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B outdated intelligence going back to the Eisenhower administration.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