The Sixties: A Decade of Protest and Change

9I- During the 1940s and 1950s, the primary goal of Mexican American litigation was to- 

• eliminate the legal segregation of Mexican Americans
• form a new nation for Mexican Americans
• create separate Mexican-American economic and social institutions
• establish affirmative action programs to compensate for past wrongs

17D- This statement expresses President Lyndon B. Johnson's belief that the--

• federal government is solely responsible for the war on poverty
• court system must be held accountable for poverty
• problem of poverty is easily solved
• entire country must help in the struggle against poverty

9C- The movements by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Cesar Chavez were similar in that both- 

• supported attempts to overthrow the established government
• used civil disobedience to bring about social change
• boycotted agricultural crops
• were elected to national political office

19B- What constitutional issue was raised by President Johnson's Great Society?

• Should taxes be raised to stimulate consumer spending?
• What foreign imports should be allowed into the US?
• How far can the federal government extend itself in helping the less fortunate?
• Should certain key industries be taken over by the federal government?

9C- Cesar Chavez, Hector Garcia, and Betty Friedan were similar in that they all--

• were members of the Black Panther Movement
• were leaders in the fight for civil rights and equal opportunity
• opposed the non-violent approach to obtaining civil rights
• had as their main goal the achievment

6A- What did the Women's  Liberation Movement see as its major goal in the 1960s?

• obtaining the right to vote for women
• guaranteeing women equal pay for equal work 
• enabling women to stay at home as well as work
• laws that would allow women to own property

9B- What was a major goal of the American Indian Movement (AIM)?

• to gain US citizenship and representation in Congress
• to relocate American Indians to urban areas
• to obtain greater understanding of the American-Indians point of view
• to end segregation American Indians in public places

8A- The United States began a trade embargo against Cuba in the 1960s to-

• encourage political change in Cuba
• promote domestic industries in Cuba
• motivate Cubans to immigrate to the US
• end the domination of the sugar industry by Cuba

9C- Which book played a role in changing attitudes about traditional gender roles in American society?

• Common Sense
• The Jungle
• How the Other Half Lives
• The Feminine Mystique

9D- How did the methods advocated by the Black Panthers to achieve their goals differ from those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

• They formed a third party.
• They were passionately anti-Communist.
• They restricted their actions to the use of passive resistance.
• They considered the use of violence to protect their own communities.