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1960s Movements & Culture

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was critical of the nonviolent protests of the Civil Rights Movement. Instead, he believed that African Americans should advance themselves by "any means necessary."

a)

Malcolm X

b)

MLK

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

W.E.B. Dubois

2.

The culture of the young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 1960's seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love and individual freedom.

a)

Counterculture

b)

Feminism

c)

Woodstock

d)

United Hippie Movement

3.

A free music festival that attracted more that 400,000 young people to a farm in upstate New York in August 1969.

a)

Counterculture

b)

Hippie Parade

c)

Woodstock

d)

La Raza Concerto

4.
Which "Pop Artist" popularized this art form?
a)
William Calley
b)
Betty Friedan
c)
Cesar Chavez
d)
Andy Warhol
5.
Which defining characteristic of the counterculture provided the foundation for the various rights movements that followed it?
a)
Drug Use
b)
Protest
c)
Communes
d)
Youthfulness
6.
What genre of music became the loud voice of the Counterculture Movement?
a)
Jazz
b)
Rock 'n' Roll
c)
Gospel
d)
Rhythm & Blues
7.
Members of the Counterculture Movement were known as what?
a)
Hippies
b)
Beatniks
c)
Yuppies
d)
Silent Minority
8.

Most of the student protest movements of the 1960's were over

a)

civil rights for African-Americans

b)

ending the war in Vietnam

c)

getting rid of material wealth & living off the land

d)

ending the Cold War

9.
What landmark Supreme Court case leggalized abortion?
a)
Roe v. Wade
b)
Tinker v. Des Moines
c)
Texas v. Johnson
d)
Mapp v. Ohio
10.
What group protested at Wounded Knee and regained many lands and damages lost in the previous century?
a)
American Indians
b)
Mexican Americans
c)
African Americans
d)
Chinese Immigrants
11.
Who led the United Farm Workers to protect agricultural laborer rights?
a)
Cesar Chavez
b)
Che Guevaro
c)
Pancho Villa
d)
Santa Anna
12.
Police raiding this bar sparked the Gay Rights Movement.
a)
Stonewall Inn
b)
Hilton Garden Inn
c)
Holiday Inn
d)
Stonewall Jackson
13.

How did Martin Luther King die?

a)

He was very sick.

b)

He was assassinated.

c)

He got in a car wreck.

d)

He was in a bad storm.