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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A construction of the Berlin Wall.
B Cuban missile crisis.
C American University speech.
D escalation of the Vietnam War.
Question #2
A increase regional diversity among new immigrants.
B decrease the overall number of new immigrants.
C increase the size of the black population in the United States.
D guarantee that the majority of immigrants came from Europe.
Question #3
A Young Lords Party
B La Raza
C Third World Liberation Front
D Young Americans for Freedom
Question #4
A consciousness-raising.
B sexual freedom.
C beauty standards.
D equal employment.
Question #5
A supporting federal authority.
B protecting individual freedoms.
C strengthening states’ rights.
D enhancing police powers.
Question #6
A the banning of protest marches in Alabama.
B disillusionment with nonviolent protest actions.
C Governor Wallace’s support for voting rights.
D passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Question #7
A white college students.
B federal officials.
C black college students.
D rural black youngsters.
Question #8
A a backlash against civil rights gains.
B opposition to the progressive income tax.
C their commitment to states’ rights.
D their desire for small government.
Question #9
A Kennedy’s decision to deploy additional American troops in Europe
B Nikita Khrushchev’s determination to undermine President Kennedy’s confidence
C The desire to distract American attention from Cuba
D A desire to retaliate for the Bay of Pigs operation in Cuba
Question #10
A sexual liberation of young American women.
B popularity of the Rolling Stones’ raunchy songs.
C success of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley.
D 1966 Supreme Court decision on pornography.
Question #11
A was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.
B feared alienating southern Democrats.
C made foreign affairs his top priority.
D wasn’t pressured by black activists.
Question #12
A the police had to inform suspects of their rights.
B states could not ban the sale of contraceptives.
C lawyers had to be provided for poor defendants.
D states could not prohibit interracial marriage.
Question #13
A protecting individual rights and freedoms.
B enhancing the rights of criminal defendants.
C ending discrimination against women and minorities.
D easing restrictions on the distribution of pornography.
Question #14
A President John F. Kennedy’s ambivalence about intervening in Cuban politics.
B outdated intelligence going back to the Eisenhower administration.
C the involvement of Soviet troops in turning back the invasion.
D a lack of Cuban support for overthrowing Fidel’s Castro regime.
Question #15
A John Lewis.
B Martin Luther King Jr.
C A. Philip Randolph.
D Bayard Rustin.
Question #16
A two million to 5 million.
B 500,000 to five million.
C three million to nine million.
D 8 million to 12 million.
Question #17
A As another demonstration of male dominance over women
B As essential for transforming personal and social behavior
C As a central feminist strategy
D As a path toward racial equality
Question #18
A employment.
B voting rights.
C nationalist pride.
D bilingual education.
Question #19
A unless its demands were met soon, the movement would turn to violence.
B racial conciliation in the United States was not only possible; it was inevitable.
C the civil rights movement would continue until its goals were achieved.
D the movement supported President Kennedy’s policies without reservation.
