Social Movements & Reform in the 60s/70s--TN Standards

Multiple Choice

Which of these describes the main goal of Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" program?

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  the elimination of poverty and racial injustice in America

• stopping the spread of communism in southeast Asia

• to prevent immigrants from facing discriminatory housing and hiring practices

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  the expansion of America's space and missile program to defend the nation against the Soviet Union

Multiple Choice

Which of these would have occurred as a result of Lyndon Johnson’s "War on Poverty"?

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  A homeless person is provided space in a shelter.

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  A preschool age child receives a federally funded education.

• An acceptance that being poor is inevitable for many people.

• A high school student receiving a federally funded college education.

Multiple Choice

“Your imagination, your initiative, and your indignation will determine whether we build a society where progress is the servant of our needs, or a society where old values and new visions are buried under unbridled growth. For in your time we have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. The Great Society rests on abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice, to which we are totally committed in our time. But that is just the beginning. The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents. It is a place where leisure is a welcome chance to build and reflect, not a feared cause of boredom and restlessness. It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community."

- Presidential remarks at the University of Michigan, May 22, 1964

What was the MAIN reason some politically liberal groups during the 1960s criticized the application of Great Society programs?

• They believed moral and cultural traditions would decline under the Great Society plan.

• The Great Society ideals would require large financial investments on many levels.

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  They feared the government would become too powerful under the Great Society plan.

• The Great Society ideals seemed inconsistent with the escalating war in Vietnam.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the generation gap of the 1960s?

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  the economic struggle between wealthy and working-class families

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  a movement that encouraged young people to adopt their parents’ beliefs

• differences in values and attitudes between older and younger generations

• a growing preference for rural lifestyles over urban living

Multiple Choice

How did Woodstock reflect the ideals of the counterculture movement?

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  It was organized primarily to support political candidates.

• It emphasized unity, peace, and artistic expression.

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  It encouraged the expansion of suburban development.

• It promoted military recruitment among young people.

Multiple Choice

"A 'Who's Who' of pesticides is therefore of concern to us all. If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals eating and drinking them, taking them into the very marrow of our bones - we had better know something about their nature and their power."
- from Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, 1962

Carson's 1962 work would have had the BIGGEST influence on which of these 20th century movements?

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  Beatnik

• Muckraker

• Anti-war

• Environmentalism

Multiple Choice

The incident at "Three Mile Island" in 1979 involved

• Terrorism

• Nuclear Power

• Chemical Waste

• Nuclear Weapons

Open Ended

Imagine you are a baby boomer trying to explain to your parents that you want to attend the Woodstock Festival with your friends in 1969. They are worried that you are going to get sucked into "Hippie Culture" or drug use if you go.

What would you say to convince them to let you go?