Free Speech Movement Worksheet

Question 1 Described what happened on may 13, 1960—“Black Friday,” incorporating the protestors’ key issues. What happened in particular that made “political

baptism” such a powerful literal land figurative image?

Question 2: (see page 2) What was Operation Abolition? What is ROTC? Describe how the film inadvertently recruited students to oppose HUAC rather than support

its continued efforts and activities of “red-baiting” (witch-hunting “Communists”).

Multiple part Question 3: (see pages 3 and 4)

What the railroads did for the second half of the19th century, and the automobile did for first half of the 20t-century may be done for the second half of the

20th-century by the __ __. This focal point of economic growth would come to account for 29 percent of the nation’s GNP.

Describe the vision / blue print of the multi-versity, which became the University of California system.

Who was Clark Kerr? According to our resource, what were some of the dilemmas he faced that challenged his administrative position, and threatened his multi-

versity vision.

What is an autocracy?

What was meant by the phrase most notably used by President “Ike” Eisenhower “the military-industrial complex?

Describe the symbolism of the “peace sign.”

What was Berkeley’s involvement concerning “the bomb”?

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