Society & Culture
Movements
Vietnam War
MISC.
100
What was the genre of music that symbolized the Counterculture Movement?
A. Country
B. Folk
C. Rock n Roll
D. Hip-hop
C. Rock n Roll
100
Which Supreme Court case is associated with the Chicano Movement?
A. Tinker v. Des Moines
B. Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
C. Wisconsin v. Yoder
D. Roe v. Wade
B. Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
100
The Vietnam War was a continuation of what U.S. policy developed after World War II?
A. Détente
B. Glasnost
C. Rollback
D. Containment
D. Containment
100
Choose the answer choice that places the presidents of the 1960s in the correct order.
A. JFK > LBJ > Nixon
B. LBJ > JFK > Nixon
C. JFK > Nixon > LBJ
D. Nixon > JFK > LBJ
A. JFK > LBJ > Nixon
200
Which Great Society era program was designed to provide affordable housing to lower income families?
A. HUD
B. Medicare
C. Head Start
D. Job Corps
A. HUD
200
How did Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique impact the Women's Movement?
A. It caused the rise of the first female rights movement in the 1920s.
B. It paved the path for the Nineteenth Amendment.
C. It paved the path for her political career and her very successful term in Congress.
D. It caused the rise of the second female rights movement.
D. It caused the rise of the second female rights movement.
200
One unintended result of the Tet Offensive was —
A. an increase in American support for the war after the attack.
B. renewal of South Vietnamese confidence after South Vietnam's successful defense.
C. large scale defections of North Vietnamese forces after the offensive failed.
D. the change in American public opinion from pro-war to anti-war.
D. the change in American public opinion from pro-war to anti-war.
200
One of the American Indian Movement's first major protest events was the occupation of the former federal prison known as ________?
A. Leavenworth
B. Folsom
C. Attica
D. Alcatraz
D. Alcatraz
300
Johnson's Great Society, affirmative action programs, and Title IX were all designed to—
A. provide states a way to assist citizens.
B. improve the lives of citizens.
C. reduce spending to cut the deficit.
D. support commerce.
B. improve the lives of citizens.
300
The picture shows how the Chicano Mural Movement used public spaces to —
A. show the difference between studio artists and mural painters.
B. protest government acquisition of Chicano lands for transportation.
C. promote and bring commercial success to Chicano artists.
D. promote Chicano social, cultural, and political issues.
D. promote Chicano social, cultural, and political issues.
300
The picture below shows a young Marine in Vietnam in 1965. Pictures such as the one above encouraged the passage of the —
A. Twenty-third Amendment.
B. Twenty-sixth Amendment.
C. Fifteenth Amendment.
D. Nineteenth Amendment.
B. Twenty-sixth Amendment.
300
What led to public support for the ratification of the 26th amendment?
A. The fear of communist influence in the voting population.
B. The effects of restrictions on voting rights imposed by Jim Crow laws.
C. The failure of many states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
D. The drafting of young people to fight during the Vietnam War.
D. The drafting of young people to fight during the Vietnam War.
400
One way in which the New Deal, the Fair Deal, and the Great Society are similar is that these programs —
A. reduced the amount of money spent on domestic programs.
B. encouraged the states to take a more active role in national defense.
C. promoted the idea of "rugged individualism."
D. increased government commitment to the well-being of the people.
D. increased government commitment to the well-being of the people.
400
How did the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 affect U.S. society?
A. It banned employment discrimination based on gender.
B. It protected people with disabilities from discrimination.
C. It led to the desegregation of the country's public facilities.
D. It made schools more accountable for student achievement.
C. It led to the desegregation of the country's public facilities.
400
What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution do?
A. It created peace between the United States and Vietnam.
B. It required the executive branch to gain legislative support before declaring war.
C. It provided financial relief to veterans affected by Agent Orange use.
D. It gave the president power to retaliate against wartime aggression.
D. It gave the president power to retaliate against wartime aggression.
400
What is the student who wrote down these notes studying?
A. The decision in Plessy v. Ferguson
B. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
C. The decision in Brown v. Board of Education
D. The Voting Rights Act of 1965
B. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
500
What did the Woodstock music festival reflect?
A. The emergence of the progressive movement.
B. Support for the military-industrial complex.
C. Opposition to desegregation in the South.
D. The social influence of the counterculture.
D. The social influence of the counterculture.
500
The federal voting rights laws passed in the 1950s and 1960s were designed to —
A. extend suffrage to women.
B. return control of voting regulations to the states.
C. remove racial barriers to voting.
D. prevent recent immigrants from voting.
C. remove racial barriers to voting.
500
The intent of the War Powers Act of 1973 was to limit the president's power to —
A. use troops to defend against an armed attack on the United States.
B. commit troops to major military operations in a foreign nation.
C. send troops to suppress a riot in an American city.
D. send troops to rescue Americans held captive by terrorists in a foreign nation.
B. commit troops to major military operations in a foreign nation.
500
The television coverage of the Vietnam War illustrates that —
A. the news media can be trusted to portray events accurately.
B. public opinion is rarely affected by the news media.
C. government can limit freedom of the press in times of national crisis.
D. the American people, on the basis of the information they receive, can influence government policy.
D. the American people, on the basis of the information they receive, can influence government policy.