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AP U.S. History Exam 1.49. The excerpt best reflects which of the following political characteristics of the 1960s and '70s?
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- 00:00
[ musical flourish ]
- 00:02
And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the Equal Rights Amendment,
- 00:06
the greatest threat to less than signs.
- 00:09
Yeah... Equal rights... Uh, nevermind.
- 00:11
All right, check out this excerpt.
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- 00:13
[ mumbles ]
- 00:20
And the question:
- 00:22
The excerpt best reflects which of the following
- 00:24
political characteristics of the 1960s and '70s?
- 00:28
And here are your potential answers.
- 00:30
There oughta be one on, like, bare feet. Or optional shaving or something.
- 00:34
Well, maybe not.
- 00:35
All right, well, here we go.
- 00:37
The 1960s and '70s tend to elicit visions of
- 00:40
hippies and flower power, but there were some serious
- 00:43
debates blossoming in the courts
- 00:44
and Congress during those decades.
- 00:47
Let's see how the Equal Rights Amendment impacted
- 00:49
the sum total of these movements for social change.
- 00:52
In terms of the political landscape, does the excerpt
- 00:55
reflect an A -
- 00:56
shifted focus to foreign policy over domestic affairs?
- 01:01
Hmm. Well, this excerpt is talking about the Equal Rights Amendment,
- 01:05
a domestic issue before Congress
- 01:07
arguing that "existing laws are not adequate
- 01:10
to secure equal rights for women."
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So that eliminates A and C.
- 01:14
Was a political characteristic of the 1960s and '70s B -
- 01:18
conservative defense of traditional values?
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Well, actually, the conservative social movement didn't take hold
- 01:24
'til the 1980s and '90s,
- 01:26
bringing with it some pretty traditional ideas.
- 01:28
Thank you, Ronald Reagan.
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That bans B, as well.
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Which means the political characteristic of the '60s and '70s
- 01:35
best reflected in the excerpt is D -
- 01:37
the use of federal power to address social issues.
- 01:41
Like, before then, it was all states-based.
- 01:44
The U.S. government was in the business of social change
- 01:46
during the '60s and '70s.
- 01:47
The Supreme Court tackled racism through cases like
- 01:50
Brown v. Board of Education
- 01:52
and Congress worked to address equality through the use of
- 01:55
federal legislation.
- 01:56
So D is the correct answer.
- 01:58
And despite their best efforts, groups like
- 02:00
the National Organization for Women
- 02:02
failed to secure the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment,
- 02:05
which was a real drag on the movement for gender equality.
- 02:09
[ rimshot ]
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