The Counterculture

Question 1

In the 1960s, people across the United States were exposed to the counterculture through

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mass media.

Question 2

Who was a popular musician and part of the 1960s countercultural movement?

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Jimi Hendrix

Question 3

How did most college students who opposed the Vietnam War protest the fighting?

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They held sit-ins or used other nonviolent tactics.

Question 4

In the 1960s, many members of the counterculture movement expressed their beliefs about property by

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living in communes with shared possessions.

Question 5

Which of these groups was most consistently opposed to the Vietnam War by the late 1960s?

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hippies

Question 6

What nicknames were given to supporters of the Vietnam War and those in opposition of it?

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hawks and doves, respectively

Question 7

Young women who belonged to the 1960s counterculture movement often

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pursued nontraditional roles instead of becoming wives and mothers.

Question 8

The student movement that began at the University of California at Berkeley in 1964

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addressed free speech and students’ rights.

Question 9

Which idea from the 1950s inspired the counterculture movement of the 1960s?

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an interest in travel and wanderlust

Question 10

Which statement best describes how Americans in the 1960s felt about the Vietnam War?

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In the early 1960s, most Americans actively supported the war. In the second half of the decade, their support decreased.

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