Question 1

The National Organization for Women (NOW)  campaigned for all of the following EXCEPT:

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A)   an end to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
B)   equal job opportunities for women.
C)   equal educational opportunities.
D)   equal opportunities in politics.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Malcolm X:

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A)   supported integration efforts.
B)   worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
C)   insisted that blacks have economic and political autonomy.
D)   felt that the Black Power movement went too far.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Black Power emerged as a response to all of the following factors EXCEPT:

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A)   frustrations over the federal government's failure to stop violence against civil rights workers.
B)   white workers' attempts to determine the civil rights movement's strategy.
C)   the civil rights movement's failure to have any impact on the economic problems of black ghettos.
D)   the passage of the Civil Rights Act.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

How did the women's liberation movement inspire a major expansion of the idea of freedom?

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A)   The women's movement included members of the middle class as well as the working class.
B)   The women's movement included men and women.
C)   The women's movement included African-Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Anglo-Americans.
D)   The women's movement brought considerations of power and justice inside the family.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

The Berlin Wall:

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A)   was built with the cooperation of West Germany and her western allies, who sought to improve relations with the Soviet Union.
B)   was torn down in 1989 by a group of Soviet protestors.
C)   was erected in 1961 by the Soviets to stem the rising tide of emigration from East Berlin to West Berlin.
D)   became an unlikely symbol of hope that one day the Cold War would end.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

The Hart-Cellar Act of 1965 did all of the following EXCEPT it:

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A)   no longer restricted southern and eastern Europeans.
B)   limited the amount of immigrants from the Western Hemisphere to 120,000.
C)   was forced through Congress in response to increasing numbers of Vietnamese refugees.
D)   provided special provisions for communist country refugees.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

How could Birmingham police chief Eugene Connor have undermined Martin Luther King Jr.'s strategy in Birmingham in May 1963?

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A)   He could have arrested more of the protesters.
B)   He could have requested the National Guard from the governor of Alabama.
C)   He could have requested federal assistance from President John F. Kennedy.
D)   He could have allowed the protesters to march unimpeded.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Republican Barry Goldwater viewed as a threat to freedom:

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A)   the New Deal welfare state.
B)   the nuclear weapons buildup.
C)   the military-industrial complex.
D)   the proliferation of private charities.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C) A

Question 9

Women's Liberation March, New York (August 26, 1970) 
 
-Which of the following most inspired the actions of the women shown in the photograph?

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A)   the desire for reproductive rights
B)   the African-American civil rights movement
C)   increasingly discriminatory government policies
D)   the desire to limit the role of governmentE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Why are the riots in American cities during the 1960s best understood as battles?

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A)   The Department of Defense deployed regular army units to suppress these uprisings.
B)   African-American rioters often had received military training in Cuba and Venezuela.
C)   Urban blacks saw the predominantly white police force as an occupying army.
D)   Rioters frequently employed weapons otherwise only used in military combat operations.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D) C

Question 11

The War on Poverty:

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A)   was first proposed by Richard Nixon as a means to gain support of congressional Democrats during Eisenhower's second term.
B)   was not a part of Johnson's Great Society agenda.
C)   concentrated on equipping the poor with skills and rebuilding their spirit and motivation.
D)   guaranteed an annual income for most Americans.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 12

The Black Panther Party:

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A)   repudiated the notion of "black power" and worked for reconciliation between the divided factions of SNCC and CORE.
B)   became a target of the FBI and California police.
C)   provided education and health care to urban residents.
D)   B and CE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 13

What event forced John F. Kennedy to take meaningful action in support of the civil rights movement?

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A)   Selma-to-Birmingham March.
B)   March on Washington rally.
C)   King's demonstrations in Birmingham.
D)   Greensboro sit-ins.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B) C

Question 14

The Civil Rights Act:

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A)   prohibited racial discrimination in places of public accommodation, but not private accommodation.
B)   was seen by Lyndon Johnson as "a fitting memorial" to John F. Kennedy, after his assassination.
C)   did not include a ban on discrimination on the basis of "sex" until the original bill was amended two years later.
D)   prohibited racial discrimination in places of employment only.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 15

Women's liberation:

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A)   was a single-issue movement that argued for equal pay for equal work.
B)   was a movement born of other movements where female activists had experienced discriminatory treatment from their male counterparts.
C)   remained a tiny fringe movement because of its radical tactics, including "consciousness-raising" sessions and a takeover of the 1968 Miss America pageant.
D)   B and CE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 16

The New Left:

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A)   was made up mostly of black college students.
B)   focused its activism on economic justice.
C)   called for a democracy of citizen participation.
D)   was made up of children of the Old Left.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Compare and contrast the liberal efforts to expand the role of government in the 1960s with the New Deal's efforts to expand the role of government in the 1930s.

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Question 18

Women's Liberation March, New York (August 26, 1970) 
 
-The activities depicted in the image best reflect which of the following trends of the 1960s and 1970s?

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A)   Conservatives challenging liberal laws and court decisions
B)   a decline in the trust in government as a result of war and corruption
C)   the emergence of grassroots movements focused on social justice
D)   the persistence of poverty as a national problem despite overall affluenceE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Why did the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)  emerge at the Democratic Party convention in Atlantic City in 1964?

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A)   The MFDP had won local elections in Mississippi.
B)   The MFDP was the white supremacist delegation sent to New Jersey by white Mississippians.
C)   The MFDP had received a personal invitation from the family of the deceased President John F. Kennedy.
D)   The MFDP challenged the state's Democratic Party's claim that it represented Mississippi fairly.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Compare and contrast the diplomatic, economic, and military initiatives between 1945 and 1980 in TWO of the following regions: East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.

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Malcolm X:

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Black Power emerged as a response to all of the following factors EXCEPT:

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How did the women's liberation movement inspire a major expansion of the idea of freedom?

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The Berlin Wall:

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The Hart-Cellar Act of 1965 did all of the following EXCEPT it:

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How could Birmingham police chief Eugene Connor have undermined Martin Luther King Jr.'s strategy in Birmingham in May 1963?

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Republican Barry Goldwater viewed as a threat to freedom:

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Why are the riots in American cities during the 1960s best understood as battles?

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The War on Poverty:

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The Civil Rights Act:

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Women's liberation:

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Compare and contrast the diplomatic, economic, and military initiatives between 1945 and 1980 in TWO of the following regions: East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.

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