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15 Cards in this Set
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Prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965: |
the vast majority of blacks in the South were denied the right to vote. |
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964: |
prohibited segregation in public facilities. |
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The phrase "Black Power" was connected to all of the following EXCEPT: |
the emphasis of Christian love in civil-rights strategies. |
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In March 1968, thousands of Chicanos protested inequality by: |
walking out of their high schools. |
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Martin Luther King, Jr., defined "black power" as: |
black people learning to take pride in themselves, thus becoming empowered. |
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Millions of young people in the second half of the 1960s expressed their alienation from American society by sampling drugs or chasing the rainbow of a youth culture; this is referred to as: |
counterculture. |
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The "daisy girl" campaign ad from 1964 suggested that which of the following might start a nuclear war? |
Barry Goldwater |
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Her book, The Feminine Mystique, provided a powerful, fluent voice for women who felt dissatisfied with the limits of their domestic lives. |
Betty Friedan |
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John Kennedy's New Frontier focused on: |
creating a new era of scientific and social progress. |
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All of the following statements about Lyndon Johnson are true EXCEPT: |
he was especially knowledgeable in all aspects of American foreign policy. |
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All of the following statements about the Haight-Ashbury district are true EXCEPT: |
the community's radicals preached an anti-drug message |
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In 1963, many Americans were sickened by: |
violence committed by authorities against civil rights activists in Birmingham, Alabama. |
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The Freedom Riders: |
challenged the segregation of interstate bus terminals. |
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Civil rights demonstrators felt that photographs of police brutality: |
aided their cause by forcing the nation to confront the reality of racism. |
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All of the following statements about the Black Panthers are true EXCEPT:
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they focused entirely on national rather than local goals. |
