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D outdated intelligence going back to the Eisenhower administration.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