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Are You a '60s Radical? Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about the radical '60s?

A multiple-choice quiz by sku. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
sku

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
157,707

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Tom Hayden was the leader of which of these radical student groups? Hint

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Students for a Democratic Society

Weather Underground

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is credited with introducing the term "Black Power" to 1960s political discourse? Hint

Stokely Carmichael

Angela Davis

Malcolm X

Huey Newton

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following was not a member of the "Chicago 7"? Hint

Tom Hayden

Abbie Hoffman

Jerry Rubin

Eldridge Cleaver

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Black Panther Party was a Black nationalist organization that believed that African-Americans should not work with people of other races.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. This organization advocated the destruction of property in the hope of fomenting revolution in the United States. Hint

The Black Panthers

The Weathermen

The Yippies

The Daughters of the American Revolution

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Young Lords was a Puerto Rican revolutionary group modeled after the Black Panthers. Who served as their lawyer? Hint

Henry Cisneros

Thurgood Marshall

William Kunstler

Geraldo Rivera

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Question 7 of 10

7. This professor was removed from a teaching job at UCLA on grounds of political beliefs. Hint

Edward Teller

Staughton Lynd

Angela Davis

Timothy Leary

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following college campuses was NOT known as a center of student unrest in the 1960s? Hint

National Autonomous University of Mexico

University of California at Berkeley

Kent State

Columbia University

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Question 9 of 10

9. This radical leader called for a transition from a "thing oriented society" to a "people oriented society" and warned of the "giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism." Hint

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Eldridge Cleaver

Abbie Hoffman

Mao Zedong

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Question 10 of 10

10. In 1965, Casey Hayden and Mary King made waves in the peace and civil rights movements by doing what? Hint

Calling it disloyal to America

Robbing a bank to raise money for the cause

Publishing a gossipy tell-all memoir

Accusing it of sexism

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Tom Hayden was the leader of which of these radical student groups?

Answer: Students for a Democratic Society

SDS was one of the most popular campus groups of the '60s and was active in the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements.

2. Who is credited with introducing the term "Black Power" to 1960s political discourse?

Answer: Stokely Carmichael

Carmichael was the controversial leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who expelled white members from the organization.

3. Which of the following was not a member of the "Chicago 7"?

Answer: Eldridge Cleaver

The "Chicago 7" were a group of activists who were tried for inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. The other defendants were Rennie Davis, Dave Dellenger, Lee Weiner and John Froines. Black Panther, Bobby Seale, was originally the eighth defendant before he was sentenced to jail for contempt of court.

The defendants were convicted, but the convictions were overturned on appeal.

4. The Black Panther Party was a Black nationalist organization that believed that African-Americans should not work with people of other races.

Answer: False

The Black Panther Party philosophy can best be described as a mix of "Black nationalism" and socialism. The Panthers were strong believers in coalition building and advocated forming alliances with left wing whites, Latinos, Asians and Native Americans.

5. This organization advocated the destruction of property in the hope of fomenting revolution in the United States.

Answer: The Weathermen

The Weatherman (later, the Weather Underground) was a radical offshoot of the Students for a Democratic Society which planted bombs and advocated the destruction of the power structure in order to cause a revolution. The Black Panthers believed in using force for self-defense and carried weapons to protect themselves from police.

The Yippies used non-violent theatrics to get their message across. While the conservative DAR advocated both property destruction and violence, it was against the Vietnamese.

6. The Young Lords was a Puerto Rican revolutionary group modeled after the Black Panthers. Who served as their lawyer?

Answer: Geraldo Rivera

Geraldo Rivera was allegedly recruited for his first reporting job after a news director saw him on television as the Young Lords' lawyer.

7. This professor was removed from a teaching job at UCLA on grounds of political beliefs.

Answer: Angela Davis

An outspoken radical, Davis was fired from UCLA for her affiliation with the Communist Party. Lynd, a prominent antiwar activist, was denied tenure at Yale after visiting Hanoi. Leary was fired from Harvard for his controversial experiments involving LSD.

8. Which of the following college campuses was NOT known as a center of student unrest in the 1960s?

Answer: Kent State

In the 1960s, there were high profile demonstrations and unrest at Berkeley (the free speech rallies and Peoples' Park riots), Columbia (the occupation of the President's office) and National Autonomous University of Mexico (NAUM/UNAM) (the 1968 student movement). Kent State in Ohio, however, was comparatively quiet throughout the decade.

It was not until 1970 that massive protests broke out in response to the United States bombing of Cambodia. Those protests, of course, culminated in the killing of four students by the Ohio National Guard that tragically put Kent State on the national map.

9. This radical leader called for a transition from a "thing oriented society" to a "people oriented society" and warned of the "giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism."

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Toward the end of his life, King adopted a socialist philosophy. He came out against the Vietnam War, advocated unionization of poor workers and founded the poor peoples' movement, which pushed for an economic system based on social justice.

10. In 1965, Casey Hayden and Mary King made waves in the peace and civil rights movements by doing what?

Answer: Accusing it of sexism

Activists Hayden and King published "Sex and Caste" in 1965, protesting the movement's sexism and pointing out that while the organizational leaders were all male, women were relegated to subordinate positions. Many consider this a founding document of the 1970s women's rights movement.

Source: Author sku

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