America Divided – The Civil War of the 1960s Practice Test

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• Which administration is credited with improving the lives of Americans and expanding infrastructure in the postwar era?
• Under the Economic Opportunity Act, which program was created to support local community anti-poverty initiatives?
• Came from the Democratic Party. Which term is this describing?
• The Tet Offensive is associated with which conflict?
• The Community Action Program was part of which act?
• Which statement describes one proposed solution to poverty that involves taxation?
• The Free Speech Movement began at which university in 1964?
• What did Congress do to counter the Soviet Union?
• In what year did inflation become low?
• Medicare was established in 1965. In which year was it established?
• What were the key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
• Who replaced Harkins as MACV commander?
• Which event signaled a major shift in public attitudes toward the Vietnam War due to intensified media coverage?
• Who was the president after World War II?
• How many days did the United States virtually shut down in November 1963 after Kennedy's assassination?
• Name a flagship program of Johnson's Great Society aimed at children.
• Which summary best describes the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
• Which civil rights leader delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech?
• The book The Other America described a hidden group of people living in poverty. Approximately how many did Harrington estimate lived in poverty?
• What was the goal of CAAs?
• The Watts Rebellion occurred in 1965 in which city?
• Which Supreme Court case established a right to privacy related to contraception?
• Why was the conflict in Vietnam called 'McNamara's War'?
• What was JFK about to order to stop testing nuclear weapons?
• Which infrastructure expansion is associated with the Eisenhower era?
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 targeted discrimination in which two main sectors?
• The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 created which federal department?
• Which constitutional amendment prohibited poll taxes in federal elections?
• How did television coverage influence the Civil Rights Movement?
• True or False: Widows with small children at home and people with severe disabilities such as blindness would still have to turn to welfare agencies for assistance.
• True or False - The budget of the federal government was in balance
• Which term is associated with John Glenn's orbital flight in February 1962?
• What was President Johnson's administration known as?
• VISTA stands for which phrase?
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964 primarily protected from discrimination which area?
• What did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorize the U.S. president to do?
• Which term refers to the space program established to land on the Moon?
• Who wrote the book 'The Other America' and what was its central argument?
• What was the purpose of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964?
• How did the Civil Rights Act benefit African Americans?
• The Delano grape strike highlighted the intersection of which two social movements?
• The prosperity of the 1950s solved which problem?
• What term describes the perceived gap between government statements about Vietnam and the war's reality?
• Research institutes focused on sex, gender, and reproduction. Which term fits?
• The aim of Freedom Summer in Mississippi (1964) was to do what?
• What was the focus of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964?
• Which author wrote The Feminine Mystique?
• The Tet Offensive of 1968 contributed to which shift in public opinion about the Vietnam War?
• In 1962, inflation was low.
• Which statement best summarizes the era described?
• Which city is associated with the JFK airport?
• What did the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 include?
• Which term refers to a landmark case that ended American censorship of written fiction?
• The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is commonly known as which act?
• Which of the following statements about the 1950s is true?
• Miranda v. Arizona (1966) led to which courtroom rule regarding confessions?
• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was created to enforce provisions against what?
• Operation Plan 34A involved which force?
• In what year was the Black Panther Party founded?
• Which Supreme Court case struck down anti-miscegenation laws in 1967?
• Which term refers to the 1965 act reforming immigration policy?
• The activism for farmworkers' rights and immigrant rights in the 1960s is most closely associated with which movement?
• End of American censorship of written fiction. Which term is associated with this landmark change?
• The Water Quality Act of 1965 targeted which environmental issue?
• In what year did the Vietnam War begin, according to the material?
• Bombing campaign over North Vietnam, supposed to weaken enemy's ability and will to fight. Which term is this?
• Was inflation low in 1962?
• What resolution got passed in the house and senate?
• Which department is responsible for assisting poorer families with housing and urban development?
• When was the recession, and how many American wage earners could not find a job?
• The Woodstock Festival (1969) became a symbol of which movement?
• What did the Economic Opportunity Act establish?
• SNCC stands for which organization?
• Where would the Office of Economic Opportunity's funding go?
• Who was the founding director of the Peace Corps?
• In what year was NOW founded?
• Which department oversees housing and urban development programs for low-income families?
• Which statement about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is accurate?
• Which federal department focuses on housing and urban development?
• Which act established federal regulations on air quality?
• Which two prominent figures were assassinated in 1968?
• Which statement best describes the Civil Rights Act’s lasting impact compared with earlier measures?
• Which federal agency enforces laws against employment discrimination and oversees equal opportunity in the workplace?
• Who was the initial general in command of MACV?
• Which term ended the national-origin quotas established in 1924?
• The number of advisers JFK stationed in South Vietnam was approximately how many?
• Fidel Castro was the dictator of which country in 1963?
• In what year did the slogan 'Black Power' gain prominence within the Civil Rights Movement?
• What did the Civil Rights Act outlaw?
• Name two major Civil Rights organizations active in the 1960s.
• The Black Panther Party was founded by which leaders?
• AFDC was created in which year?
• Who wrote The Other America?
• The Delano grape strike highlighted the intersection of labor rights and which demographic group?
• Effects of Eisenhower Administration: which of the following?
• The Great Society health programs were designed to address which issue?
• What was the desire of the Vietnamese people?
• Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
• Which program provides health insurance for poor families?
