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WorksheetsAEF 2025 US Chapter 17 LT Quiz
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 46mins
Where did most of America’s youth movements and protests in the 1960s & 70s begin?
High School Campuses
College Campuses
Major Cities & urban locations
Washington D.C.
The youth movement known as ________________ defined their view in the Port Huron Statement. The movement called for an end to apathy and urged citizens to stop accepting a country run by big corporations and big government.
Port Huron Student Group
Hippie Counterculture Students
Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a National Change
What movement started on college campuses due to the restriction of campus literature, as well as large class size and strict campus rules?
Free Student Actions Movement
New Left Movement
Democratic Students Movement
Free Speech Movement
The Hippie Counterculture rejected the current political and social system entirely. They wanted to build a _______ society that was freer and closer to nature, and formed ________, which were group living arrangements in which members shared everything and worked together.
Utopian - Communes
Anarchist - Rationalities
Commune - Natural
Rational - Organizations
The belief that men and women should be equal politically, economically, and socially is the base for which protest movement?
Civil Rights
Feminist
Hippie
Free Speech
_________ section of the educational amendments, prohibits federally funded schools from discriminating against women in nearly all aspects of school operations, and from admission to athletics.
Title V
Title VII
Title IX
Title X
True or False: Despite the passage of the Bilingual Education Act of 1968; most state mandated tests and public education are still administered primarily in the english language only.
True
False
What group of American citizens did Richard Nixon appeal to in the 1968 presidential election?
Caucasians
The Silent Majority
African Americans
Working Class Citizens
True or False: By 1960, most Americans believed that women could better serve society by becoming educated and excelling and high-paying, prestigious jobs than by being stay at home wives and mothers.
True
False
The segregated sections of many Southwestern cities in which most mexican Americans lied were called________?
Braceros
Mexican Towns
Barrios
Buentarios
Although the counterculture of the 1960s did not achieve its utopian goals, it had a lasting influence on:
Fashion and music in the United States
Practices and rules at large universities
Living arrangements in the United States
Middle-class and white-collar values
To push for better wages and working conditions for farmworkers, Cesar Chavez organized a successful:
March on Washington
Sit-down strike
Advertising and publicity campaign
National boycott on grapes
Richard Nixon’s plan to reduce the size of the federal government, end several federal programs, and give more control to state governments was called:
Revenue Sharing Plan
New Federalism
Detente
States Rights
Nixon’s policy of “detente” was so important because:
It increased tensions with the Soviet Union and therefore caused the United States military to expand
It finally ended American involvement in Vietnam
It greatly relaxed tensions and built a better relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union
None of the above
What was the main purpose of SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)?
To encourage the United States and the Soviet Union to limit production of nuclear arms
To increase the production of nuclear arms
To involve Western Europe in the limitation of nuclear arms
None of the above
The _________________ signed in 1975 by the U.S., Canada, & most of Europe was designed to protect human rights for all persons regardless of nation, religion, or beliefs.
Detente
Treaty of Paris
Helsinki Accords
Versailles Accords
What led investigators to conclude that the burglars who broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate building in 1972 were connected to President Richard Nixon’s administration?
G. Gordon Liddy was an assistant to the vice president
President Nixon admitted involvement to the special prosecutor in May of 1973
The security guard who reported the break-in saw White House badges on the clothes of the burglars
James McCord was a member of the Committee for the re-election of the President
True or false: President Nixon ordered five men to break into the Watergate building to steal information.
True
False
President Nixon argued that recordings of White House conversations should remain confidential to protect national security, a principle known as:
Self-Incrimination
Independent Counsel
Cover-Up
Executive Privilege
To make matters of the Watergate scandal worse, Nixon’s vice president Spiro Agnew was forced to resign when it was discovered that he had been:
Destroying Evidence
Accepting Bribes
Spying on the Democrats
Lying to Congress
The lasting impact(s) of the Watergate scandal was that:
It led to new laws intended to limit the power of the executive branch
It caused many Americans to distrust public officials
It caused many Americans to view the president in a more negative manner
All of the above
Following the government’s practice of deficit spending in order to fund the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War, the United States suffered from an increase in price and a decrease in the value of money, this is known as:
Deflation
Stagflation
Inflation
Subtraction
How did President Carter respond to the Soviet Union violating the Helsinki Accords?
He gave the Panama Canal back to the Soviet Union
He raised trade tariffs with the Soviet Union
The United States boycotted the 1980 Olympic games
The Soviet Union was not allowed to hold the 1980 Olympic games
President Carter’s presidency and reputation suffered towards the end of his first term due to a political crisis known as:
The Helsinki Accords Crisis
The Detente Crisis
The Embargo Crisis
The Iran Hostage Crisis
True or False: By 1970 schools and public facilities in the United States were fully integrated in all states.
True
False
How did many white middle class families respond to court mandated busing of African American children -- what was this known as?
They supported the movement and assisted in buying extra supplies for the schools -- white privilege
They were wary but allowing of the African American students -- white skepticism
They took their own children out of public schools that had court ordered busing -- white flight
None of the above
Which policy called for companies, schools, and institutions doing business with the federal government to recruit a certain number of African Americans, women, & other minorities?
Equal Action Clause
Affirmative Action
Civil Rights Act
Integrated Action
What was the significance of the ruling of the University of California v. Bakke Supreme Court case?
It stated that the university had to admit Bakke to its medical program
It stated that universities were not allowed to use race as part of their admissions criteria
It stated that universities could no longer used “fixed quotas” to maintain a diverse population
It ruled that the university did not violate Bakke’s rights and that affirmative action was constitutional
The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 recognized the legitimacy of local reservation law and guaranteed reservation residents the protections of:
Affirmative Action
The National Guard
The Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Bill of Rights
In 1970, President Nixon passed a new anti-pollution law that created the Environmental Protection Agency. This concept of protecting the environment for future generations and placing regulations on pollution levels is known as:
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Anti-environmentalism
Environmentalism
Earth protectionism
In 1975 Congress passed an act to protect students with disabilities. The act stated that all students should receive ________ and appropriate ____________.
