Question 1

Which of the following factors contributed to John F. Kennedy's win in the presidential election of 1960?

Accepted Answer

A)  His willingness to speak out against McCarthyism 
B)  The African American vote 
C)  His impressive political experience 
D)  Support from moderate Republicans 
A)  His willingness to speak out against McCarthyism 
B)  The African American vote 
C)  His impressive political experience 
D)  Support from moderate Republicans

Question 2

What was Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Accepted Answer

A)  An extension of voting rights in the South 
B)  A ban on discrimination, including gender discrimination, in employment 
C)  A law that prohibited discrimination in restaurants and hotels 
D)  A law that mandated the integration of public education 
A)  An extension of voting rights in the South 
B)  A ban on discrimination, including gender discrimination, in employment 
C)  A law that prohibited discrimination in restaurants and hotels 
D)  A law that mandated the integration of public education

Question 3

In 1965, President Johnson issued an executive order to require employers holding government contracts

Accepted Answer

A)  to give pay raises to African American workers. 
B)  to take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity. 
C)  to give pay raises to women workers. 
D)  to hire minorities based on a federally mandated quota. 
A)  to give pay raises to African American workers. 
B)  to take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity. 
C)  to give pay raises to women workers. 
D)  to hire minorities based on a federally mandated quota.

Question 4

What aspect of the Black Panther Party might have most unnerved white Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its militancy 
B)  Its attempts to provide free breakfast to children 
C)  Its use of popular culture and media to disseminate its message 
D)  Its belief that African Americans were mistreated 
A)  Its militancy 
B)  Its attempts to provide free breakfast to children 
C)  Its use of popular culture and media to disseminate its message 
D)  Its belief that African Americans were mistreated

Question 5

Match the term with the definition.
-Federal body created by President Richard Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws, conduct environmental research, and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.

Accepted Answer

A) American Indian Movement (AIM) 
B) black power movement 
C) Chicano movement 
D) Civil Rights Act of 1964 
E) Environmental Protection Agency (EP
A) 
F)Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
G)Medicare and Medicaid
H)National Organization for Women (NOW)
I)Roe v. Wade
J)Voting Rights Act of 1965
K)War on Poverty
L)Warren Court 
A) American Indian Movement (AIM) 
B) black power movement 
C) Chicano movement 
D) Civil Rights Act of 1964 
E) Environmental Protection Agency (EP
A) 
F)Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
G)Medicare and Medicaid
H)National Organization for Women (NOW)
I)Roe v. Wade
J)Voting Rights Act of 1965
K)War on Poverty
L)Warren Court

Question 6

Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta organized the Chicanos primarily to achieve

Accepted Answer

A)  improved conditions of migrant farmworkers in California. 
B)  coursework on Mexican history in public schools. 
C)  fewer and less strict restrictions on immigration from Mexico. 
D)  higher wages for Mexican American factory workers in California canneries. 
A)  improved conditions of migrant farmworkers in California. 
B)  coursework on Mexican history in public schools. 
C)  fewer and less strict restrictions on immigration from Mexico. 
D)  higher wages for Mexican American factory workers in California canneries.

Question 7

What were the terms and provisions of each of the three civil rights bills passed in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Civil Righ

Question 8

How did the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 change U.S. immigration policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  It stopped all immigration from China. 
B)  It extended the national-origins quota system. 
C)  It removed all restrictions on immigration. 
D)  It abolished the national-origins quota system. 
A)  It stopped all immigration from China. 
B)  It extended the national-origins quota system. 
C)  It removed all restrictions on immigration. 
D)  It abolished the national-origins quota system.

Question 9

Match the term with the definition.
-Law passed during Lyndon Johnson's administration that empowered the federal government to intervene to ensure that minorities had access to the voting booth. As a result of the act, black voting and officeholding in the South shot up, initiating a major transformation in southern politics.

