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AEF 2025 US Chapter 17 Review

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 3570secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
What plans of Kennedy's did congress block?
a)
Deficit spending, raising the minimum wage, and the Housing Act.
b)
Tax cuts, deficit spending, raising the minimum wage, and the Area Redevelopment Act.
c)
Tax cuts, health insurance for senior citizens, deficit spending, the Housing Act, and the Area Redevelopment Act.
d)
Tax cuts, health insurance for senior citizens, and federal aid to education.
2.
In 1961 Kennedy created the _________________________ which called for federal action against gender discrimination and affirmed the right of women to equally paid employment.
a)
Presidential Commission on the Status of Women.
b)
Congressional Commission on the Status of Women.
c)
State's Commission on the Status of Women.
d)
United Nation's Commission on the Status of Women.
3.
The Special Olympics Games started out as ______________ and was started in 1962 by JFK's sister Eunice.
a)
Camp Kennedy
b)
Camp Shriver
c)
Camp Eunice
d)
Camp John
4.
In _________________, the Court ruled that the states must reapportion electoral districts along the principle of “one person, one vote,” so that all citizens’ votes would have equal weight, rather than giving arbitrary power to rural voters.
a)
Baker v. Carr (1962)
b)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
c)
Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
d)
Reynolds v. Carr (1963)
5.
_______________ went further, requiring authorities to inform suspects of their rights to remain silent; that anything they say can and will be used against them in court; and that they have a right to a lawyer.
a)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
b)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
c)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
d)
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
6.
The Court ruled in ____________________ that prohibiting the sale and use of birth control devices violated citizens’ constitutional right to privacy.
a)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
b)
Reynolds v. Carr (1963)
c)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
d)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
7.
How many years of experience in congress did Johnson have before he became president?
a)
26
b)
40
c)
5
d)
16
8.
By the summer of 1964, Johnson had convinced Congress to pass the ________________, which attacked inadequate public services, illiteracy, and unemployment.
a)
Public Services Act
b)
Equal Distribution Act
c)
Advanced Opportunity Act
d)
Economic Opportunity Act
9.
What program was essentially a domestic peace corps?
a)
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
b)
Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC)
c)
Domestic Peace Corps (DPC)
d)
National Housing Authority (NHA)
10.
After his election, Johnson began working with Congress to create the __________ he had promised during his campaign.
a)
"New Frontier"
b)
“Great Society”
c)
"New Nationalism"
d)
"Great Diversity"
11.
What program extended education efforts to preschoolers for disadvantaged children?
a)
Project Little Lambs
b)
Project Head Start
c)
Project Learning Center
d)
Project Jump Start
12.
_____________ ended the system established in the 1920s that gave preference to northern European immigrants.
a)
The Immigration Act of 1995
b)
The Nationalist Act of 1965
c)
The Nationalist Act of 1995
d)
The Immigration Act of 1965
13.
Who refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man, was arrested, and had her case used by the NAACP to challenge segregation?
a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Ida B. Wells
c)
Coretta Scott King
d)
Dorothy I. Height
14.
In 1935, the Supreme Court ruled in ______________ that the exclusion of African Americans from juries violated their rights to equal protection under the law.
a)
Loving v. Virginia
b)
Adderley v. Florida
c)
Norris v. Alabama
d)
Bates v. Kentucky
15.
On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in _________________that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
a)
Brown v. Louisiana Board of Education
b)
NAACP v. Alabama Board of Education
c)
Shelley v. Kraemer
d)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
16.
______________ was chosen to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association and helped stir African Americans in Montgomery to continue the bus boycott for over a year.
a)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Dr. Racheal Lilly King
c)
Dr. Everett Lee Simpson
d)
Dr. Marvin Luke Knight, Jr.
17.
Dr. King, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth of Birmingham, Alabama, and other African American ministers and civil rights leaders established the ________________________ in 1957.
a)
Northern Christian Leadership Conference (NCLC)
b)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
c)
Baptist Methodist Leadership Conference (BMLC)
d)
Protestant Catholic Leadership Conference (PCLC)
18.
Who was responsible for putting together a compromise that enabled the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to pass?
a)
Ted Kennedy
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Gerald Ford
d)
Lyndon Johnson
19.
The ________ movement brought large numbers of idealistic and energized students into the civil rights struggle.
