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A outdated intelligence going back to the Eisenhower administration.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