Accepted Answer

A) American Indian Movement (AIM) 
B) black power movement 
C) Chicano movement 
D) Civil Rights Act of 1964 
E) Environmental Protection Agency (EP
A) 
F)Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
G)Medicare and Medicaid
H)National Organization for Women (NOW)
I)Roe v. Wade
J)Voting Rights Act of 1965
K)War on Poverty
L)Warren Court 
A) American Indian Movement (AIM) 
B) black power movement 
C) Chicano movement 
D) Civil Rights Act of 1964 
E) Environmental Protection Agency (EP
A) 
F)Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
G)Medicare and Medicaid
H)National Organization for Women (NOW)
I)Roe v. Wade
J)Voting Rights Act of 1965
K)War on Poverty
L)Warren Court

Question 10

How did conservative activists and the Republican administration of Richard Nixon respond to the dramatic changes of the 1960s and early 1970s?

Accepted Answer

The Democrats continued to control Congr

Question 11

What was the outcome of the National Housing Act of 1968?

Accepted Answer

A)  A mandate for subsidized housing for all people living in poverty 
B)  A requirement that adults in subsidized housing prove that they had jobs 
C)  The decision to keep construction and ownership of low-income housing in the private sector 
D)  The government's denial that it was responsible for providing low-cost housing 
A)  A mandate for subsidized housing for all people living in poverty 
B)  A requirement that adults in subsidized housing prove that they had jobs 
C)  The decision to keep construction and ownership of low-income housing in the private sector 
D)  The government's denial that it was responsible for providing low-cost housing

Question 12

Match the term with the definition.
-The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953-69), which expanded the Constitution's promise of equality and civil rights and issued landmark decisions in the areas of civil rights, criminal rights, reproductive freedom, and separation of church and state.

Accepted Answer

A) American Indian Movement (AIM) 
B) black power movement 
C) Chicano movement 
D) Civil Rights Act of 1964 
E) Environmental Protection Agency (EP
A) 
F)Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
G)Medicare and Medicaid
H)National Organization for Women (NOW)
I)Roe v. Wade
J)Voting Rights Act of 1965
K)War on Poverty
L)Warren Court 
A) American Indian Movement (AIM) 
B) black power movement 
C) Chicano movement 
D) Civil Rights Act of 1964 
E) Environmental Protection Agency (EP
A) 
F)Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
G)Medicare and Medicaid
H)National Organization for Women (NOW)
I)Roe v. Wade
J)Voting Rights Act of 1965
K)War on Poverty
L)Warren Court

Question 13

The radical feminist movement differed from the National Organization for Women and other mainstream feminist organizations in that

Accepted Answer

A)  it ignored women's subordination in the family and in other personal relationships. 
B)  radical women focused on equal treatment of women in the public sphere. 
C)  it focused primarily on equal treatment for women in the workplace. 
D)  radical feminists sought fundamental changes in the nation's institutions. 
A)  it ignored women's subordination in the family and in other personal relationships. 
B)  radical women focused on equal treatment of women in the public sphere. 
C)  it focused primarily on equal treatment for women in the workplace. 
D)  radical feminists sought fundamental changes in the nation's institutions.

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of the sweeping change forged by feminists in the 1960s and 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Woman suffrage 
B)  The adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment 
C)  Passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 
D)  The end of gender discrimination in most workplaces 
A)  Woman suffrage 
B)  The adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment 
C)  Passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 
D)  The end of gender discrimination in most workplaces

Question 15

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 address racial equality?

Accepted Answer

A)  By mandating a system of busing for all public school students 
B)  Through a ban on discrimination in housing and jury selection 
C)  Through the prohibition of literacy requirements for black voters 
D)  By forbidding the FBI to investigate civil rights leaders 
A)  By mandating a system of busing for all public school students 
B)  Through a ban on discrimination in housing and jury selection 
C)  Through the prohibition of literacy requirements for black voters 
D)  By forbidding the FBI to investigate civil rights leaders

Question 16

Match the term with the definition.
-President Lyndon Johnson's efforts, organized through the Office of Economic Opportunity, to ameliorate poverty primarily through education and training and by including the poor in decision-making.