a)
stand-in
b)
hop-in
c)
dance-in
d)
sit-in
20.
Despite her eviction and arrest in Mississippi, _____________, would go on to help organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and challenge the legality of the state's segregated Democratic Party at the 1964 national convention.
a)
Fannie Lou Hamer
b)
Roberta Moses
c)
Ella Baker
d)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
21.
In early May 1961, teams of African American and white volunteers, who became known as __________, boarded several southbound interstate buses to protest the segregation of the interstate bus service that was ongoing despite court rulings.
a)
Freedom Writers
b)
Bus Knights
c)
Freedom Riders
d)
Birmingham Riders
22.
In _________________ Dr. King argued that “there are two types of laws: just and unjust…(and) one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws…Any laws that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality.”
a)
Letter from Birmingham Jail
b)
Letter from Anniston Jail
c)
Letter from Jacksonville Jail
d)
Letter from Oxford Jail
23.
__________________ made segregation illegal in most places of public accommodation, and it gave citizens of all races and nationalities equal access to public facilities, gave the U.S. attorney general more power to bring lawsuits to force school desegregation and required private employers to end discrimination in the workplace, and also established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as a permanent federal agency.
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1864
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1924
d)
Civil Rights Act of 2004
24.
The brutal attack on Edmund Pettus Bridge in _______ became known as "Bloody Sunday" left 70 marchers hospitalized and another 70 injured. It stunned the nation as footage of law enforcement officers beating peaceful demonstrators flooded the tv.
a)
Selma
b)
Washington
c)
St. Louis
d)
New Orleans
25.
The ______________________ blamed racism for most inner-city problems.
a)
Johnson Commission
b)
Kennedy Commission
c)
Kerner Commission
d)
Watts Commission
26.
______________ was able to make very little headway, a new program to clean up the slums was discussed, as well as open housing, but in practice very little changed.
a)
St. Louis Movement
b)
Indianapolis Movement
c)
Louisville Movement
d)
Chicago Movement
27.
__________ stressed pride in the African American cultural group.
a)
Black panther
b)
Black power
c)
Black might
d)
Black strength
28.
_______________ criticized white society and the mainstream civil rights movement. He eventually was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam for speaking out against them.
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Martin X
c)
Malcolm Luther King Jr.
d)
Malcolm X
29.
Congress passed the _________________ after Dr. King's death, it contained a fair-housing provision outlawing discrimination in housing sales and rentals.
a)
Civil Rights Act of 1968
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
c)
Civil Rights Act of 2008
d)
Civil Rights Act of 1861
30.
A prominent organization within the New Left was
a)
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
b)
Students for a Republic Society (SRS).
c)
Students for a Communist Society (SCS).
d)
Students for a Fascist Society (SFS).
31.
The ________________ began in the fall of 1964, when Berkeley decided to restrict students’ rights to distribute literature and to recruit volunteers for political causes on campus.
a)
Free Talk Movement
b)
1st Amendment Movement
c)
Free Speech Movement
d)
5th Amendment Movement
32.
Who delivered the powerful speech at the culmination of the Berkeley demonstration?
a)
Marie Antionette
b)
Luigi Savio
c)
Mario Savio
d)
Peach Savio
33.
Hippies wanted to build a _______--a society that was freer, closer to nature, and full of love, tolerance, and cooperation.
a)
community
b)
intentional society
c)
commune
d)
utopia
34.
What aspects of the counterculture movement stuck around after it began to decline?
a)
Fashion and music
b)
Fashion and religion
c)
Religion and music
d)
Art and therapy
35.
What was the name of the group that denounced the exclusion of women from certain professions and most levels of politics and was also against the practice of paying women less than men for equal work?
a)
National Organization for Women (NOW)
b)
Women's Liberation Front (WLF)
c)
Guerilla Girls (GG)
d)
Redstockings
36.
What was the name of the court case that legalized abortion in the U.S. in 1973?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education
b)
Roe v. Wade
c)
Miranda v. Arizona
d)
Gideon v. Wainwright
37.
What was the name of the amendment that would have guaranteed equal rights for women, but was never ratified by enough states?
a)
13th amendment
b)
19th amendment
c)
27th amendment
d)
Equal Rights Amendment
38.
________ prohibited federally funded schools from discriminating against women in nearly all aspects of school operations, from admissions to athletics.
a)
Title F
b)
Title IX
c)
Title XI
d)
Title S
39.
What court case in 1992 modified the earlier landmark case on abortion?
a)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
b)
Monroe v. Vicar
c)
Griswold v. Connecticut
d)
Wader v. Ohio
40.
Who wrote the book The Feminine Mystique that boosted the feminist movement?
a)
Anne Hathaway
b)
Charlie Hunham
c)
Betty Friedan
d)
Elisa Friedan
41.