Free -- Education
Funded -- Housing
Free -- Transportation
Funded -- Public Access
Members of the counterculture movement were known as _________ . They wore distinctive clothing that set them apart from mainstream society.
Generation X
Choose all answers the complete this statement:
Members of the counterculture _____________
wanted to live a cooperative, utopian life.
rejected middle class values.
often chose the same careers as their parents.
Conformity
The belief that the Americans came to value conformity over independence, financial gain over spiritual and social advancement.
That Americans valued independence over group mentality.
The idea that Americans developed manners for everyone to follow.
The following of ancestral character rather than developing individualism.
Rationality
The state of being agreeable to reason.
the Hippies were not agreeable to reason, tradition, middle class values.
A utopia of a freer society, closer to nature.
a belief that society could be full of love, tolerance, and cooperation.
What book inspired the second wave of feminism?
The Feminist
The Second Sex
The Feminine Mystique
The Hunger Games
The organization that aimed to educate and protect Mexican-American communities
Brown Berets
Barrio Boys
Latinos United
The Mexican Panthers
What was introduced in the 1960s which gave women more freedom and control of their own bodies?
Roe v. Wade
The Feminine Mystique
Birth Control
The 19th Amendment
Which case gave women federal protection to access an abortion?
Roe v. Wade
George v. Lopez
Loving v. Virginia
Marbury v. Madison
What book inspired the second wave of feminism?
The Feminist
The Second Sex
The Feminine Mystique
The Hunger Games
Which addition to the constitution WOULD have given equality to all sexes?
Equality Act
The fair proposition
Gender Equity Bill
Equal Rights Amendment
What were colleges forced to give women under Title IX?
Which 1868 amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen?
True or False: Betty Friedan's book, The Feminine Mystique focused on the dissatisfaction of highly educated, middle-class women.
True
False
An organization founded in 1966 to pursue feminist goals, such as better childcare facilities, improved educational opportunities, and an end to job discrimination.
AIM
Counterculture
National Organization for Women
Feminism
Which state was the first to grant women voting rights?
Alabama
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
What was the most effective way Feminists changed others view on them?
Protests
Leaflets
Raids
Petitions
What type of things did women throw into the “freedom trash can” during the Miss America Pageant protests?
Books and papers
Flowers and crowns
Garbage and bottles
Bras and fake eyelashes
What technology helped propagate consumerism and uniformity of American life in the 1950s?
AM radio
computers
television
the transistor
Explain three accomplishments of the feminist movement? In your opinion, were there any setbacks? Write 2 full paragraphs (5-6 sentences)
Who would most likely be associated with this pin?
JFK
Cesar Chavez
Malcolm X
Humberto Duran
Who would be associated with this depiction/illustration?
Phyllis Schlafly and The N.O.W
J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter
Betty Friedan & The Feminine Mystique
Hillary Clinton and Living History
This illustration shows student fashion during what period?
the Jazz Age
the Cold War
the Civil Rights Movement
Counterculture Movement
This poster shows a group that was originally created to advocate for what?
equal employment opportunities for women
a retirement system for farm laborers
better economic treatment of migrant workers
publicly funded health care for children
This passage is describing a change in fashion towards the end of what
The counterculture movement
the Jazz Age
the conservative movement
the 1920s
What would be a good statement that reflects this photo
The unequal status of American women during the 1960’s
Racial segregation continued in the Southern United States
The conflict of the Vietnam War on the home front
The increases in college tuition during the 1960’s and 1970’s
What is this excerpt best explained by?
Voting Rights Act of 1964
Twenty Sixth Amendment
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act
Civil Rights Act 1964
What is the main idea behind this poster?
A sizable anti-war movement emerged in the United States over the war
Most Americans feared is Vietnam fell to communism, neighboring states would be threatened
Most Americans felt the conflict was a civil war and we should not be involved
There was strong disagreement in the US about Vietnam involvement.
This illustration best represents what Civil Rights Act?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act of 1969
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Title IX
These pieces of legislation resulted in what?
the regulation of cabinet-level agencies
The creation of programs to alleviate poverty
federal guarantees of income
limitations on government expenditures
What event is associated with the music described here?
Sombrero Festival
Freedom Rides
March on Washington
Woodstock
What was the primary purpose of this executive order?
Promote fair employment practices in government agencies.
establish a time line for eliminating segregated facilities in government buildings
reduce the fines paid by corporations for discriminatory hiring practices
establish hiring quotas for female workers in private corporations
What action did Cesar take that would be consistent with this letter?
asking Congress to pass legislation for low income housing
promoting the takeover of large corporations by farm workers
calling for stricter enforcement of immigration laws
Organized a farm workers union.
What amendment was brought about from photos (ideas) like this one?
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Eighteenth Amendment
Twenty-First Amendment
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Why did Chicanos establish the United Farm Workers?
To attain the right to vote in federal elections
To obtain fair wages & improve labor conditions.
To exert influence on foreign policy
To change citizenship requirements
The result of the decision in Hernandez v Texas, a Mexican-American could not be what?
tried by jury from which Mexican-Americans had been systematically excluded (kept out of).
made to pay an unreasonable bail to be released from jail
denied an education in an all-white school
stopped from voting in a President election
The Black Panther tactics were different from MLK’s because the Black Panthers called for what?
the use of armed resistance if necessary.
respecting government authority
enduring injustice through religious faith
the use of the court system to gain equality
