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Antiwar Protests and the Counterculture

Total questions: 6

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which two statements are true about young people in the 1960s and 1970s? (select two answers)

a)

They were mostly silent and did not join movements

b)

The rejected traditional values and institutions

c)

Many embraced the politics of the "New Left"

d)

They believed that politics was meaningless

2.

Students who opposed the draft by burning their draft cards or refusing to register were called what?

a)

Draft resisters

b)

Draft dodgers

c)

Conscientious objectors

d)

Army deserters

3.

Which movement rejected traditional values and forms of behavior, often embracing drugs and and "free love" instead?

a)

Abolitionism

b)

Reform Movement

c)

Counterculture

d)

Temperance Movement

4.

Which of the following was NOT a target of student protest in the 1960s and 1970s?

a)

Vietnam War

b)

High college tuition

c)

Economic inequality

d)

Racism

5.

What happened at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago?

a)

Republicans secretly broke in to Democrat headquarters

b)

Violent protests broke out that were broadcast on TV

c)

Dr. Martin Luther King gave a stirring speech on racial equality

d)

The Democrat Party fell apart and ended

6.

What happened to students protesting the bombing of Cambodia at Kent State and Jackson State?

a)

Students started fires that burned the colleges down

b)

Planned protests never took place

c)

President Nixon visited the protestors

d)

Several students were killed