Members of the counterculture movement were known as _________ . They wore distinctive clothing that set them apart from mainstream society.

a)
Hippies
b)

Generation X

c)
Yuppies
d)
Silent Minority
42.

Choose all answers the complete this statement:

Members of the counterculture _____________

a)

wanted to live a cooperative, utopian life.

b)

rejected middle class values.

c)

often chose the same careers as their parents.

43.

Conformity

a)

The belief that the Americans came to value conformity over independence, financial gain over spiritual and social advancement.

b)

That Americans valued independence over group mentality.

c)

The idea that Americans developed manners for everyone to follow.

d)

The following of ancestral character rather than developing individualism.

44.

Rationality

a)

The state of being agreeable to reason.

b)

the Hippies were not agreeable to reason, tradition, middle class values.

c)

A utopia of a freer society, closer to nature.

d)

a belief that society could be full of love, tolerance, and cooperation.

45.

What book inspired the second wave of feminism?

a)

The Feminist

b)

The Second Sex

c)

The Feminine Mystique

d)

The Hunger Games

46.

The organization that aimed to educate and protect Mexican-American communities

a)

Brown Berets

b)

Barrio Boys

c)

Latinos United

d)

The Mexican Panthers

47.

What was introduced in the 1960s which gave women more freedom and control of their own bodies?

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

The Feminine Mystique

c)

Birth Control

d)

The 19th Amendment

48.

Which case gave women federal protection to access an abortion?

a)

Roe v. Wade

b)

George v. Lopez

c)

Loving v. Virginia

d)

Marbury v. Madison

49.

What book inspired the second wave of feminism?

a)

The Feminist

b)

The Second Sex

c)

The Feminine Mystique

d)

The Hunger Games

50.

Which addition to the constitution WOULD have given equality to all sexes?

a)

Equality Act

b)

The fair proposition

c)

Gender Equity Bill

d)

Equal Rights Amendment

51.

What were colleges forced to give women under Title IX?

a)
equal job opportunities
b)
equal athletic opportunities
c)
equal voting opportunities
d)
equal housing opportunities
52.

Which 1868 amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen?

a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
53.
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
a)
14th 
b)
15th 
c)
19th 
d)
23rd
54.

True or False: Betty Friedan's book, The Feminine Mystique focused on the dissatisfaction of highly educated, middle-class women.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

An organization founded in 1966 to pursue feminist goals, such as better childcare facilities, improved educational opportunities, and an end to job discrimination.

a)

AIM

b)

Counterculture

c)

National Organization for Women

d)

Feminism

56.
What disadvantages did women face in the workplace?
a)
Discrimination in hiring practices 
b)
None of these are correct
c)
They did not face discrimination
d)
They got the same pay as men
57.

