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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 escalation of the Vietnam War.
D American University speech.
Question #2
A increase the size of the black population in the United States.
B increase regional diversity among new immigrants.
C guarantee that the majority of immigrants came from Europe.
D decrease the overall number of new immigrants.
Question #3
A La Raza
B Third World Liberation Front
C Young Americans for Freedom
D Young Lords Party
Question #4
A sexual freedom.
B beauty standards.
C consciousness-raising.
D equal employment.
Question #5
A enhancing police powers.
B supporting federal authority.
C strengthening states’ rights.
D protecting individual freedoms.
Question #6
A disillusionment with nonviolent protest actions.
B passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
C the banning of protest marches in Alabama.
D Governor Wallace’s support for voting rights.
Question #7
A federal officials.
B rural black youngsters.
C black college students.
D white college students.
Question #8
A a backlash against civil rights gains.
B their commitment to states’ rights.
C opposition to the progressive income tax.
D their desire for small government.
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 The desire to distract American attention from Cuba
D Kennedy’s decision to deploy additional American troops in Europe
Question #10
A sexual liberation of young American women.
B success of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley.
C popularity of the Rolling Stones’ raunchy songs.
D 1966 Supreme Court decision on pornography.
Question #11
A feared alienating southern Democrats.
B was distracted by the conflict in Vietnam.
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 prohibit interracial marriage.
C lawyers had to be provided for poor defendants.
D states could not ban the sale of contraceptives.
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 President John F. Kennedy’s ambivalence about intervening in Cuban politics.
B the involvement of Soviet troops in turning back the invasion.
C outdated intelligence going back to the Eisenhower administration.
D a lack of Cuban support for overthrowing Fidel’s Castro regime.
Question #15
A A. Philip Randolph.
B Martin Luther King Jr.
C John Lewis.
D Bayard Rustin.
Question #16
A 500,000 to five million.
B two million to 5 million.
C 8 million to 12 million.
D three million to nine million.
Question #17
A As a path toward racial equality
B As essential for transforming personal and social behavior
C As another demonstration of male dominance over women
D As a central feminist strategy
Question #18
A voting rights.
B bilingual education.
C nationalist pride.
D employment.
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 unless its demands were met soon, the movement would turn to violence.
D the civil rights movement would continue until its goals were achieved.
