The 1960's

Soviet missiles found here almost caused WWIII

• Cuba
• Turkey
• East Berlin
• Dominican Republican

What failed invasion of Cuba embarrassed JFK & led to his distrust of the CIA?

• Bay of Pigs
• D-Day
• Operation Havana
• Cuban Offensive

The main purpose of President Richard Nixon’s policy of détente was to

• ease tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union

• expand United States military involvement in Southeast Asia

• assure an adequate supply of oil from the Middle East

• maintain a favorable balance of trade with China

César Chávez's United Farm Workers was important step in

• breaking up large corporate monopolies

• reducing the growth and power of labor unions

• promoting fair labor practices ad collective bargaining for unions

• limiting the role of government in the lives of ordinary citizens

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was an influential book in the 1960s because it

• led directly to the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment

• helped strengthen family values

• reinforced the stereotype of women as mothers and housewives

• helped start the modern women’s rights movement

Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was intended to

• suggest that a poor person could get rich with hard work

• demand the return of lands seized by the U.S. government to individual Indian tribes

• expose the harmful effects and environmental impact of certain pesticides

• publicize the growing racial violence in American society as a result of civil rights

Which event led to the investigation that resulted in the resignation of President Nixon?

• an oil embargo by OPEC

• a break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee

• a presidential decision to freeze wages and prices

• a decision to escalate the war in Vietnam

The protest movement of the 1960s in which Native Americans fought for greater autonomy (self-rule) of their tribes, land, and way of life is called

• Civil Rights Movement

• Women's Rights Movement

• Chicano Movement

• American Indian Movement

Which individual below led a grape boycott on behalf of migrant workers in what is called the Chicano or Latin American movement?

• Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X

• Cesar Chavez

• Betty Friedan

How did the event in this headline impact the Civil Rights movement?

• The focus of the movement shifted to the struggle of migrant workers.

• The movement lost credibility with the American public.

• The focus of the movement shifted to protesting U.S. involvement in foreign wars.

• The movement lost an important national leader.