Question 1

Evaluate the extent to which the civil rights movement in the United States contributed to maintaining continuity as well as fostering change in the lives of African-Americans during the period 1954-1980.

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Question 2

Women's Liberation March, New York (August 26, 1970) 
 
-The main goal of the activists in the image was

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A)   the right to run for public office.
B)   gay and lesbian rights.
C)   equal pay.
D)   freedom from an oppressive social structure.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

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

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A)   call for a summit meeting between the two superpowers.
B)   increase military spending on ballistic missiles.
C)   suggest a ban on nuclear weapons.
D)   establish the Peace Corps.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

César Chavez
We are men and women who have suffered and endured much, and not only because of our abject poverty but because we have been kept poor. The colors of our skins, the languages of our cultural and native origins, the lack of formal education, the exclusion from the democratic process, the numbers of our slain in recent wars-all these burdens generation after generation have sought to demoralize us, to break our human spirit. But God knows that we are not beasts of burden, agricultural implements, or rented slaves; we are men. . . .
We advocate militant nonviolence as our means for social revolution and to achieve justice for our people, but we are not blind or deaf to the desperate and moody winds of human frustration, impatience and rage that blow among us. . . . We hate the agribusiness system that seeks to keep us enslaved, and we shall overcome and change it not by retaliation or bloodshed but by a determined nonviolent struggle carried on by those masses of farm workers who intended to be free and human.
-Which earlier group of immigrants was sometimes compared with slaves (as Chavez does here) ?

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A)   Scotch-Irish immigrants of the 1740s
B)   Irish immigrants of the antebellum period
C)   Slavs in the late nineteenth century
D)   Jews during the 1940sE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

In addition to sit-ins, other forms of direct action:

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A)   were limited to marches and demonstrations.
B)   included "wade-ins," where black activists attempted to integrate southern beaches.
C)   attracted national attention, especially the 1961 "Freedom Rides," where integrated groups rode interstate buses into the Deep South and were violently attacked along the way.
D)   B and CE) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

Women's Liberation March, New York (August 26, 1970) 
 
-The women in this protest would have most likely agreed with which of the following groups?

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A)   New Left liberals of the 1960s
B)   the Religious Right
C)   New Deal Democrats
D)   Lincoln's Republican PartyE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

What opened Malcolm X up to the possibility of interracial cooperation in the United States?

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A)   The interracial harmony he witnessed among Muslims in Saudi Arabia.
B)   The tragedy of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
C)   The goodwill displayed by white college students of the New Left movement.
D)   The progressive legislation pushed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign emphasized:

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A)   increased taxes to balance the budget.
B)   an immediate pullout from Vietnam.
C)   a reduction in governmental regulations.
D)   racial equality in the United States.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

What did the defeat of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater show?

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A)   The success of the civil rights movement had made conventional Republicans unelectable.
B)   The success of the New Deal state had made libertarianism unattractive to Americans.
C)   The changing demographic image of the United States had made older presidential candidates unappealing.
D)   The civil rights movement had redrawn the political map and opened the South to the Republican Party.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

On what grounds could foreign nationals apply for immigrant status in the United States after 1965?

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A)   The color of their skin.
B)   Their proficiency in English.
C)   Their anticommunist credentials.
D)   Their family ties to U.S. citizens or other immigrants.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 12

The 1963 March on Washington:

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A)   included various female speakers.
B)   included speeches with militant language.
C)   was a high point in black and white cooperation.
D)   focused solely on a languishing civil rights bill.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Regarding civil rights during his presidency, John F. Kennedy:

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A)   immediately addressed the demands of black activists.
B)   remained completely uninvolved.
C)   was reluctant to address the movement's demands until 1963.
D)   instructed his brother Robert Kennedy to immediately enforce desegregation in the South.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

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

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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) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

The Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision:

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A)   created a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.
B)   was the least controversial piece of the rights revolution.
C)   provoked little opposition.
D)   declared school prayer was unconstitutional.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

In the 1960s, Latino rights in particular were the focus of the:

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A)   Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
B)   United Farm Workers.
C)   Mattachine Society.
D)   Redstockings.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Chicano farm workers found a powerful advocate in:

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A)   the bracero program.
B)   Cesar Chavez.
C)   Mario Savio.
D)   Carlos Bulosan.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 18

Which of the following statements is NOT accurate about the 1965 Voting Rights Act?

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A)   It was partly the result of the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march where participants were brutally assaulted by police.
B)   It upheld the right of county officials to oversee black voter registration in cases where provided for by local statute.
C)   It empowered federal officials to oversee voter registration.
D)   It was strongly endorsed by President Johnson.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Why did the African-American civil rights protesters that marched in June 1963 in more than 186 cities NOT try more deliberately to avoid arrest?

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A)   They had tried to avoid any encounter with the police as best they could.
B)   Too many police officers had infiltrated the civil rights movement.
C)   Most of the protesters came from privileged backgrounds and knew that they would get off easy.
D)   The very point of the protests was to illustrate the punitive nature of southern Jim Crow justice.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 20

During the Bay of Pigs invasion:

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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) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign emphasized:

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

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

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Regarding civil rights during his presidency, John F. Kennedy:

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What did the defeat of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater show?

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Women's Liberation March, New York (August 26, 1970) -The main goal of the activists in the image was

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Chicano farm workers found a powerful advocate in:

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What opened Malcolm X up to the possibility of interracial cooperation in the United States?

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Why did the African-American civil rights protesters that marched in June 1963 in more than 186 cities NOT try more deliberately to avoid arrest?

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Which of the following statements is NOT accurate about the 1965 Voting Rights Act?

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The 1963 March on Washington:

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During the Bay of Pigs invasion:

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In the 1960s, Latino rights in particular were the focus of the:

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The Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision:

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