HIST 106 - Exam 4 Test Questions
2025-2026 Latest Update with Actual
Answers.
1. 60s activism. - Answer By 1970, over 1/2 of Americans were under the age of 30
1945-1970 - University enrollment quadrupled
Many protests for injustice/inequality
1967 Time Magazine - "Man of the Year" generation under 25
2. 60s activism part 2. - Answer 1960 - Hayden & Haber formed Students for a Democratic
Society
1962 Manifesto - called for political reform, radical equality, and workers rights
"New Left" - govt reform is the key to social issues
Reform coming from young individuals
3. 60s activism part 3. - Answer 1962 - Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (pesticides)
Environmentalism - first Earth Day April 1970
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1973 - Endangered Species Act
1970 - Clean Air Act
4. Cultural change. - Answer Rise of the "hippies" - disaffected youth who abandon activism
and embrace counterculture movement
Timothy Leary - scientist and activist for psychedelic drugs
Musical radicalization and Woodstock
5. Feminism. - Answer New Feminism, or second wave feminism
The Feminist Mystique - called for equal rights and end to domesticity
1960 - FDA approved BC pill for public use
Roe v. Wade - supreme court recognized the fundamental right to abortion
, 7. Campus activism. - Answer Campus Anti-war protests - protested war and civilian
academic aid
Many universities were dependant on contracts from govt, esp. dept. of Defense
Univ. of Wisconsin - students protest Dow Chemical, who made napalm for Vietnam war
8. Vietnam protests. - Answer Ohio, Kent State Univ. - national guard shoots 4 innocent
bystanders at protest
200k men ignored draft notices
Large opposition to US involvement
9. Nixon & Vietnam. - Answer Wanted a relaxation of tensions, esp. with Soviets and China
1972 - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks - treaty that capped antiballistic missiles at 200, and no
new ballistic for 5 years
10. Vietnam. - Answer Plan - gradual reduction of troops, hardline peace talks, intense aerial
bombardment
Jan 1973 - signed truce with North Vietnam
Spring 1975 - All of Vietnam under communist control
11. Nixon scandal. - Answer Nixon obsessed with secrecy, made plans to sabotage Democrats
Ordered illegal wiretaps, tried to make IRS intimidate Democrats among other things
June 1972 - 5 former CREEP employees caught sneaking into DNC HQ at Watergate
Nixon denied knowledge and tried to cover up, later one of the burglars confessed
12. Nixon scandal part 2. - Answer Senate committee formed to investigate, Nixon refused to
cooperate, citing "executive privilege"
It is revealed that Nixon recorded Oval office meeting, refused to hand over, approval rating
dropped 71%
US vs. Nixon - forced to hand over tapes
Tapes (minus 18.5 mins) showed involvement w Watergate
Aug 9th - Nixon resigns after impeachment and is pardoned by Ford
2025-2026 Latest Update with Actual
Answers.
1. 60s activism. - Answer By 1970, over 1/2 of Americans were under the age of 30
1945-1970 - University enrollment quadrupled
Many protests for injustice/inequality
1967 Time Magazine - "Man of the Year" generation under 25
2. 60s activism part 2. - Answer 1960 - Hayden & Haber formed Students for a Democratic
Society
1962 Manifesto - called for political reform, radical equality, and workers rights
"New Left" - govt reform is the key to social issues
Reform coming from young individuals
3. 60s activism part 3. - Answer 1962 - Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (pesticides)
Environmentalism - first Earth Day April 1970
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1973 - Endangered Species Act
1970 - Clean Air Act
4. Cultural change. - Answer Rise of the "hippies" - disaffected youth who abandon activism
and embrace counterculture movement
Timothy Leary - scientist and activist for psychedelic drugs
Musical radicalization and Woodstock
5. Feminism. - Answer New Feminism, or second wave feminism
The Feminist Mystique - called for equal rights and end to domesticity
1960 - FDA approved BC pill for public use
Roe v. Wade - supreme court recognized the fundamental right to abortion
, 7. Campus activism. - Answer Campus Anti-war protests - protested war and civilian
academic aid
Many universities were dependant on contracts from govt, esp. dept. of Defense
Univ. of Wisconsin - students protest Dow Chemical, who made napalm for Vietnam war
8. Vietnam protests. - Answer Ohio, Kent State Univ. - national guard shoots 4 innocent
bystanders at protest
200k men ignored draft notices
Large opposition to US involvement
9. Nixon & Vietnam. - Answer Wanted a relaxation of tensions, esp. with Soviets and China
1972 - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks - treaty that capped antiballistic missiles at 200, and no
new ballistic for 5 years
10. Vietnam. - Answer Plan - gradual reduction of troops, hardline peace talks, intense aerial
bombardment
Jan 1973 - signed truce with North Vietnam
Spring 1975 - All of Vietnam under communist control
11. Nixon scandal. - Answer Nixon obsessed with secrecy, made plans to sabotage Democrats
Ordered illegal wiretaps, tried to make IRS intimidate Democrats among other things
June 1972 - 5 former CREEP employees caught sneaking into DNC HQ at Watergate
Nixon denied knowledge and tried to cover up, later one of the burglars confessed
12. Nixon scandal part 2. - Answer Senate committee formed to investigate, Nixon refused to
cooperate, citing "executive privilege"
It is revealed that Nixon recorded Oval office meeting, refused to hand over, approval rating
dropped 71%
US vs. Nixon - forced to hand over tapes
Tapes (minus 18.5 mins) showed involvement w Watergate
Aug 9th - Nixon resigns after impeachment and is pardoned by Ford
