Lesson 2H.2.2
2H.2.2 Protest and reaction, 1963–72 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 8
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The 20 questions
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In which year was African American activist Malcolm X assassinated?
- 1965
- 1968
- 1972
- 1963
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Which Alabama city was the starting point for the 1965 voting rights marches to Montgomery?
- Little Rock
- Greensboro
- Birmingham
- Selma
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Which voting obstacle was outlawed by the US Voting Rights Act of 1965?
- Minimum age limits
- Literacy tests
- Postal voting
- Secret ballots
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Which organisation, founded in 1966, advocated armed Black self-defence and social programmes?
- SNCC
- Black Panther Party
- NAACP
- Nation of Islam
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What issue was targeted by Martin Luther King's 1966 campaign in Chicago?
- Housing discrimination
- School desegregation
- Bus segregation
- Voting rights
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What was the primary focus of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programme?
- Economic deregulation
- Domestic social reform
- Space exploration expansion
- Foreign military expansion
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Which two programmes created in 1965 provided federal health care for elderly and low-income Americans?
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Social Security, Welfare
- TRICARE, Medicaid
- Obamacare, Medigap
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Which group did Richard Nixon target with his 'silent majority' speech in 1969?
- Anti-war student activists
- Civil rights leaders
- Democratic congressmen
- Conservative non-protesters
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Which May 1970 event triggered nationwide student protests across US university campuses?
- Tet Offensive
- Kent State shootings
- Stonewall riots
- My Lai massacre
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Which campaign was galvanised by the June 1969 Stonewall riots in New York?
- Anti-war movement
- Women's rights movement
- Civil rights movement
- Gay liberation movement
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Which movement was most closely associated with the 1969 Woodstock festival?
- Youth counter-culture
- Civil rights movement
- Neoconservatism
- Christian fundamentalism
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What was the main goal of the National Organization for Women, founded in 1966?
- Traditional gender roles
- Anti-war campaigning
- Prohibition of alcohol
- Women's equality
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Which tactic was famously used by Cesar Chavez to campaign for farm workers' rights?
- Delano grape boycott
- Lunch counter sit-ins
- Freedom Rides
- Montgomery bus boycott
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What was the primary focus of Martin Luther King Jr.'s campaigns in 1967–68?
- Voting rights legislation
- Economic inequality
- School desegregation
- Bus boycotts
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How did President Richard Nixon approach Johnson's Great Society programmes?
- Left them untouched
- Expanded them greatly
- Abolished them completely
- Scaled them back
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What did the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorise President Johnson to do?
- Declare war formally
- Deploy nuclear weapons
- Escalate military action
- Withdraw US forces
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Which 1968 law banned discrimination in the sale and rental of US housing?
- Fair Housing Act
- Voting Rights Act
- Civil Rights Act
- Equal Pay Act
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Which movement was Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) a leading group in?
- The Alt-Right
- The New Left
- The Silent Majority
- The Moral Majority
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Which candidate won the US presidential election of 1968?
- George Wallace
- Richard Nixon
- Hubert Humphrey
- Lyndon B. Johnson
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Which 1968 offensive severely damaged public support for the Vietnam War?
- Easter Offensive
- Tet Offensive
- Rolling Thunder
- My Lai Operation
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