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| Which civil rights campaign had the goal of increasing black voter registration in Mississippi? | Freedom Summer (1964) |
| Which legislation banned segregation in public accomodations and discrimination in hiring practices? | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Which legislation resulted in increased protections for African-American voters? | Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
| Which African-American leader is an example of radicalism in the civil rights movement? | Malcolm X |
| Stokely Carmichael of SNCC is associated with promoting which radical civil rights movement? | Black Power |
| Which civil rights group promoted militant actions against racism and police brutality? | Black Panthers |
| Which book did Betty Friedan write to criticize the limits placed on women by society? | The Feminine Mystique |
| Which reform movement are Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem associated with? | Women's liberation or Feminism |
| Which organization played a leading role in the women's liberation movement? | National Organization for Women (NOW) |
| Which court decision was celebrated by the women's liberation movement because it guaranteed the constitutional right to have an abortion? | Roe v. Wade |
| Which constitutional amendment did the women's liberation movement support? | Equal Rights Amendment |
| Which federal regulation requires schools to provide equal access for women to educational and athletic opportunities? | Title IX |
| Who is associated with leading the movement to improve the lives of Latino farm workers? | Cesar Chavez |
| What were some of the results of environmentalism in the 1960s and 1970s? | Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| Which reform movement gained more attention as a result of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"? | environmentalism |
| What was the goal of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society? | end poverty and racial discrimination |
| What were some of the results of Lyndon B. Johnson's "war on poverty"? | Medicaid, VISTA, Medicare, Food stamps, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Head Start |
| Which decision made under the Warren Court expanded the rights of criminal suspects? | Miranda v. Arizona |
| What was the goal of American military involvement in Vietnam? | containment |
| Which resolution enabled President Lyndon Johnson to increase America's involvement in Vietnam? | Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| Which bombing campaign did the Johnson administration begin after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? | Operation Rolling Thunder |
| During the Vietnam War, U.S. military operations were conducted against which opponent(s)? | North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the Vietcong |
| What did the U.S. military use to destroy the jungle hiding places of the Vietcong and NVA? | Napalm and Agent Orange |
| What was the turning point that resulted in a loss of public support for President Johnson's handling of the Vietnam War? | Tet Offensive |
| Which group organized protests against U.S. military involvement in Vietnam? | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) |
| Which 1960s social movement is associated with the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco? | counter-culture or "hippies" |
| Which event represented the counter-culture? | Woodstock |
| Which 1960s social movement is associated with rock n' roll music, sexual revolution, and increased drug use? | counter-culture |
| Which event's disruption demonstrated the division in American society created by the Vietnam War? | the Democratic National Convention of 1968 |
| Which candidate was assassinated during the 1968 presidential campaign? | Robert Kennedy |
| Which presidential candidate was elected in 1968 by promising "peace with honor" in Vietnam and "law and order" at home? | Richard Nixon |
| What was President Richard Nixon's strategy in Vietnam? | Vietnamization |
| What military action did Richard Nixon take that resulted in massive anti-war protests in the United States? | invading Cambodia & Laos |
| Which incident did the anti-war movement use to focus on atrocities committed by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam? | My Lai Incident |
| Which war-time issue was involved in the case of NY Times v. U.S.? | freedom of the press |
| Which classified documents damaged American credibility in the Vietnam War after they were released to the public? | Pentagon Papers |
| In which event did anti-war protests against Nixon's invasion of Cambodia result in national guardsmen firing on student protestors? | Kent State |
| Which constitutional amendment resulted in suffrage for 18-year olds? | 26th Amendment |
| Which agreement resulted in the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Vietnam? | Paris Peace Accords |
| Which act was passed by Congress to limit President Nixon's ability to use the U.S. military in Vietnam? | War Powers Act (1973) |
| Which theory resulted in U.S. military involvement in Vietnam? | Domino theory |
| What was President Nixon's foreign policy to improve relations with the Soviet Union and China called? | Detente |
| What event symbolized the failure to prevent the spread of communism in Vietnam? | Fall of Saigon (1975) |
| Whose policy is associated with "New Federalism" involving the return of some powers to the states? | President Richard Nixon |
| Which practice was upheld by the Supreme Court's decision in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (1971)? | forced busing/integration programs |
| Which practice was upheld by the Supreme Court in the case of Bakke v. University of California Board of Regents (1978)? | affirmative action |
| Which movement was a result of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"? | environmentalism |
| What economic problems did the United States face during the 1970s? | energy crisis, stagflation |
| What problem was President Ford addressing with his WIN program? | inflation/stagflation |
| What was a result of the energy crisis during the 1970s? | high energy prices, conservation |
| Which incident resulted in increased fears of using nuclear power in the United States? | Three Mile Island |
| Which cabinet-level department was created under President Carter to encourage conservation and the development of alternative energy sources? | Department of Energy |
| Which scandal resulted in the resignation of President Nixon? | Watergate |
| Which court decision ordered President Nixon to release the White House tapes to the Senate Watergate committee? | U.S. v. Nixon |
| Who became the president of the United States after Nixon resigned from office? | Gerald Ford |
| Which candidate won the presidential election of 1976 by promising to restore faith and honesty in government once again? | Jimmy Carter |
| What peace treaty was negotiated between Israel and Egypt by President Jimmy Carter? | Camp David Accords |
| Which event resulted in a loss of public confidence in President Carter's ability to deal with Islamic radicalism? | Iran Hostage crisis |
| Who started Ms Magazine and was part of the Women's Liberation movement? | Gloria Steinum |
| Who first broke the information that the White House was part of illegal activities in Watergate? | Newspaper reporters Woodward and Bernstein |
| Where was the Russian nuclear power plant accident in 1986? | Chernoble |
| What neighborhood was identified with the counter-culture of the hippies in the 1960's? | Haight-Asbury in SF |
| What agency was created under the Nixon administration that enforced protection for the environment? | EPA |
| What 1962 book caused public support for LBJ's antipoverty war? | Michael Harrington's The Other America |
| What term came to be identified with the US be dragged down for years of involvement in Vietnam? | a quagmire |
| Who lead the 1964 free speech movement at Univ Calif. Berkeley? | Mario Savio |
| What event energized gay and lesbian militancy as a political movement in 1969? | Stonewall Inn incident, NYC |
