Ch.25 pt. 2 Hist.111 – Flashcards
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The Young Lords Organization in New York City represented:
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Puerto Ricans
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By 1968, the number of U.S. troops in Vietnam:
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exceeded half a million as the war became more brutal
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The New Left:
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called for a democracy of citizen participation.
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The counterculture of the 1960s can best be described as:
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a rejection of mainstream values.
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The Gulf of Tonkin resolution:
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authorized the president to take "all necessary measures to repel armed attack" in Vietnam.
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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring inspired the:
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environmental movement.
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In 1967, the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that:
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state laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional.
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Which event marked the turning point in the Vietnam conflict, forcing Lyndon Johnson to change course and pull out of the upcoming presidential race?
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the Tet offensive.
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Black Power emerged as a response to all of the following factors EXCEPT:
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the passage of the Civil Rights Act
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In the Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan:
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focused on the discontents of middle-class women.
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Radical feminists:
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argued that "the personal is political."
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The gay liberation movement:
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was inspired by the civil rights movement.
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The legacies of the 1960s include:
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a transformation in the status of women.
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All of the following statements about the Black Panther Party are true EXCEPT:
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d. the Black Panther Party rejected the idea of black self-determination.
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The Port Huron Statement:
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offered a vision for social change based on participatory democracy
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In his 1968 election campaign, Richard Nixon appealed to the:
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silent majority.
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On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated:
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while in Memphis, supporting a garbage workers' strike.
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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring inspired the:
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environmental movement.
