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Ch. 14 The Sixties

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Great Society was...

a)

A series of programs were the society would gather for meetings

b)

domestic programs in the U.S. launched by Lyndon B. Johnson

c)

domestic programs in the U.S. launched by Donald Trump

d)

A series of programs where other countries would gather for meetings

2.
What was Woodstock?
a)
A political protest held in New York.
b)
A village in Vietnam, invaded by US troops.
c)
A gathering of workers were they would cut down trees for more wood
d)
An outdoor music festival attended mostly by hippies.
3.
The President that took over for JFK when he was assassinated was:
a)
Johnson
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Nixon
d)
Ford
4.
Court Case that overturned the 1896 Separate but Equal case was
a)
Brown v. Board of Education ,1954
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
c)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1964
d)
Tinker V. Des Moines
5.
Who boosted Black nationalism first urging blacks to use armed self-defense and later changing to peaceful means?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
Medgar Evers
d)
Thurgood Marshall
6.
Who led the bus boycott in which Rosa Parks was involved?
a)
Malcolm X
b)
Emmit Til
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
7.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President
a)
Eisenhower
b)
Kennedy
c)
Johnson
d)
Nixon
8.
Which of the following is an example of nonviolent protest?
a)
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech before the MIA
b)
Rosa Parks’s refusal to give up her bus seat
c)
the endorsement of the “Southern Manifesto”
d)
the NAACP’s lobbying to make lynching a federal crime
9.
Which of the following actions would MLK Jr. support?
a)
segregation in the US military.
b)
African Americans carrying guns while protesting.
c)
the arrest of Rosa Parks.
d)
blacks sitting at an all white lunch counter waiting to be served.
10.
The lunch counter “sit-ins” were meant to
a)
antagonize the restaurant owners.
b)
draw attention to segregation and challenge the law.
c)
provoke police intervention.
d)
protest rising food costs
11.
Which of the following was not advocated by the Black Panthers?
a)
nonviolence
b)
Black Power
c)
black nationalism
d)
community development
12.
These black teenagers were the first to integrate into Little Rock Central High
a)
Elite Eight
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
Arkansas Seven
d)
Final Four
13.
Who wrote the Feminine  Mystique  ? 
a)
Gloria Steinem
b)
Betty Friedan 
c)
Sylvia Plath 
d)
Simone De Beauvoir
14.
Cesar Chavez created the United Farm Workers Organization Committee (UFWOC) in 1966 primarily to
a)
a.  secure voting rights for Mexican Americans
b)
a.  improve working conditions for migrant laborers
c)
a.  provide legal assistance to illegal aliens
d)
a.  increase farm income
15.
A form of nonviolent protest where people stop buying a product?
a)
march
b)
boycott
c)
sit in
d)
activist
16.

Jackie Robinson is best know for ...

a)

Being the first man to play Major League Baseball.

b)

Being an awesome college baseball player.

c)

Being the first African American man to play Major League Baseball.

d)

Being the first African American man to play Major League Basketball.

17.

What early step for Civil Rights did President Truman take in 1948?

a)

repealing Jim Crow laws nationwide

b)

desegregation of the military

c)

sending the national guard to escort black students attending all-white schools

d)

abolishing homework in all U.S. schools

18.

The refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust is called?

a)

Integration

b)

Boycotting

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Segregation

19.

MLK Jr organized a __________ of buses in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving her seat up to a white man.

a)

strike

b)

boycott

c)

slow-down

d)

sabotaging

20.

Where did MLK Jr. deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech ?

a)

at the voting rights march in Selma

b)

at the March on Washington

c)

while he was in a Birmingham jail

d)

in defense of the Freedom Riders

21.
What rights did the Equal Pay Act provide?
a)
It made it so that the current way that companies paid there employees was fine, but the employees needed an equal understanding of how that worked.
b)
It made it so that companies had to pay their employees of similar jobs and qualifications the same no matter what.
c)
It made it so that employers could not refuse to hire someone because they were a woman.
d)
None of the above.
22.
Which of the following groups was a major group in the fight for Women's Liberation?
a)
AIM
b)
SCLC
c)
NOW
d)
UFW
23.

What is feminism?

a)

The traditional view that women belong in the home.

b)

The belief that women are superior to men.

c)

Advocating women's rights so that all people, regardless of sex or gender, have equal rights.

d)

The act of removing oneself from society by rejecting mainstream culture.

24.
Which of the following groups was a major group in the fight for Civil Rights for Native Americans?
a)
AIM
b)
SCLC
c)
NOW
d)
UFW
25.
Along with Dolores Huerta this man started a Chicano Civil Rights movement.  Using tactics of non-violence pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi and MLK, he sought to give more rights to migrant farm workers who were being subjected to poor pay and dangerous conditions (they were being sprayed with insecticide along with the crops).  His movement grew into a much larger Chicano empowerment movement.  
a)
Hernan Cortes
b)
Cesar Chavez
c)
Francisco Coronado 
d)
Benito Juarez
26.

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan suggested that women should...

a)

reject the Equal Rights Amendment

b)

pursue professional careers

c)

be content as housewives

d)

accept traditional gender roles

27.

The Chicano Mural Movement served to...

a)

celebrate the culture and history of Mexican-Americans

b)

compete with the Harlem Renaissance

c)

protest the treatment of American Indians in cities

d)

promote boycotts against the United Farm Workers

28.

The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to __.

a)

21

b)

19

c)

18

d)

16

29.

What piece of legislation prohibited federally funded schools to discriminate against women in its operations and within athletics?

a)

Equal Educational Opportunity Act

b)

Title IX

c)

Educational Amendment Act

d)

Women's Educational Equity Act

30.

Who painted this piece of Pop Art?

a)

Jasper Jasper

b)

Andy Warhol

c)

Claes Oldenburg

d)

Jackson Pollock

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