Which state was the first to grant women voting rights?

a)

Alabama

b)

Colorado

c)

Utah

d)

Wyoming

58.
What amendment was never passed?
a)
NOW
b)
ERA
c)
CORE
d)
SOL
59.

What was the most effective way Feminists changed others view on them?

a)

Protests

b)

Leaflets

c)

Raids

d)

Petitions

60.

What type of things did women throw into the  “freedom trash can” during the Miss America Pageant protests? 

a)

Books and papers

b)

Flowers and crowns

c)

Garbage and bottles

d)

Bras and fake eyelashes

61.

What technology helped propagate consumerism and uniformity of American life in the 1950s?

a)

AM radio

b)

computers

c)

television

d)

the transistor

62.

Explain three accomplishments of the feminist movement? In your opinion, were there any setbacks? Write 2 full paragraphs (5-6 sentences)

4 lines
63.

What Republican/conservative president was in office at the end of the Vietnam War and the early 1970s?

a)

Johnson

b)

Ford

c)

Nixon

d)

Carter

64.

Mark all of the following influences or causes of the Counterculture movement.

a)

Baby boom kids are now young adults, rebeling aginst parents.

b)

Youth is more active in political causes

c)

Higher college enrollment

d)

Beatnik movement of 1950's

65.

A group of college students organizes protests to draw attention to the Vietnam War, racism, political/social injustice

a)

SDS

b)

FSM

c)

ERA

d)

NOW

66.

This group was formed at Cal-Berkley to fight the censorship of speech on college campuses.

a)

SDS

b)

FSM

c)

NOW

d)

ERA

67.

Not going along with the norms of society, stop challenging the system and build their own society of freedom and independence.

a)

Communes

b)

Hippies

c)

Counterculture

d)

Beatniks

68.

Group living arrangements where members share everything off the grid

a)

Communes

b)

Hippies

c)

Counterculture

d)

Beatniks

69.

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan claimed women are not fulfilled being housewives- want a career and college education united and rallied the support for Women's Rights.

a)

True

b)

False

70.

Organized support for women’s rallies, demanded greater educational opportunities for women and helped women in the workplace

a)

SDS

b)

EOCC

c)

NOW

d)

ERA

71.

This government organization investigates fair hiring practices and pay for races and sexes

a)

SDS

b)

EOCC

c)

NOW

d)

ERA

72.

This was passed in 1972, it prohibited gender discrimination in public schools from admission to athletics

a)

Title IX

b)

Title X

c)

Title XI

d)

Title XII

73.

This Supreme Court Case legalizes birth control pills in the U.S. A big step in women's rights to make their own decisions.

a)

Roe v Wade

b)

Griswold v Conneticut

c)

Nixon v U.S.

d)

Oberfell v Hodges

74.

This Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion- gov’t cannot restrict women’s right to have an abortion within the first 3 months

a)

Roe v Wade

b)

Griswold v Conneticut

c)

Nixon v U.S.

d)

Oberfell v Hodges

75.

This protected women against discrimination but it did not pass and still has not.

a)

Equal Rights

Ammendment

b)

Civil Rights Amendment

c)

Equal Pay Amendment

d)

War Powers Ammendment

76.

An active effort to improve employment or educational opportunities for minorities. It called for companies and institutions that do business with the Federal Government to hire/enroll more minorities.

a)

Affirmative Action

b)

Equal Rights

c)

AIM

d)

Civil Rights

77.

This organization was formed by Cesar Chavez to gain rights for farm workers to get better pay, benefits, and job security

a)

EPA

b)

AIM

c)

UFW

d)

ERA

78.

This organization was an organized political group to fight high unemployment, inadequate housing on reservations, and racial discrimination.

a)

EPA

b)

AIM

c)

UFW

d)

ERA

79.