Accepted Answer

A) American Indian Movement (AIM) 
B) black power movement 
C) Chicano movement 
D) Civil Rights Act of 1964 
E) Environmental Protection Agency (EP
A) 
F)Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
G)Medicare and Medicaid
H)National Organization for Women (NOW)
I)Roe v. Wade
J)Voting Rights Act of 1965
K)War on Poverty
L)Warren Court 
A) American Indian Movement (AIM) 
B) black power movement 
C) Chicano movement 
D) Civil Rights Act of 1964 
E) Environmental Protection Agency (EP
A) 
F)Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
G)Medicare and Medicaid
H)National Organization for Women (NOW)
I)Roe v. Wade
J)Voting Rights Act of 1965
K)War on Poverty
L)Warren Court

Question 17

What was the event that sparked a larger movement to end discrimination against gay men and lesbians in 1969?

Accepted Answer

A)  A police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City 
B)  A protest outside the Miss America pageant 
C)  The occupation of the national American Psychiatric Association Convention 
D)  The assassination of New York's first openly gay city councilor 
A)  A police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City 
B)  A protest outside the Miss America pageant 
C)  The occupation of the national American Psychiatric Association Convention 
D)  The assassination of New York's first openly gay city councilor

Question 18

The Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) that accused criminals were entitled to

Accepted Answer

A)  a reading of their rights. 
B)  certain jail privileges, such as phone calls. 
C)  a prompt hearing before a judge. 
D)  a lawyer. 
A)  a reading of their rights. 
B)  certain jail privileges, such as phone calls. 
C)  a prompt hearing before a judge. 
D)  a lawyer.

Question 19

When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, he was

Accepted Answer

A)  leading a march in Atlanta. 
B)  demonstrating on Chicago's South Side. 
C)  supporting a municipal garbage workers' strike in Memphis. 
D)  giving a speech to support fair housing in Tallahassee. 
A)  leading a march in Atlanta. 
B)  demonstrating on Chicago's South Side. 
C)  supporting a municipal garbage workers' strike in Memphis. 
D)  giving a speech to support fair housing in Tallahassee.

Question 20

The new environmentalists of the 1970s broadened the agenda of the Progressive-era conservation movement by

Accepted Answer

A)  focusing attention on the ravaging effects of industrial development on human life and health. 
B)  shifting attention away from land preservation and toward the preservation of threatened species. 
C)  focusing attention on preserving the natural world for recreational and esthetic purposes. 
D)  supporting limited oil drilling in the already developed regions of Alaska. 
A)  focusing attention on the ravaging effects of industrial development on human life and health. 
B)  shifting attention away from land preservation and toward the preservation of threatened species. 
C)  focusing attention on preserving the natural world for recreational and esthetic purposes. 
D)  supporting limited oil drilling in the already developed regions of Alaska.

Exam 28: Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction

Which of the following factors contributed to John F. Kennedy's win in the presidential election of 1960?

What was Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

In 1965, President Johnson issued an executive order to require employers holding government contracts

What aspect of the Black Panther Party might have most unnerved white Americans?

Match the term with the definition. -Federal body created by President Richard Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws, conduct environmental research, and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.

Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta organized the Chicanos primarily to achieve

What were the terms and provisions of each of the three civil rights bills passed in the 1960s?

How did the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 change U.S. immigration policy?

How did conservative activists and the Republican administration of Richard Nixon respond to the dramatic changes of the 1960s and early 1970s?

What was the outcome of the National Housing Act of 1968?

The radical feminist movement differed from the National Organization for Women and other mainstream feminist organizations in that

Which of the following is an example of the sweeping change forged by feminists in the 1960s and 1970s?

How did the Civil Rights Act of 1968 address racial equality?

Match the term with the definition. -President Lyndon Johnson's efforts, organized through the Office of Economic Opportunity, to ameliorate poverty primarily through education and training and by including the poor in decision-making.

What was the event that sparked a larger movement to end discrimination against gay men and lesbians in 1969?

The Supreme Court ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) that accused criminals were entitled to

When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, he was

The new environmentalists of the 1970s broadened the agenda of the Progressive-era conservation movement by

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