Question 1

Cesar Chavez used nonviolent means to organize Mexican-American

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farm workers

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voters

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students

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factory workers

Question 2

The event that was most responsible for Chavez's group gaining negotiating power was

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a national boycott

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a protest march

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an act of Congress

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a strike

Question 3

In the 1970s, La Raza Unida focused its efforts on

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electing Latinos to public office.

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promoting cooperation between various Latino groups.

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reclaiming land taken from Mexican landholders in the 19th century.

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educational reform at the national level.

Question 4

The Indian Education Act gave greater control over the education of Native Americans to

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Native American tribes.

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the National Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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the American Indian Movement.

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state and local government.

Question 5

In the 1970s, the American Indian Movement organized all of the following EXCEPT

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the meeting that resulted in the Declaration of Indian Purpose.

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the occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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the Trail of Broken Treaties march on Washington.

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the occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

Question 6

The modern feminist movement became more organized and focused after the

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passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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publication of "The Feminine Mystique".

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publication of the first issue of "Ms." magazine.

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founding of the National Women's Political Caucus.

Question 7

Phyllis Schlafly became well known for her efforts to

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defeat the Equal Rights Amendment.

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organize radical demonstrations for women's rights.

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get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified.

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reverse the Supreme Court's decision in "Roe v. Wade."

Question 8

The members of the counterculture movement were mostly

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white, middle-class college youth.

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entertainers, artists, and musicians.

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poor urban youth.

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Latinos and Native Americans.

Question 9

Conservatives placed the blame for the increasing permissiveness in society on

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campus rebels and the counterculture.

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women and minorities.

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Democrats.

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the Beatles.

Question 10

The conservative reaction to the counterculture

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helped propel Richard M. Nixon into the White House.

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was largely ineffective.

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set the nation on a more liberal course.

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posed a danger to traditional values.

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