Question 1

Match the term with the definition.
-Law that responded to demands of the civil rights movement by making discrimination in employment, education, and public accommodations illegal. It was the strongest such measure since Reconstruction and included a ban on sex discrimination in employment.

Accepted Answer

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 responded to the demands of the civil rights movement by making discrimination in employment, education, and public accommodations illegal. It also included a ban on sex discrimination in employment.

Question 2

How did conservative activists and the Republican administration of Richard Nixon respond to the dramatic changes of the 1960s and early 1970s?

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Question 3

Match the term with the definition.
-Federal body created by President Richard Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws, conduct environmental research, and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.

Accepted Answer

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in 1970 under President Nixon to enforce environmental laws and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.

Question 4

Match the term with the definition.
-Women's civil rights organization formed in 1966. Initially, it focused on eliminating gender discrimination in public institutions and the workplace, but by the 1970s it also embraced many of the issues raised by more radical feminists.

Accepted Answer

The definition matches the National Organization for Women (NOW), which was founded in 1966 and focused on improving women's civil rights and eliminating gender discrimination in public institutions and the workplace. By the 1970s, NOW had become more radical and embraced many of the issues raised by more radical feminists.

Question 5

The feminism that emerged in the 1960s affected women in many ways. How did different activist groups define feminism? What approaches did these groups take to achieve their goals? What did they achieve? What obstacles did they face?

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Question 6

Match the term with the definition.
-Law passed during Lyndon Johnson's administration that empowered the federal government to intervene to ensure that minorities had access to the voting booth. As a result of the act, black voting and officeholding in the South shot up, initiating a major transformation in southern politics.

Accepted Answer

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a law passed during Lyndon Johnson's administration that empowered the federal government to intervene to ensure that minorities had access to the voting booth. As a result of the act, black voting and officeholding in the South shot up, initiating a major transformation in southern politics.

Question 7

Match the term with the definition.
-Organization established in 1968 to address the problems Indians faced in American cities, including poverty and police harassment. The organization mobilized Indians to end relocation and termination policies and win greater control over their cultures and communities.

Accepted Answer

The organization described is the American Indian Movement (AIM).

Question 8

Match the term with the definition.
-President Lyndon Johnson's efforts, organized through the Office of Economic Opportunity, to ameliorate poverty primarily through education and training and by including the poor in decision-making.

Accepted Answer

The War on Poverty was President Lyndon Johnson's efforts, organized through the Office of Economic Opportunity, to ameliorate poverty primarily through education and training and by including the poor in decision-making.

Question 9

Match the term with the definition.
-Mobilization of Mexican Americans in the 1960s and 1970s to fight for civil rights, economic justice, and political power and to combat police brutality. Most notably, the movement worked to improve the lives of migrant farmworkers and to end discrimination in employment and education.

Accepted Answer

The mobilization of Mexican Americans in the 1960s and 1970s to fight for civil rights, economic justice, and political power and to combat police brutality is commonly referred to as the Chicano Movement.

Question 10

Match the term with the definition.
-Social programs enacted as part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. One provided the elderly with universal compulsory medical insurance financed primarily by Social Security taxes, while the other authorized federal grants to supplement state-paid medical care for poor people of all ages.

Accepted Answer

Medicare and Medicaid were social programs enacted as part of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Medicare provided the elderly with universal compulsory medical insurance financed primarily by Social Security taxes, while Medicaid authorized federal grants to supplement state-paid medical care for poor people of all ages.

Question 11

Discuss the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964 and the civil rights march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, the following year. What were their common goals? What was the outcome of each?

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Question 12

Match the term with the definition.
-1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion, which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy. The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.

Accepted Answer

Roe v. Wade was the 1973 Supreme Court ruling that protected the right to abortion.

Question 13

Match the term with the definition.
-The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953-69), which expanded the Constitution's promise of equality and civil rights and issued landmark decisions in the areas of civil rights, criminal rights, reproductive freedom, and separation of church and state.

Accepted Answer

The Warren Court refers to the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953-69), which expanded the Constitution's promise of equality and civil rights and issued landmark decisions in the areas of civil rights, criminal rights, reproductive freedom, and separation of church and state.

Question 14

The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren interpreted the Constitution in ways that required the government to actually prevent injustice and discrimination. Explain this statement by citing specific Supreme Court decisions made between 1953 and 1969.

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Question 15

How did African Americans' struggle for civil rights influence the struggles of Native Americans, Latinos, and women?

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Question 16

Match the term with the definition.
-Movement of the 1960s and 1970s that emphasized black racial pride and autonomy. Advocates encouraged African Americans to assert community control and some within the movement also rejected the ethos of nonviolence.

Accepted Answer

The definition matches the black power movement, which advocated for black pride and autonomy and some members rejected nonviolence.

Question 17

Match the term with the definition.
-Legislation passed during Lyndon Johnson's administration abolishing discriminatory immigration quotas based on national origins. Although the law did limit the number of immigrants, including those from Latin America for the first time, it facilitated a surge in immigration later in the century.

Accepted Answer

The description matches the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which abolished discriminatory immigration quotas based on national origins.

Quiz 28: Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction

Match the term with the definition. -Law that responded to demands of the civil rights movement by making discrimination in employment, education, and public accommodations illegal. It was the strongest such measure since Reconstruction and included a ban on sex discrimination in employment.

How did conservative activists and the Republican administration of Richard Nixon respond to the dramatic changes of the 1960s and early 1970s?

Match the term with the definition. -Federal body created by President Richard Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws, conduct environmental research, and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.

Match the term with the definition. -Women's civil rights organization formed in 1966. Initially, it focused on eliminating gender discrimination in public institutions and the workplace, but by the 1970s it also embraced many of the issues raised by more radical feminists.

The feminism that emerged in the 1960s affected women in many ways. How did different activist groups define feminism? What approaches did these groups take to achieve their goals? What did they achieve? What obstacles did they face?

Match the term with the definition. -President Lyndon Johnson's efforts, organized through the Office of Economic Opportunity, to ameliorate poverty primarily through education and training and by including the poor in decision-making.

Discuss the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964 and the civil rights march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, the following year. What were their common goals? What was the outcome of each?

Match the term with the definition. -1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion, which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy. The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.

The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren interpreted the Constitution in ways that required the government to actually prevent injustice and discrimination. Explain this statement by citing specific Supreme Court decisions made between 1953 and 1969.

How did African Americans' struggle for civil rights influence the struggles of Native Americans, Latinos, and women?

Match the term with the definition. -Movement of the 1960s and 1970s that emphasized black racial pride and autonomy. Advocates encouraged African Americans to assert community control and some within the movement also rejected the ethos of nonviolence.