Deck 15: A Divided Culture, a Divided Society

Question 1

One of the social movements of the 1960s that retained the most strength in the 1970s was

A) The women's rights movement
B) The Black Power movement
C) The anti-war movement
D) All of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The women's movement of the early 1970s differed from its predecessors by

A) Drawing its strength from the grass-roots energies of women in local communities
B) Becoming more aggressive and militant
C) Becoming more rooted in science
D) Focusing solely on national legislation to change the condition of women

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The gay rights movement found a new, more public voice after

A) The passage of the Civil Rights Act
B) The legalization of gay marriage
C) The Stonewall Riots
D) The end of the Cold War

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Most indicative of the changing social mores of the 1960s and 1970s was a survey that showed that among college-age Americans

A) Women were as sexually active as men
B) Women were more sexually active than 50 years earlier, though still less active than the average man
C) Women were more sexually active than men
D) Women were no more sexually active than they had been 50 years earlier

Question 5

-This advertisement for Gay Pride Week is an indicator

A) That the struggle for gay liberation was over
B) That gay people were more willing to be open and affirming about their sexuality by 1973
C) That gay people were still in the closest
D) That there were still many issues for gay Americans to tackle

Question 6

By the early 1970s, the average earnings of Black American families

A) Equaled that of white American families
B) Still remained stagnant
C) Had increased substantially, but still did not equal that of white families
D) Had surpassed that of white American families

Question 7

The people who benefited the most from the social changes of the 1960s were those who

A) Were white and male
B) Could take advantage of affirmative action programs
C) Could take advantage of social welfare programs
D) Were from an economically secure background

Question 8

Women experienced an employment boom in the late 1960s and 1970s, largely in

A) Professional jobs that required a college degree
B) Low-paying, traditionally female jobs like clerical and service work
C) Unionized labor jobs with good benefits
D) The growing tech industry

Question 9

During the 1970s, the number of women heading families with children increased by

A) 30%
B) 46%
C) 72%
D) 100%

Question 10

The feminization of poverty as women increasingly headed households with children hit _______ the hardest.

A) Black women
B) Hispanic American women
C) White women
D) Asian American women

Question 11

Black families living in urban areas _______ during the 1970s.

A) Made substantial economic gains
B) Made limited economic gains
C) Maintained the level of poverty they had had since World War II
D) Lost ground economically

Question 12

During the 1960s and 1970s Black America split into a two-class society, largely because

A) Black families who could afford to moved out of urban neighborhoods and into the suburbs
B) Of the split in the civil rights movement
C) Of the stigma placed on recipients of social welfare programs
D) Of the growth of evangelicalism

Question 13

In the American welfare system

A) Only the very wealthy had no stigma attached to them as they did not receive welfare assistance from the state
B) Almost all citizens received public health and childcare assistance, with no stigma attached
C) Those who needed help were viewed with suspicion and treated as less worthy
D) Mothers were forced to give up their children to give them a better life

Question 14

Many welfare recipients were afraid to get out of the system for fear of

A) Not being able to support their children
B) Losing family support if they had to move for a job
C) Not being able to get an education without help
D) Being treated poorly in the working world

Question 15

The growth of poverty in America was largely caused by

A) The growth of the welfare mentality
B) Increasing alienation and disaffection among Americans
C) Dramatic shifts in the American economy itself
D) All of the above

Question 16

Indicators of progress that began to decline in the 1970s included

A) A shift from trade surplus to trade deficits
B) A shift to unskilled jobs
C) The outsourcing of manufacturing jobs overseas
D) All of the above

Question 17

Arab states embargoed the sale of oil to America

A) To protest American support of Israel
B) To punish America for devaluing the dollar
C) To bring home to Americans how dependent they were on Arab oil
D) All of the above

Question 18

The shocking and frightening thing about inflation in the 1970s was that

A) It was paired with increasing employment
B) It was paired with increasing unemployment
C) It continued even as Americans reduced their dependence on foreign oil
D) It was paired with a huge growth in productivity for American companies

Question 19

Workers blamed _______ for the declining productivity of American labor

A) Lack of worker motivation
B) Management efforts to displace workers and shut them out of management decisions
C) The increase of women working outside the home
D) Competition for workers

Question 20

The average blue-collar worker of the 1970s struggled with

A) Inflation
B) Rising unemployment
C) Loss of control in the workplace
D) All of the above