1960s STAAR Questions

What is the significance of this 1978 mural?

• It is representative of artistic expressions of the Beat Generation.

• It was commissioned by the federal government through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

• It is an example of cultural pride among Mexican Americans.

• It was painted by artists employed under the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

How did Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique affect the lives of everyday Americans?

• By inspiring women in the 1960s to question their traditional social roles

• By focusing attention on a widespread environmental problem

• By advocating for passage of consumer safety laws during the 1970s

• By bringing attention to racial discrimination in government hiring practices

Range of Soviet Missiles, October 26, 1962

Which Soviet action led to the threat illustrated on this map?

• The signing of an arms limitations treaty

• Blockading foreign supply ships from entering the Caribbean

• Closing the border between East and West Berlin

• The placement of nuclear weapons installations in Cuba

1. Members armed themselves and were willing to take necessary means to protect their homes and families.

2. Leaders enforced the use of nonviolence among those engaging in sit-ins and other protest activities.

3. Leaders worked with existing laws and within the court system to increase the rights of African Americans.

• 1 NAACP

  2 Black Panthers

  3 SNCC

• 1 SNCC

  2 CORE

  3 Black Panthers

• 1 Black Panthers

  2 SNCC

  3 NAACP

• 1 CORE

  2 NAACP

  3 AIM

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 contribute to the changes shown in this table?

• It helped reduce voter discrimination at polling sites

• It contributed to increased involvement of lobbyists in political campaigns

• It increased state revenues associated with poll taxes.

• It helped voters determine educational policy based on literacy test results.

Which action is prohibited under provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972?

• A principal refuses to organize athletic events and programs for female sports teams.

• The funding for a music program is cut because of declining tax revenues.

• A teacher attempts to organize a charity basketball game for faculty and students.

• The staffing for a foreign language class is reduced due to lack of interest.

Which is a list of characteristics of the 1960s?

• • Prohibition

  • The Lost Generation

  • The Harlem Renaissance

  • Religious fundamentalism

• • The counterculture

  • The Civil Rights movement

  • The Vietnam War

  • The Space Race

• • Widespread unemployment

  • New Deal programs

  • The Golden Age of Hollywood

  • The Dust Bowl

• • Televangelists

  • Neoconservatism

  • Video games

  • The fall of the Soviet Union

American Indian leaders and activists organize a nonviolent protest to bring attention to issues affecting American Indians. More than 600 people travel in the “Trail of Broken Treaties” in a caravan of buses, cars, trucks, and campers to Saint Paul, Minnesota.

— “1972: Trail of Broken Treaties,” U.S. National Library of Medicine, Native Voices, www.nlm.nih.gov (accessed April 7, 2014)

Which earlier protest was most similar to the one described above?

• The gathering of disillusioned youth at Woodstock

• The burning of draft cards by opponents of the Vietnam War

• The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

• The labor demonstrations during the Pullman strike

Civil Rights Organizations

Which organization’s name correctly completes this table?

• Nation of Islam

• Black Panther Party

• Congress of Racial Equality

• NAACP

Because they marched, America became more free and more fair—not just for African Americans, but for women and Latinos, Asians and Native Americans; . . . for Americans with a disability. America changed for you and for me. And the entire world drew strength from that example. . . .

—President Barack Obama, speech at the “Let Freedom Ring” ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, August 28, 2013

Which of the following provides evidence to support President Obama’s assertion that “America became more free and more fair”?

• The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment

• The passage of the USA PATRIOT Act

• The establishment of the Socialist Party