WorksheetsU.S. History Chapter 20 Part 2
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 31mins
Mexican-Americans are the largest Latino group in the United States.
True
False
It brought about 4.6 million Mexican guest workers into the U.S. to primarily work in agriculture due to labor shortages.
Bracero Program
Operation Wetback
Untied Farmer Workers
GI Bill
Why was the Bracero Program controversial?
Americans thought the braceros would compete with Americans for jobs.
American thought the braceros would steal white-collar jobs.
Americans thought the braceros were unwilling to work for low wages.
Americans thought the braceros would lower wages for everyone.
Growers often benefited from cheap labor and braceros suffered bad working conditions.
True
False
Operation Wetback was the largest mass deportation of undocumented Mexican workers in 1955.
True
False
He believed farm workers had to organize to improve the working conditions in California's fruit and vegetable farms.
Cesar Chavez
Dolores Huerta
Russell Means
Ben Campbell
Which of the following is true regarding Cesar Chavez?
He created the United Farm Workers union.
He believed violence was the only answer to inequality.
He used nonviolent protest methods like strikes and boycotts.
He believed farm workers deserved the right of collective bargaining.
Collective bargaining is when working people and their employers negotiate over hours, wages, etc.
True
False
Cesar Chavez used a hunger strike to protest violence shown by some of his union members.
True
False
Which of the following describe why Cesar Chavez was an effective leader?
He believed farm workers had to organize the union themselves.
He relied on outside union organizers to create the farm workers union.
He lived a life of poverty and saw himself equal to farm workers.
He lived in an "ivory tower" but still inspired many poor workers.
The United Farm workers and Cesar Chavez boycotted grapes to get growers to raise wages. It was successful.
True
False
Co-founder of the United Farm Workers union and defiant feminist who challenged gender discrimination.
Betty Friedan
Dolores Huerta
Cesar Chavez
Gloria Steinem
Which of the following are examples of "brown power" after the farm workers unionized successfully?
Congress passed the Bilingual Education Act to provide programs for non-English speaking children.
Young Mexican-Americans began calling themselves Chicanos to express pride in their heritage.
Young Mexican-Americans wanted to distance themselves from the brown power movement.
Congress created the official language of the United States to be English only in the 1960s.
Which of the following is true regarding La Raza Unida?
It was created by Jose Gutierrez in 1970.
It was created to solve political, social, and economic problems through political action.
It supported Latino candidates for mayor, the school board, and city council.
It was most popular in the east rather than the west.
Native-Americans make up 1.7% of the U.S. population.
True
False
Which of the following is true regarding Native Americans today?
Native-Americans are the most disadvantaged group.
Native-Americans are the most advantaged group.
Native-Americans have lower life-expectancy, unemployment, and poverty than other Americans.
Native-Americans on some reservations lack proper electricity, drinking water, and education.
Some Native-Americans tribes construct casinos on their reservation to improve economic conditions.
True
False
Native-Americans have:
Strongly resisted assimilation into U.S. society.
Accepted assimilation into U.S. society.
Which of the following is true regarding the federal government's relationship with Native-Americans over the years?
Native-Americans were primarily seen as inferior, pagan savages to be civilized.
Native-American culture was always respected by the majority of American settlers.
Native-Americans have been nearly annihilated by the federal government.
Native-Americans have been supported in self-government and freedom at times.
Which of the following is true regarding Native-Americans and the federal government during the 1940s and 1950s?
Termination policy with relocation into U.S. society.
Affirmation of the rights to self-determination and freedom of choice.
Tribal governments were made powerless and some tribes disbanded.
Tribal governments' power was restored and terminated tribes were reassembled.
Which of the following is true regarding Native-Americans and the federal government during the 1960+?
Termination policy with relocation into U.S. society.
Affirmation of the rights to self-determination and freedom of choice.
Tribal governments were made powerless and some tribes disbanded.
Tribal governments' power was restored and terminated tribes were reassembled.
The U.S. government's "termination policy" is now seen as inhumane and destructive.
True
False
When 61 Indian representatives met to stress the resolve of Native-Americans to choose their own way of life and end the termination policy.
Declaration of Indian Rights
Declaration of Independence
Indian Reorganization Act
Public Law 83-280
AIM was an often militant Native-American groups that was unhappy with the slow pace of reform.
True
False
The U.S. government has a history of unfulfilled, disrespect of treaties made with Native-Americans.
True
False
Which of the following would a follower of the American Indian Movement most likely agree with?
Restore treaty making power with Indian leaders
Return millions of acres of land that was taken by the government
Offer federal protection against offenses against Native-Americans
Protect the religion and culture of Indian tribes
Assimilate and relocate within the U.S. culture
Why did Native-Americans take over Alcatraz Island in 1969?
They believed the Treaty of Fort Laramie gave them the right to the surplus federal land.
The U.S. government gave them the land and invited them to create a home there.
Who was an AIM leader and organized the Trail of Broken Treaties in 1972?
Russell Means
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Cesar Chavez
Dolores Huerta
Which of the following is true regarding the Trail of Broken Treaties in 1972?
Native Americans were protesting the U.S. government's treaty violations.
Native Americans were celebrating the U.S. government's respect of past treaties.
Native Americans took over the Bureau of Indian Affairs and caused property damage.
