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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.
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Author
sku
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
157,707
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
3679
Last 3 plays: Guest 208 (3/10), Hayes1953 (3/10), Guest 73 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Tom Hayden was the leader of which of these radical student groups? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who is credited with introducing the term "Black Power" to 1960s political discourse? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which of the following was not a member of the "Chicago 7"? Hint


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.


Question 5 of 10
5. This organization advocated the destruction of property in the hope of fomenting revolution in the United States. Hint


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


Question 7 of 10
7. This professor was removed from a teaching job at UCLA on grounds of political beliefs. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of the following college campuses was NOT known as a center of student unrest in the 1960s? Hint


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


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



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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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