US History Makeup Assessment

In the 1950s and 1960s a movement for racial equality emerged in the United States that came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement. Which of the following was NOT something associated with the Civil Rights Movement of this period?

As a result of the civil rights protests and unwanted national and international attention the U.S. approved a new constitutional amendment known as the Equal Rights Amendment in order to ensure that all Americans enjoyed equal rights.

Which of the following statements about President Richard Nixon is FALSE?

Before becoming President in 1969, Richard Nixon had never held public office and as a result he was considered an "outsider" and an "underdog" by those in the political mainstream.

In 1963 President Lyndon Johnson took office and began to push for new laws intended to address issues of poverty. This effort was known as "the war on poverty" and the new government programs that emerged were called the "Great Society Programs." Which of the following was NOT considered a Great Society Program?

The Share the Wealth Commission

The year 1968 is sometimes referred to as "the year the dream died" because of the many traumatic things which occurred that year. Which of the following was NOT one of the traumatic things that occurred in 1968?

The Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Nixon.

The feminist movement began to take shape during the 1960s. Which of the following historical developments did NOT play a key role in the creation of this modern feminist movement in the United States during the 1960s?

The formation of the feminist organization known as the Sisterhood of Equality (SOE).

During much of the 1970s a lot of people believed that the United States was in decline both economically and militarily. Which of the following was NOT one of the key historical developments that people pointed to as an example to support their conclusion that the U.S. was in decline during this period?

The inability of the U.S. government to treat the growing number of Vietnam Veterans who had been diagnosed with a mental and emotional disorder known as the "Vietnam Syndrome" was seen as yet another example of the weakness of America and evidence of its decline.

Beginning in the 1950s and 1960s the United States underwent a reorientation in its perceived cultural norms relating to sexual behavior. Historians often refer to this reorientation as the "Sexual Revolution." Which of the following historical developments was NOT associated with this so called sexual revolution in the U.S. during the 1950s and 1960s?

The sudden and widespread appearance of a new sexually transmitted disease known as HIV/AIDS.

During the 1960s the Supreme Court reoriented much of the legal philosophy and constitutional interpretations in the United States as it heard new cases and ruled in unorthodox ways. This process of reorientation is often referred to as the "Rights Revolution." Which of the following court cases was NOT one that the Supreme Court ruled on during the 1960s as part of this so called Rights Revolution?

Warren vs. Tennessee