U.S. History Practice Test: Social Change in the 1960s and 1970s
- Social Change in the 1960s and 1970s
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
These 10 questions cover the reforms, protest movements and political crises of the 1960s and 1970s. Link each person or event to the group it spoke for, and the answers become easier to sort out.
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Question 1
Medicare and Medicaid were created in 1965 as part of which President's domestic program?
Correct answer: D
Johnson's Great Society included health coverage for older Americans (Medicare) and for low-income people (Medicaid). Truman had proposed national health insurance, but it did not pass.
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Question 2
Betty Friedan's 1963 book "The Feminine Mystique" challenged which idea?
Correct answer: B
Friedan described the frustration of many suburban housewives and questioned the belief that home life was enough. The book helped launch the women's movement; Friedan co-founded the National Organization for Women in 1966.
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Question 3
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta organized which group of workers?
Correct answer: A
Chavez and Huerta built the union that became the United Farm Workers. Their nationwide grape boycott pressured growers to sign contracts in 1970.
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Question 4
Rachel Carson's 1962 book "Silent Spring" warned the public about
Correct answer: C
Carson showed how pesticides moved through food chains and killed birds and fish. Her book helped start the modern environmental movement. Meatpacking was the subject of Upton Sinclair in 1906.
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Question 5
Which federal agency was created in 1970 to set and enforce rules against air and water pollution?
Correct answer: B
President Nixon set up the EPA in 1970, the same year as the first Earth Day. The Park Service and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare were older agencies with different jobs.
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Question 6
In July 1969, the Apollo 11 mission achieved which goal?
Correct answer: D
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. The first American satellite went up in 1958, and John Glenn orbited Earth in 1962.
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Question 7
During the Tet Offensive of 1968, North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attacked cities across South Vietnam. What was one major effect in the United States?
Correct answer: C
Tet was a military defeat for the attackers, but it contradicted official claims that victory was near. Public support fell, and President Johnson decided not to run again.
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Question 8
What happened at Kent State University in Ohio in May 1970?
Correct answer: A
Students were protesting the expansion of the war into Cambodia when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire. The shootings set off protests and strikes at hundreds of colleges.
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Question 9
In 1973, Arab members of OPEC stopped selling oil to the United States. What was a direct result?
Correct answer: D
The embargo, a response to U.S. support for Israel in the 1973 war, caused shortages and price jumps. It led to new interest in fuel economy and energy conservation.
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Question 10
How did the Watergate scandal end for President Richard Nixon?
Correct answer: B
Facing almost certain impeachment and removal, Nixon became the first President to resign. He actually won the 1972 election in a landslide, and President Ford pardoned him in 1974.
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