AP®︎ US History: Topic 8.12 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 8.12 of AP US History – Youth Culture of the 1960s.
Questions List
Topic 8.12
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: KC-8.1.II.B
Which war led to a significant shift in youth politics during the 1960s?
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Youth Culture of the 1960s
Thematic Focus: American and Regional CultureARC
Creative expression, demographic change, philosophy, religious beliefs, scientific ideas, social mores, and technology shape national, regional, and group cultures in America, and these varying cultures often play a role in shaping government policy and developing economic systems.
Learning Objective: Unit 8: Learning Objective N
Explain how and why opposition to existing policies and values developed and changed over the course of the 20th century.
Historical Developments: KC-8.1.II.B
Although anti-communist foreign policy faced little domestic opposition in previous years, the Vietnam War inspired sizable and passionate anti-war protests that became more numerous as the war escalated and sometimes led to violence.
Historical Developments: KC-8.2.III.D
Some groups on the left also rejected liberal policies, arguing that political leaders did too little to transform the racial and economic status quo at home and pursued immoral policies abroad.
Historical Developments: KC-8.3.II.B.ii
Young people who participated in the counterculture of the 1960s rejected many of the social, economic, and political values of their parents’ generation, introduced greater informality into U.S. culture, and advocated changes in sexual norms.