• The Port Huron Statement is associated with which group?
• The New Left was shaped by which organization and document?
• Which program provides health insurance for the elderly?
• The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) aimed to assist which student group?
• Who was the Chief Justice for Brown v. Board of Education?
• What was the National Youth Administration?
• When was the Civil Rights Act signed into law?
• The United Farm Workers (UFW) is the organization most closely associated with which movement?
• Which book is authored by Michael Harrington?
• Which pair correctly matches the leaders of North and South Vietnam?
• The Water Quality Act of 1965 aimed to protect the nation's water quality from what?
• The Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution was passed by which bodies?
• The American Indian Movement (AIM) formed in 1968 focused on what?
• Which description best characterizes the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
• The cultural separation between children and their parents. Which term describes this?
• What was the Job Corps?
• What is AFDC?
• How many advisers did JFK station in South Vietnam?
• The Medicare program created in 1965 provides health insurance for which population?
• Who was the leader of South Vietnam?
• Which term is associated with postwar defense policy?
• Who founded the United Farm Workers (UFW)?
• Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims established which principle?
• The Economic Opportunity Act included the Community Action Program to address poverty through what mechanism?
• Which program aimed to end poverty through local community action efforts in the 1960s?
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott took place in which city?
• Who wrote The Other America?
• In which year was NOW founded?
• Which program under the Economic Opportunity Act was established to provide volunteer service to fight poverty?
• Which term is associated with the U.S. space program to land humans on the Moon?
• Engel v. Vitale (1962) and Abington Township v. Schempp (1963) addressed what practice in public schools?
• Which 1962 book helped catalyze the modern environmental movement?
• Which 1966 decision required police to inform suspects of their rights?
• The Watts Rebellion occurred in which year and city?
• Whose administration had improved the lives of Americans?
• Who was the SCLC organizer and who was the national chairman?
• Which landmark case is associated with reapportionment and the one person, one vote principle?
• The Freedom Rides of 1961 challenged segregation in which area?
• Spent time in jail. Which term is associated with this fact?
• Which of the following was proposed as another solution to poverty?
• Undersecretary of state spoke out against military escalation in favor of political settlement. Which term does this describe?
• What was SNCC's main strategy in the early 1960s?
• Roe v. Wade (1973) addressed abortion by doing what?
• A major outcome of the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests was?
• The Tet Offensive of 1968 had what impact on American opinion of the war?
• Under the Economic Opportunity Act, the funding was directed toward grants to which of the following?
• The Fair Housing Act was part of which broader civil rights legislation?
• The Port Huron Statement is associated with which group?
• The 1968 Fair Housing Act aimed to desegregate housing and prohibit discrimination in housing. Which option best matches this goal?
• The baby boom provided an abundant pool of new eighteen year olds to meet the stepped-up monthly draft calls.
• Which act is primarily associated with desegregating public accommodations and ending discrimination in employment?
• Which organization founded in 1966 called for equal employment opportunity and equal pay for women?
• A hallmark service of the Black Panther Party's community work was which of the following?
• The Great Society is associated with which president?
• What was the central goal of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
• Who was the director of the Office of Economic Opportunity?
• Who killed John F. Kennedy?
• Which city named its airport after John F Kennedy?
• The Civil Rights Act of 1968 included which major housing provision?
• Which program did the Office of Economic Opportunity oversee?
• Did the number of people in advocacy groups increase during the 1960s?
• The Freedom Rides occurred in which year?
• Which student organization authored the Port Huron Statement?
• Which organization was founded in 1962 by Cesar Chavez and broadened into a national civil rights movement?
• Who popularized the slogan 'Black Power,' signaling a shift in the Civil Rights Movement, and in what year?
• Which major housing provision is associated with the Civil Rights Act of 1968?
• Which organization, founded in 1966, focused on women's rights and gender equality?
• What is the alternate name used by Stokely Carmichael?
• Which two major urban riots occurred in 1967 illustrating racial tensions?
• Were schools, streets, buildings, and the cape of Florida named after JFK?
• According to the material, what years encompass the Vietnam War?
• The 24th Amendment (1964) prohibited poll taxes in federal elections.
• True or False - Senator Ralph Yarborough sought to renew the programs and spirit of the New Deal
• Which areas did the Civil Rights Act address?
• The Delano grape strike (1965–66) was led by which union?
• Which 1962 book helped catalyze the modern environmental movement?
• What did the War on Poverty legislation establish?
• Who was the Cuban dictator in 1963?
• In what year did the Roe v. Wade decision occur?
• What was the other destroyer ship that joined the Maddox?
• In which month and year did the four-day shutdown occur?
• Which war is associated with the My Lai Massacre, and what was its impact on public opinion?
• The start of the Civil Rights Movement is commonly marked by which event?
• How much did the economy grow in 1961?
• The Clean Air Act established federal regulations in which domain?
• The National Youth Administration was part of which major U.S. policy era?
• Which two major health programs were created as part of the Great Society?
• What policy did the Nixon administration pursue to reduce U.S. troop involvement in Vietnam?
• What was Operation Plan 34A?
• Who succeeded Kennedy as president?
• How many seats did the Democrats lose in the House, and how many seats did the Democrats gain in the Senate?
• Which term describes the cultural rift between parents and children?
• True or False - Did newspapers begin to call the conflict in Vietnam 'McNamara's War?'