The Silent Spring by Rachel Carson looked at pesticides and chemicals used on crops and the effect it has on people’s/animals' health when ingested. It became the leader of attention on the environment.

a)

True

b)

False

80.

This government agency sets pollution standards, investigated businesses to check levels of pollution, and test/researched chemicals being used

a)

EPA

b)

AIM

c)

UFW

d)

ERA

81.

This was a community in NY by Niagara Falls that was built on top of a toxic waste dump that was leaking. the residents sued the government, state relocated 800+ families

a)

Love Canal

b)

3 Mile Island

c)

Consumer movement

d)

New Jersey

82.

Marks the following that IS NOT an example of fossil fuel.

a)

coal

b)

oil

c)

natural gas

d)

nuclear energy

83.

With new technologically advanced products, American people wanted products with higher safety/quality info. This time was called what?

a)

Equal Pay Movement

b)

Women's Movement

c)

Counterculture Movement

d)

Consumer Movement

84.
After the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, it was no longer legal to
a)
let African Americans ride the bus.
b)
deny someone of a job because of their race.
c)
fire someone for not doing their job.
d)
kick someone out of the military.
85.

AIM - organization founded in Minnesota for Native Americans

a)

American Irish Movement

b)

Indian American Movement

c)

American Native Movement

d)

American Indian Movement

86.

What group/individuals sought to improve the treatment of migrant workers through boycotts and strikes?

a)

SNCC, Martin Luther King

b)

Black Panthers, Newton

c)

United Farm Workers Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

d)

Immigration Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

87.

Can only be changed by changing people way of thinking. Exists by custom and practice

a)

de jure segregation

b)

de facto segregation

c)

white flight

88.

What is a migrant worker?

a)

Someone who loves to eat

b)

Someone who travels from place to place to work

c)

Someone who likes to color

89.

Which of the following did Cesar Chavez NOT use to help him with his strike?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Mahatma Ghandi

c)

President Obama

90.

What union did Cesar Chavez start?

a)

Community Service Organization

b)

La Causa

c)

Huelga

d)

National Farm Workers Association

91.

what is feminism👩🏼‍🎓?

a)

the idea that women should have equal political, economical and social rights

b)

the idea that women should have the right to vote

c)

the idea that women should be placed higher than men in society

d)

the idea that girls should have equal political, social, and economical rights

92.

Removed barriers to black enfranchisement in the South, banning poll taxes, literacy tests, and other measures that effectively prevented African Americans from voting -

a)

Voting Rights Act of 1965

b)

Voting Rights Act of 1865

c)

Votings Rights Act of 1982

93.

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

94.

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

95.

Hippie Community that rejected mainstream society by living together with shared property and money with flexible and loose relationships.

a)

Communes

b)

Hippies

c)

The Beatles

d)

Woodstock

96.

These provided free or low-cost medical insurance to welfare recipients and most Americans age 65 and older.

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Economic Opportunity Act

c)

Elementary and Secondary Education Act

d)

Medicare and Medicaid

97.

Who wrote Unsafe at Any Speed, which criticized the automobile industry?

a)

Rachel Carson

b)

Ralph Nader

c)

Sargent Shriver

d)

Barry Goldwater

98.
Clean Water Act 1972
a)
established the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. 
b)
U.S. federal law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation's surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas. Passed in 1972 and amended in 1977 and 1987, the Clean Water Actwas originally 
c)
legislation that grants public access to documents or other data in the possession of a government agency or public authority, unless the information falls into a category that is specifically excluded from the terms of the legislation.
99.
This is the federal organization that ensures that all Americans are protected against specific hazards to the environment and human health where they learn, work and live.
a)
Department of Energy
b)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
c)
Environmental Protection Agency
d)
Energy Policy Act
100.
This act  was created by the US Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to assist in the creations of law to protect the environment. This act was also established to handle problems such as acid rain, ground-level ozone, and air toxics.
a)
Clean Air Act
b)
Clean Water Act
c)
Energy Policy Act
d)
Department of Energy

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