Native Americans were allowed access to Alcatraz Island after their protests.
What was Wounded Knee?
The site of the 1890 massacre of 300 Sioux by the U.S. Army.
A march to protest the U.S. government breaking past treaties.
Native American victory against George Custer and the U.S. Army.
The first time a president met with representatives from every Native tribe.
The 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee was a 71 conflict between Native Americans and the federal government.
True
False
Which president became the first to meet with representatives from every federally-recognized Native American tribe?
Barack Obama
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
Since 2009, all federal agencies are _______________ to meaningfully consult tribal government prior to taking any action that would impact them.
Required
Not required
He chose to work within the system to improve the lives of Native Americans rather than reject assimilation.
Russell Means
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Cesar Chavez
Charles Manson
Many Native Americans believed their current problems reflect their historical trauma or soul wound.
True
False
Which of the following is true regarding the "soul wound" of Native Americans?
Historical trauma is very complex and often leads to physical, psychological, and social health problems.
The soul wound often affects multiple generation of people.
The United States is the perpetrator of the Native American holocaust.
The United States allowed many Native Americans to escape persecution.
Which of the following is true regarding the hippies?
They challenged America's norms and standards.
Most hippies were white, middle-class young people.
They embraced America's norms and standards.
Most hippies were political activists who embraced violence.
Hippies were more interested in breaking away from mainstream culture than politics.
The Beatniks and the Hippies were the same group.
True
False
The Haight-Ashbury district was an area to get away from the hippie counterculture.
True
False
The 1967 "summer of love" was the height of the hippie counterculture of love and peace.
True
False
Which of the following is true regarding the political theater group the Diggers?
They believed in communal and no waste living.
They made it possible for many hippies to live in California for cheap.
They worked tireless to give the hippies food, supplies, shelter, etc.
They taught hippies survival school to provide a safe environment.
They were the largest group that opposed the hippie movement.
Overcrowding, drug addiction, chaos, and violence led to the end of the hippie movement.
True
False
Music festival in New York that allowed people to escape into music and spread unity and peace.
Woodstock
Altamont
Music festival on the west coast that was violent and unorganized.
Woodstock
Altamont
Criminal and cult leader who murdered Sharon Tate.
Cesar Chavez
Charles Manson
Russell Means
Ben Campbell
After the 1960s, the U.S. became more ______________ in the short run, and more ________________ in the long run.
Conservative, liberal
Liberal, conservative
Which of the following is true regarding the "dream woman" of the 1950s?
She did constant housework and was always smiling.
She demanded voting rights from the government.
She had a new home, hardworking husband, and children who she cared for.
She was never discontent, bored, or unfulfilled with her life as a housewife.
Which of the following is true regarding Betty Friedan's book the Feminine Mystique?
It supported women finding fulfillment and opportunities outside traditional roles.
It supported women finding fulfillment and opporutnities within their traditional roles.
She believed all woman wanted to become happy homemakers.
She believed women were socially pressured to become homemakers.
Who founded National Organization for Women to demand women have a truly equal partnership with men.
Betty Friedan
Gloria Steinem
Susan Anthony
Dolores Huerta
Which of the following is true regarding the Equal Pay Act?
It forced employers to pay men and women equal pay for equal work.
President Kennedy signed the act into law in 1963.
The act included white-collar executive jobs.
The act did not include white-collar executive jobs until 1972.
Feminism is the social movement and ideology that says women are better than men.
True
False
Which of the following is true regarding the Miss American protests in 1968?
Feminists burned their bras in trashcans.
Feminists protested the pageant's misogynistic attitudes toward women and beauty.
Feminists believed the Miss America pageant should continue since it inspired confidence in women.
Feminist threw items that represented oppression into freedom trashcans.
She founded Ms. magazine to address contemporary issues from a feminist perspective.
Betty Friedan
Gloria Steinem
Susan Anthony
Dolores Huerta
19th Amendment, 1920, suffragettes, first political equality attempt, Elizabeth Stanton, and Frances Harper.
First Wave Feminism
Second Wave Feminism
Third Wave Feminism
Fourth Wave Feminism
Systematic sexism, social and wage equality, "the problem with no name", mainly middle-class women, Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem.
First Wave Feminism
Second Wave Feminism
Third Wave Feminism
Fourth Wave Feminism
Anita Hill case, "riot grrrl" music, empowering even threatening image of "girliness", lack of momentum, difficult to define, and no central goal.
First Wave Feminism
Second Wave Feminism
Third Wave Feminism
Fourth Wave Feminism
Still developing, based on the Internet, the #MeToo movement, Time's up movement, and the women's marches. Means different things to different people.
First Wave Feminism
Second Wave Feminism
Third Wave Feminism
Fourth Wave Feminism
The dislike or hatred of women.
Misogyny
Misandry
Sexism
Patriarchy
Matriarchy
The dislike or hatred of men.
Misogyny
Misandry
Sexism
Patriarchy
Matriarchy
Prejudice and discrimination against men or women.
Misogyny
Misandry
Sexism
Patriarchy
Matriarchy
A hierarchical-structured society in which men hold more power than women.
Misogyny
Misandry
Sexism
Patriarchy
Matriarchy
A hierarchical-structured society in which women hold more power than men.
Misogyny
Misandry
Sexism
Patriarchy
Matriarchy
