Multiple Choice Chapter 27 Self-Quiz 1

. What was the complaint of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in the fall of 1964?

They argued that their education did not prepare them properly for the job market.

They claimed that the university prevented them from making society more just.

They complained that the university was too expensive.

They complained that the faculty at Berkeley did not meet the standard of those on the East Coast.

. Who began the lunch counter sit-ins in North Carolina in 1960?

veterans

waitresses

students

clergy

. Why did people in East Berlin flee to West Berlin after World War II?

Americans offered better jobs in the western district.

East Berlin had suffered worse destruction in World War II.

Soviets ruled East Germany with deadly violence.

They were hoping for a better life in the West.

. During which time period did Congress pass the social and economic reforms that became known as the Great Society?

1946â1948

1952â1954

1961â1963

1964â1966

. Why were only 355 out of 15,000 voting-age African Americans in Selma, Alabama, registered to vote in 1965?

They did not feel that they had home in either the Republican or the Democratic Party.

Alabama prohibited the registration of African Americans.

Would-be black voters faced complex tests that white voters did not.

The registration rate amongst white voters was just as low.

. Why was Medicare so important for Americans in 1965?

Elderly Americans were among the poorest people in the country.

Older Americans were getting sicker.

Younger Americans wanted the same health care benefits as their parents.

Americans believed that health care was something the government should pay for.

. How did the case of New York Times v. Sullivan further define the libel laws in the United States?

Libel was legal if it was accurate.

Libel was legal if it was about rich people.

Libel had to be deliberate and malicious to be a crime.

Libel was only a crime if people got hurt in the process.

. Who started the Six-Day War of 1967?

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Syria

. What concerned Americans about science and technology after World War II?

It did not seem to improve life or health.

It seemed to only benefit the rich and the powerful.

It mostly came from immigrants or scientists abroad.

The United States seemed to turn into a "technocracy."

. Beatlemania erupted in the United States in early

1957.

1964.

1968.

1972.

. Which of the following organizations was not affiliated with the Black Power movement?

Nation of Islam

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

Black Panthers for Self-Defense

. What did Robert Kennedy do during his visit in South Africa in 1966?

He denounced apartheid.

He praised South Africa's reform efforts.

He met with Nelson Mandela.

He celebrated the nation's recent independence from Holland.

. In 1973, why did the American Indian Movement occupy the site of the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee?

to demand the reinstatement of Ogalala Sioux Chief Richard Wilson

to protest the Indian boarding school there

to protest widespread corruption in the BIA and tribal councils

to protest the building of a casino on the reservation

. Which administration created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

c)Richard M. Nixon

Franklin D. Roosevelt

. Which of the following movies immortalized the dark side of the counterculture of the late sixties?

Rebel Without a Cause

West Side Story

Hair

Easy Rider

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