Kent State

During most of the Vietnam War period, the general student population of Kent State University was considered

• 1. more radical than most

• unusually outspoken on social issues

• among the last all-white groups at a public university

• largely middle-class and apolitical

The Ohio governor who sent the State National Guard onto the Kent State campus was

• 1. Richard Nixon

  2. Jim Mellen

  3. Robert White

  4. James Rhodes

• Jim Mellen

• Robert White

• James Rhodes

Radical elements of the 1960s protest movement present on the Kent State University campus at some point during the decade included all the following except the

• 1. Students for a Democratic Society

• Communist Party USA

• Black United Students

• Free Speech Movement

Which group was banned by the president of Kent State University because he claimed it was made up of radicals who had a “disregard for the rights of others” and offered only a “program of revolution solely for revolution’s sake”?

• 1. Students for a Democratic Society

• Black United Students

• The National Guard

• Communist Part USA

By 1970, the main reason for student unrest on the campus of Kent State University was

• 1. the presence of the Ohio National Guard

• the election of Richard Nixon as president

• the perceived escalation of the Vietnam War

• social injustice in American society

Some student protestors of the 1960s used violent strategies most similar to those of which group?

• 1. Women agitating for the right to vote in the 1910s

• Labor union leaders from the 1880s

• Abolitionists in the 1840s

• Civil Rights protesters in the 1950s