phoenixlugia
New member
Help :O I have 50 history questions and I am CRAPPY at history! I know nothing! My notes are hard... And you really have to understand history to know the answers as its not peck and find type questions. Please help as best as you can, if there's some you don't know then skip em. I appreciate any try!
The "radicalism" of the 1960s traced its roots to...
a) the ideals of WWII and the cold war.
b) the experience of suburbia
c) socialization outside of the male mainstream of a gender segregated society.
d) all of the above.
2) some of the positive results of the political "radicalism" of the 1960's are...
a) greater sensitivity to the equal rights of minorities.
b) greater sensitivity to the equal rights of women.
c) single issue politicsm the invasion of politics by PACs, election consultants, and lobbyists.
d) a politics of authenticity which branded flaws in politicians backgrounds as hypocrisy.
e) only a and b.
3) The major characteristics of the post 1960's economy were...
a) overseas relocation of corporate plants and the immense profitability of these enterprises.
b) the flight of industry from the central cities to suburbs and unincorporated areas.
c) the increasing dependence on oil and petrochemicals.
d) all of the above.
4) During the 1970s the American people increasingly came to see Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter as failures because of popular
a) fears of the loss of China, the fall of Korea, and the capture of the hostages in Iraq.
b) disillusionment with presidential promises and the perception of incompetence or corruption at the presidential level.
c) dislike of the GATT, NAFTA, and the UN.
d) belief in the moral nature of leadership.
5) Because there were so many young people ages 18-24 during the 1960s examining their psychological structure provides some explanation of why cultural change happened. Central to their psychological make-up was
a) drugs, sex, and rock-n-roll.
b) Marxism, sexual liberalism, and communes.
c) moving out their pre-adult world and creating a new cultural role for themselves.
d) Freudian penis envy.
6) The youth sub-culture of the 1960s advocated which of the following values?
a) liberation from inauthentic and repressive roles and transcendence through community.
b) the red-scare and containment of communism.
c) self-discipline and self-reliance.
d) immortality through drugs and political protest.
7) Norman O. Brown, Herbert Marcuse, and Allan Watts advocated liberation of __ through (respectively) __ __ and __.
a) the working class... violence, revolution... drugs
b) feelings.. sex, spontaneity.. Zen
c) women... sex, spontaneity..cosmetics
d) animals... law, caring... new pet foods.
8) Jean-paul Sartre's existentialism, popular among academics and students in the 1960s, charged every individual with...
a) crime by reason of existence
b) death by reason of rock-n-roll
c) self-creation through choice.
d) morbid fears of death.
9) The youth culture of the 1960s
a) seemed to depend on the vast numbers of young people who achieved young adulthood during that decade.
b) the encouragement of mainstream society in the form of movies, university education, and frequently on drugs.
c) often centered on drugs, sex, fashion, and youthful self-indulgence.
d) all of the above.
10) Daniel J. Levinson's theory of adult transition is applicable to the youth culture of the 1960s because...
a) it speaks to the human psychic need to transform one's self as one moves into adulthood.
b) it "dovetailed" with much that was being taught in the universities at that time about the free market.
c) these people had experienced the Great Depression and understood the social need for "joy".
d) the universities which housed so many young people needed some theory of "loco parentis".
The "radicalism" of the 1960s traced its roots to...
a) the ideals of WWII and the cold war.
b) the experience of suburbia
c) socialization outside of the male mainstream of a gender segregated society.
d) all of the above.
2) some of the positive results of the political "radicalism" of the 1960's are...
a) greater sensitivity to the equal rights of minorities.
b) greater sensitivity to the equal rights of women.
c) single issue politicsm the invasion of politics by PACs, election consultants, and lobbyists.
d) a politics of authenticity which branded flaws in politicians backgrounds as hypocrisy.
e) only a and b.
3) The major characteristics of the post 1960's economy were...
a) overseas relocation of corporate plants and the immense profitability of these enterprises.
b) the flight of industry from the central cities to suburbs and unincorporated areas.
c) the increasing dependence on oil and petrochemicals.
d) all of the above.
4) During the 1970s the American people increasingly came to see Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter as failures because of popular
a) fears of the loss of China, the fall of Korea, and the capture of the hostages in Iraq.
b) disillusionment with presidential promises and the perception of incompetence or corruption at the presidential level.
c) dislike of the GATT, NAFTA, and the UN.
d) belief in the moral nature of leadership.
5) Because there were so many young people ages 18-24 during the 1960s examining their psychological structure provides some explanation of why cultural change happened. Central to their psychological make-up was
a) drugs, sex, and rock-n-roll.
b) Marxism, sexual liberalism, and communes.
c) moving out their pre-adult world and creating a new cultural role for themselves.
d) Freudian penis envy.
6) The youth sub-culture of the 1960s advocated which of the following values?
a) liberation from inauthentic and repressive roles and transcendence through community.
b) the red-scare and containment of communism.
c) self-discipline and self-reliance.
d) immortality through drugs and political protest.
7) Norman O. Brown, Herbert Marcuse, and Allan Watts advocated liberation of __ through (respectively) __ __ and __.
a) the working class... violence, revolution... drugs
b) feelings.. sex, spontaneity.. Zen
c) women... sex, spontaneity..cosmetics
d) animals... law, caring... new pet foods.
8) Jean-paul Sartre's existentialism, popular among academics and students in the 1960s, charged every individual with...
a) crime by reason of existence
b) death by reason of rock-n-roll
c) self-creation through choice.
d) morbid fears of death.
9) The youth culture of the 1960s
a) seemed to depend on the vast numbers of young people who achieved young adulthood during that decade.
b) the encouragement of mainstream society in the form of movies, university education, and frequently on drugs.
c) often centered on drugs, sex, fashion, and youthful self-indulgence.
d) all of the above.
10) Daniel J. Levinson's theory of adult transition is applicable to the youth culture of the 1960s because...
a) it speaks to the human psychic need to transform one's self as one moves into adulthood.
b) it "dovetailed" with much that was being taught in the universities at that time about the free market.
c) these people had experienced the Great Depression and understood the social need for "joy".
d) the universities which housed so many young people needed some theory of "loco parentis".