Question 1

Why did colleges begin to form black studies departments in the late 1960s and early 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They began to feel that black studies were important, even before blacks became students there. 
B)  They were forced to form black studies departments by the Supreme Court. 
C)  More blacks entered white colleges and began to demand courses of relevance to them. 
D)  Local NAACP groups demanded such programs or they would riot and form protests.

Question 2

Why were people surprised by the Detroit riot in the summer of 1967?

Accepted Answer

A)  Detroit had already had a large riot the summer before and things seemed quieter. 
B)  Detroit had a history of racial confrontations and riots. 
C)  Detroit was a model city for race relations, especially regarding Motown. 
D)  Detroit blacks were among the best paid in the country.

Question 3

What was the first political organization to adopt a black panther as its symbol?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Black Panther Party 
B)  the Democratic Black Activist Party 
C)  the Africa Free Liberation Party 
D)  the Lowndes County Freedom Organization

Question 4

Why was Project 100,000 formed?

Accepted Answer

A)  a program designed to increase the number of draftees for the Vietnam War by lowering standards 
B)  a program designed to help 100,000 more young blacks get into traditionally white colleges and universities 
C)  a program to give money to the poorest 100,000 families in America, most of them black 
D)  a program to give medical insurance to the 100,000 people injured in urban riots during the 1960s

Question 5

How did Nixon relate to black struggles and the civil rights movement during his political tenure? In what ways did he symbolize the post-World War II Republican agenda regarding race relations?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

The results of Nixon's "__________ strategy" entailed alignment of the Republican Party with the white southern backlash against the civil rights movement,weakening the New Deal coalition.

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

During the Carter administration, Congress increased social welfare programs to balance the budget and raised funding for school lunch programs and student financial aid.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why did the Newark,New Jersey,riot take place in 1967?

Accepted Answer

A)  Newark had the most highly educated black population in the nation. 
B)  Newark had the highest level of employed mothers with teenaged children. 
C)  The city had the highest unemployment rate for black men in the nation. 
D)  Newark was one of the only segregated cities in the North.

Question 9

What was the main difference between the winning mayoral campaigns of Carl Stokes and Richard Hatcher?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hatcher openly espoused racism and segregation, while Stokes stood for black civil rights. 
B)  Hatcher won with a very small percentage of white votes, while Stokes won through an interracial effort. 
C)  Stokes ran as a Black Panther, while Hatcher ran as a Democrat. 
D)  Hatcher was endorsed and supported by Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 10

Why did some politicians oppose the Great Society?

Accepted Answer

A)  They did not want poor people to have access to voting. 
B)  They felt that the programs ignored poverty issues. 
C)  They thought the programs benefitted whites too much. 
D)  Some Democrats thought that the policies favored the rich.

Question 11

What is the relationship of the Kerner Commission to the urban riots of the late 1960s? How did its recommendations reveal the limitations of government reforms up to that time?

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Question 12

Most African Americans found Carter's overall record unsatisfactory because he failed to help Democrats in Congress pass either full-employment or universal health care bills.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How does Shirley Chisholm's speech to the House of Representatives in 1969 reflect black viewpoints about the Vietnam War by the late 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  She was indifferent, as were most blacks to the impact of the war. 
B)  She praised the U.S.effort in Vietnam as socially uplifting to African Americans and the Vietnamese. 
C)  She lambasted the federal government for wasting human lives and taxpayer dollars on the war in Vietnam. 
D)  She ignored the Vietnam War entirely in her speech and focused on the domestic problems of President Carter.

Question 14

How did the goals and tactics of the civil rights movement change during the late 1960s?

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Question 15

What event is generally seen as starting the second phase of the black student movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Attica Prison Revolt 
B)  the first sit-ins in the 1960s 
C)  the Orangeburg Massacre 
D)  the death of Malcolm X

Question 16

President Nixon's naming of Daniel Patrick Moynihan,one of President Johnson's experts on social policy,to be his __________ policy adviser illustrates his willingness to innovate in policies affecting African Americans.

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

The 1970s were a decade of recessions and economic instability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What was the connection of Stokely Carmichael to SNCC over time?

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Question 19

Who became the first black mayor of a major American city in 1967?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vernon Jordan of Jackson 
B)  Richard Daley of New York City 
C)  Carl Stokes of Cleveland 
D)  Martin Luther King of Atlanta

Question 20

What was Malcolm X's view before 1964 about changing black people's status in America?

Accepted Answer

A)  He thought that police did not abuse black people. 
B)  He rejected integration with whites in any fashion. 
C)  He felt that real revolution would come only through peace with whites. 
D)  He hoped to work with the NAACP and Martin Luther King, Jr., to effect change.

Exam 22: Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts

Why did colleges begin to form black studies departments in the late 1960s and early 1970s?

Why were people surprised by the Detroit riot in the summer of 1967?

What was the first political organization to adopt a black panther as its symbol?

Why was Project 100,000 formed?

How did Nixon relate to black struggles and the civil rights movement during his political tenure? In what ways did he symbolize the post-World War II Republican agenda regarding race relations?

The results of Nixon's "__________ strategy" entailed alignment of the Republican Party with the white southern backlash against the civil rights movement,weakening the New Deal coalition.

During the Carter administration, Congress increased social welfare programs to balance the budget and raised funding for school lunch programs and student financial aid.

Why did the Newark,New Jersey,riot take place in 1967?

What was the main difference between the winning mayoral campaigns of Carl Stokes and Richard Hatcher?

Why did some politicians oppose the Great Society?

What is the relationship of the Kerner Commission to the urban riots of the late 1960s? How did its recommendations reveal the limitations of government reforms up to that time?

Most African Americans found Carter's overall record unsatisfactory because he failed to help Democrats in Congress pass either full-employment or universal health care bills.

How does Shirley Chisholm's speech to the House of Representatives in 1969 reflect black viewpoints about the Vietnam War by the late 1960s?

How did the goals and tactics of the civil rights movement change during the late 1960s?

What event is generally seen as starting the second phase of the black student movement?

President Nixon's naming of Daniel Patrick Moynihan,one of President Johnson's experts on social policy,to be his __________ policy adviser illustrates his willingness to innovate in policies affecting African Americans.

The 1970s were a decade of recessions and economic instability.

What was the connection of Stokely Carmichael to SNCC over time?

Who became the first black mayor of a major American city in 1967?

What was Malcolm X's view before 1964 about changing black people's status in America?