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Vietnam War and Counterculture
Vietnam War and Counterculture
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1
Politically, the counterculture movement eventually set the nation on a more ___ course.
Liberal
Conservative
2
To expose Vietcong tunnels, U.S. planes dropped this bomb that set fire to jungles of Vietnam.
Land Mines
napalm
DDT
Mustard Gas
3
U.S. Planes sprayed this leaf-killing toxic chemical, which devastated the jungles of Vietnam.
Dean Rusk
napalm
Agent Orange
4
___ did
not
occur in 1968.
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The U.S. invasion of Cambodia
The assassination of Robert Kennedy
The Tet Offensive
5
After World War II, the United States aided ___ in its efforts to keep control of Vietnam.
China
Japan
Britain
France
6
Which of the following statements best defines the domino theory?
Communism will cause the fall of the United States.
If one country falls to communism, others will fall, too.
7
_____ resulted in the uprooting of Vietnamese villagers with suspected ties to the Vietcong.
search-and-destroy missions
land mines and booby traps
lack of food and water
8
___ was most likely to oppose the positions of the women’s movement on a variety of issues.
Hippies
New Right
N.O.W.
Betty Friedan
9
___ enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam.
The Ho Chi Minh Trail
The fall of Dien Bien Phu
Operation Rolling Thunder
The strategic hamlet program
10
Cinco de Mayo
commemorates the ______ army's 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla.
United States
Mexican
Canadian
Canadian
11
The modern feminist movement became more organized and focused after the
publication of the first issue of Ms. magazine
passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
publication of The Feminine Mystique
founding of the National Women’s Political Caucus
12
The main purpose of the War Powers Act was to ___.
expand the power of the president
restrict the power of the president
13
At Woodstock, a crowd of over _ reveled in nearly nonstop live music for three days and nights.
400,000
100,000
25,000
14
The members of the counterculture movement were mostly
entertainers, artists, and musicians
Latinos and Native Americans
white, middle-class college youths
poor urban youths
15
In the 1970s, La Raza Unida focused its efforts on
electing Latinos to public office
educational reform
16
___ was one of the most outspoken opponents of the ERA and the women’s movement.
Gloria Steinem
Betty Friedan
Janis Joplin
Phyllis Schlafly
17
The slogan “Equal Pay for Equal Work” is likely to be associated with the belief called
conservatism
communism
feminism
segregation
18
Whom did conservatives blame for the increasing permissiveness in American society?
democrats
the Beatles
campus rebels and the counterculture
women and minorities
19
This was the first extensive U.S. bombing of North Vietnam.
Geneva Accords
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Operation Rolling Thunder
20
She co-founded
Ms.
magazine and the National Women’s Political Caucus.
Joni Mitchell
Betty Friedan
Gloria Steinem
21
___ was the United States’ main goal in Vietnam.
Upholding the Geneva Accords
Negotiating a cease-fire agreement with North Vietnam
Containing the spread of communism
Reunifying Vietnam
22
In the early years of the war, a young man could automatically be deferred from the draft by _.
getting a job
enrolling in college
getting married
becoming a conscientious objector
23
Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" became an anthemic song for politicized youth.
false
true
24
N.O.W. focused on bringing about changes in the workplace, like ending gender discrimination.
true
false
25
Whose book
The Feminine Mystique
inspired women to question their lives?
Betty Friedan
Gloria Steinem
Robin Morgan
Phyllis Schlafly
26
___ set off the first general student strike in U.S. history.
Riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The invasion of Cambodia
The assassination of Robert Kennedy
27
This is the theory behind the women’s movement.
Family life
Equal pay
Feminism
28
During the 1960s, men generally earned .75¢ to a woman's $1.00.
true
false
29
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a protest song written by
Bob Dylan
in 1962.
true
false
30
The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were part of the "British Invasion".
true
false
31
César Chávez used nonviolent means to organize Mexican-America ___.
students
farm workers
factory workers
voters
32
In
The Feminine Mystique,
she wrote about “the problem that has no name.”
Hilary Clinton
Gloria Steinem
Betty Friedan
33
__ became the hippie capital, for hallucinogenics, which California did not outlaw until 1966.
Greenwich Village
Haight-Ashbury
Woodstock
34
This was passed by Congress but was never ratified by the states.
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Separate but Equal
35
César Chávez helped farm workers win more rights, higher wages, and other benefits.
true
false
36
Which of the following is
not
considered a force that weakened the counterculture movement?
transcendental meditation
the effects of drug use
dependency on mainstream America
violent incidents