Exam #3

What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?

• Castro's invitation to the Soviet Union to install missiles

• Retaliation for the American nuclear arsenal housed in Turkey

• Hostile relations between the United States and Cuba

• All of the above

Who organized the first sit-ins?

• Churches

• NAACP

• Students

• Members of the Communist Party

How did the first freedom ride end?

• The riders were arrested in Montgomery, Alabama

• The ride was peaceful and ignored by both southerners and northern media

• Angry mobs composed of KKK members attacked the riders in Birmingham, Alabama and burned one of the buses and beat the activists who escaped

• The ride drew protests and media attention, but there was no violence

What did Lyndon Johnson call his domestic program?

• Square Deal

• New Frontier

• Great Society

• Fair Deal

The cornerstone of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty was which program?

• Peace Corp

• Teach for America

• Community Action

• Head Start

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 focused on what primary issue

• Desegregating schools

• Protecting voting rights

• Racially integrating the armed forces

• Outlawing discrimination in housing

Advertisers in the 1960s innovated by beginning to emphasize which of the following traits as a means of selling products?

• Beauty and sexual attractiveness

• Rebellions and individuality

• Worldliness and intelligence

• All of the above

Betty Friedan’s Feminine Mystique focused on what primary issue

• Employment discrimination based on gender

• Rising incidents of rape and sexual violence

• The problems facing women in poverty

• Feelings of dissatisfaction with life as a housewife

Which group first promoted the idea that drug use could remedy feelings of alienation?

• Scientists

• Musicians

• Civil Rights activists

• Feminists

The National Indian Youth Council (NIYC) differed from the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) because the NIYC

• Emphasized the legal importance of treaty rights

• Employed direct action tactics and more combative rhetoric

• Were more interested in cultural preservation than legal strategies of resistance

• Showed less interest in issues of sovereignty and self-determination