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Movements of America

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote The Feminine Mystique and help establish the National Organization for Women (NOW).

a)

Phyllis Schlafly

b)

Alice Paul

c)

Betty Friedan

d)

Susan B. Anthony

2.

Some men and women openly challenged the women's movement. What conservative political activist denounced women's liberation as "a total assault on the family, on marriage, and on children"?

a)

Phyllis Schlafly

b)

Alice Paul

c)

Margaret Sanger

d)

Nancy Reagan

3.

Identify some of the movements taking place in the 1960s and 1970s.

a)

Abolitionist Movement

b)

Environmental Movement

c)

Prohibition Movement

d)

National Indian Movement

e)

Civil Rights Movement

4.

What movement was led by Dennis Banks and George Mitchell, that worked to address civil rights issues, particularly securing land and legal rights? They led confrontations with the government at Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco and Wounded Knee in South Dakota.

a)

Chicano Movement

b)

Environmental Movement

c)

American Indian Movement

d)

The Counterculture

5.

Which movement best revealed the growing generation gap evolving out of the 1960s?

a)

Women's Movement

b)

The Counterculture

c)

Chicano Movement

d)

Civil Rights Movement

6.

What effects came about as a result of the Environmental Movement?

a)

Earth Day

b)

Environmental Protection Agency

c)

Clean Air & Clear Water Act

d)

Endangered Species Act

7.

What movement did Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring help jumpstart into action?

a)

Civil Rights

b)

Gay Rights

c)

Women's Rights

d)

Evangelical

e)

Environmental

8.

Who was an influential Latino activist that fought for rights for farm laborers?

a)

Dennis Banks

b)

Rachel Carsons

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Stokley Carmichael

9.

What event led to the growth and influence of the counterculture?

a)

Death of President Kennedy

b)

Vietnam War

c)

Montgomery Bus Boycott

d)

Election of Richard Nixon

10.

Historians often refer to the women's movement of the 60s and 70s as the second wave of ( ), or the theory of political, social, and economic equality of men and women.

a)

liberation

b)

independence

c)

suffrage

d)

feminism

11.

What movement has defined your generation the most?

a)

LGBTQ

b)

Black Lives Matter

c)

Environmental (Climate Change)

d)

Marijuana Legalization / Decriminalize

e)

Gun Control / Gun Rights