Counterculture
The Counterculture movement of the 1960s was primarily associated with which group?
A) Hippies
B) Baby Boomers’ parents
C) World War II veterans
D) The Silent Generation
A) Hippies
Betty Friedan’s 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is credited with inspiring:
A) The Civil Rights Movement
B) The Environmental Movement
C) The Women’s Liberation Movement
D) The Counterculture Movement
C) The Women’s Liberation Movement
Close to ______________ Americans took part in the first Earth Day.
a) 5 million
b) 10 million
c) 15 million
d) 20 million
d) 20 million
Sparing or economical with regard to money or food.
a) extravagant
b) lavish
c) frugal
d) thriftless
c) frugal
To deliberately make someone annoyed or angry.
a) provoke
b) appease
c) mollify
d) placate
a) provoke
Which San Francisco neighborhood became the epicenter of the 1960s Counterculture?
A) Harlem
B) Haight-Ashbury
C) Greenwich Village
D) Berkeley Hills
B) Haight-Ashbury
The National Organization for Women (NOW), founded in 1966, sought to:
A) Oppose the Vietnam War
B) End racial segregation
C) Achieve gender equality
D) Promote Native American rights
C) Achieve gender equality
Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring warned about the dangers of:
A) Nuclear energy
B) Industrial waste
C) Pesticide use
D) Air travel
C) Pesticide use
To comply with rules, standards, or laws.
a) rebel
b) deviate
c) defy
d) conform
d) conform
Happening naturally and suddenly; not planned.
a) premeditated
b) spontaneous
c) planned
d) deliberate
b) spontaneous
What major event in 1969 symbolized the peak of the Counterculture movement?
A) March on Washington
B) Woodstock Music Festival
C) Apollo 11 moon landing
D) Chicago Democratic Convention
B) Woodstock Music Festival
Title IX, passed in 1972, had what major effect?
A) Required equal funding for men’s and women’s education programs
B) Ended racial segregation in schools
C) Banned gender discrimination in employment
D) Established environmental protection laws
A) Required equal funding for men’s and women’s education programs
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established to:
A) Regulate businesses
B) Enforce environmental protection laws
C) Promote clean energy abroad
D) Manage public lands for logging
B) Enforce environmental protection laws
A great victory or achievement.
a) defeat
b) triumph
c) setback
d) demise
b) triumph
Relating to an activity that is done for enjoyment when one is not working.
a) monotonous
b) boring
c) recreational
d) humdrum
c) recreational
The Counterculture’s rejection of traditional values was often expressed through:
A) Political conservatism
B) Military service
C) Alternative lifestyles, music, and drug use
D) Increased corporate work culture
C) Alternative lifestyles, music, and drug use
César Chávez and Dolores Huerta are best known for their leadership in:
A) Women’s suffrage
B) The United Farm Workers movement
C) The Free Speech Movement
D) The Civil Rights Act of 1964
B) The United Farm Workers movement
The Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act were examples of:
A) Government deregulation
B) Civil rights legislation
C) Environmental protection laws passed in the 1970s
D) Anti-war protests
C) Environmental protection laws passed in the 1970s
The preoccupation of society with the acquisition of material goods.
a) prudent
b) consumerism
c) frugal
d) economical
b) consumerism
Reduction in rank or status.
a) promotion
b) ascent
c) elevation
d) demotion
d) demotion
What type of music became a symbol of the Counterculture?
A) Jazz
B) Folk and psychedelic rock
C) Big band
D) Country
B) Folk and psychedelic rock
The American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded to:
A) Promote Native American civil rights and sovereignty
B) Oppose the Vietnam War
C) Expand women’s rights
D) Support U.S. space exploration
A) Promote Native American civil rights and sovereignty
The first Earth Day was celebrated in what year?
A) 1965
B) 1968
C) 1970
D) 1972
C) 1970
To assert the opposite of someone else's point of view.
a) confirm
b) verify
c) concur
d) contradict
d) contradict
Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.
a) endorse
b) acclaim
c) venerate
d) denounce
d) denounce