Social Transformation Test

Question 1

Members of the Counterculture were predominately white, middle-class college students

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone in the assassination of JFK

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

The expression of nonconformity by _____ developed in tot he Beat Movement

Accepted Answer

Artists and Poets

Question 4

The first organized movement by African Americans was:

Accepted Answer

The Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott

Question 5

De Facto Segregation is Segregation that exists by custom, not law

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Freedom Riders helped to desegregate interstate bus route and facilities in bus terminals

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' exposed the dangers of:

Accepted Answer

Pesticides

Question 8

The Saturday Night Massacre relates to?

Accepted Answer

The Watergate Scandal

Question 9

New Federalism (Nixon Policy) is:

Accepted Answer

Reducing the size and power of the Federal Government

Question 10

OPEC nations cut off their supply of _____ in 1973 to the United States.

Accepted Answer

OIL

Question 11

What communistic country did President Nixon visit in 1972 to assist in make relations better?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 12

New Homes were built in the 1950s in the

Accepted Answer

Suburbs

Question 13

Medicare is a program for people over 65 to provide healthcare

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

With more to spend and products to buy, _____ became a way of life.

Accepted Answer

Consumerism

Question 15

Which group was founded to deal specifically with issues facing women:

Accepted Answer

National Organization for Woman

Question 16

Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?

Accepted Answer

Betty Friedan

Question 17

The doctrine that relates to the Brown vs. Board of Education

Accepted Answer

Separate but equal

Question 18

De jure segregation is segregation that exists by law

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in:

Accepted Answer

Public accommodations

Question 20

How did most Americans, in the 1960's, get their news and entertainment?

Accepted Answer

Television

Question 21

The voting Rights Act of 1965 did:

Accepted Answer

Register voters

Question 22

The philosophy of realpolitik considers what when considering a relationship with another country-

Accepted Answer

It's Power

Question 23

Martin Luther King Jr. was the founder and 1st President of:

Accepted Answer

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Question 24

As a result of the Watergate Scandal, there is constant public cynicism about our government-

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Who became President once President Nixon resigned?

Accepted Answer

Gerald Ford

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