The Great Silent Majority Quizzes
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Q. Which of these best describes postwar-era America?
There was a feeling of national success and righteousness.
There was a rise in drug use and domestic violence.
It was a Mad Max-style post-apocalyptic nightmare.
There was reunification after the Vietnam War.
Q. Which of these statements best applies to the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal?
They both originated before Nixon's presidency even started.
They both became symbols of American violence overseas.
They've been considered among the country's crowning achievements.
They both contributed to the feelings of distrust and failure that came to define 1970s America.
Q. Which of these best describes the participants of the counterculture movement of the 1960s?
They questioned mainstream authority, America's role in the international arena, and rejected the cultural norms of their parents.
They picketed the counters and desks of businesses all across the country during the 1960s.
They rarely indulged in materialistic excess and hated the music of the era.
They congregated only on college campuses.
Q. Which of these people was assassinated during the 1960s?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Osama bin Laden
Spiro Agnew
Timothy Leary
Q. Which of these resulted in even less support of American efforts in Vietnam?
The Pentagon Papers
The "Great Silent Majority" speech
Bell bottom pants and disco music
The election of Lyndon B. Johnson