A Young People’s History Week 10 Quiz

The U.S. said the war in Vietnam was to stop the spread of (a)   .

What country had controlled Vietnam before World War II?

• England

• France

• US

• Russia

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has never become part of the constitution. The ERA would ensure full equality between (a)   .

The American (a)   Movement approached the government about fulfilling promises it made in more than 400 treaties.

What group of people took over Alcatraz Island in protest.

• Women

• African Americans

• LGBTQ people

• Native Americans

Because of all the movements for equality and justice, the increasing acceptance of LGBTQ people, the change in clothing styles, and more, the 1960s and 1970s were a time of (a)   revolution.

Part of the growing environmental movement saw the first (a)   Day in 1970.

List four of the movements for equality or justice that happened in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Vietnam War resulted in the largest (a)   movement the U.S. had ever seen.

Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring was part of which movement?

• Women’s liberation

• Disability rights

• Environmental

• LGBTQ rights