J)Nation of Islam
K)SDS leader
L)University of Mississippi
M)interracial marriage

Question 19

The Freedom Rides of 1961 traveled through which of the following states?

Accepted Answer

A)  Texas and Missouri. 
B)  Maryland and Massachusetts. 
C)  Florida and South Carolina. 
D)  Alabama and Mississippi. 
E)  Washington and Oregon. 
A)  Texas and Missouri. 
B)  Maryland and Massachusetts. 
C)  Florida and South Carolina. 
D)  Alabama and Mississippi. 
E)  Washington and Oregon.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Loving v. Virginia was a landmark civil

Exam 25: The Sixties,1960-1968

In The Feminine Mystique,Betty Friedan:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Lyndon Johnson

Analyze James Baldwin's statement about the civil rights movement challenging the United States to rethink "what it really means by freedom." How did civil rights activists challenge the government and American citizens?

During the Bay of Pigs invasion:

Women's liberation:

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.

Which of the following statements best describes the legacy of the War on Poverty?

What was the purpose of Freedom Summer?

Unlike the New Deal,the Great Society was a response to prosperity,not depression.

The Port Huron Statement offered a new vision of social change while defining freedom to mean participatory democracy.

The American Indian Movement:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Civil Rights Act of 1964

Which of the following was NOT true of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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

The violence in Birmingham was surprising since it was a relatively peaceful city with little history of racial conflict.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Sharon Statement

On April 4,1968,Martin Luther King Jr.was assassinated:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Mario Savio

The Freedom Rides of 1961 traveled through which of the following states?

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

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

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s 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 Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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