Question 1

Detenté,disillusionment,and disco dramatized the complexities of the 1970s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

During the 1970s,American Indian activists drew attention to their cause by

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A)   staging sit-ins in downtown San Francisco.
B)   hosting teach-ins at Berkeley.
C)   marching peacefully.
D)   occupying the former federal prison on Alcatraz for over one year.
E)   rioting in the cities' poorer neighborhoods.

Question 3

Gerald Ford (Republican)and Jimmy Carter (Democrat)both failed to win their bids for reelection.Apart from the differences between these two presidents,what shared circumstances may have jeopardized their chances at a second term?

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Question 4

The Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the

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A)   Washington Post.
B)   Democratic National Committee headquarters.
C)   National Endowment for the Arts headquarters.
D)   Republican National Headquarters.
E)   National Review.

Question 5

Richard Nixon held long-smoldering resentment against what he termed the "Eastern Establishment."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

When the last American troops came home from Vietnam in 1973,

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A)   most Americans were relieved that soldiers had been removed from an un-winnable war.
B)   protests over the Vietnamization of the conflict grew.
C)   pro-war Americans protested at the airport.
D)   South Vietnam was a stable and defensible nation.
E)   most Americans considered the war "won."

Question 7

Nixon's agreement to sell excess American wheat to the Soviet Union

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A)   opened up improved relations with the Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev.
B)   highlighted the fact that the Soviet economy was doing well enough to afford such an extra good.
C)   made the SALT agreements unnecessary.
D)   was successful because the U.S. president came with Chinese recommendation to Moscow.
E)   angered American farmers committed to anticommunism.

Question 8

The most controversial milestone of the women's movement was

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A)   the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment.
B)   the acceptance of women in gender-equal military units.
C)   the emergence of Phyllis Schlafly as an opponent of the ERA.
D)   the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion.
E)   the transition from using the term "stewardess" to "flight attendant," thus opening that profession to males for the first time.

Question 9

Americans reeled from an embargo on oil deliveries to the United States from the oil-producing countries in the Middle East because those countries

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A)   resented the help America had given Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
B)   wanted to convince the United States to stay out of Middle Eastern affairs.
C)   believed the United States had pushed Israel to begin the 1973 war.
D)   wanted to see Americans begging for help.
E)   resented the friendly relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and the American press.

Question 10

Nixon's vice president,Spiro Agnew,resigned from office after admitting to

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A)   illegal taping of White House conversations.
B)   an extramarital affair.
C)   participating in the planning of the Watergate burglary.
D)   tax evasion and bribery.
E)   ordering illegal surveillance of reporters who had been hounding him.

Question 11

The gay liberation movement considers this its first spark of activism:

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A)   the alliance with the women's liberation movement.
B)   the police raid on the Stonewall Inn.
C)   the election of Harvey Milk as Mayor of San Francisco.
D)   the Gay Power sit-in at New York's city hall.
E)   the first national conference for gay rights in 1971.

Question 12

Stagflation is an economic crisis that combines

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A)   low prices and economic growth.
B)   steady prices and decreasing output.
C)   runaway high prices and declining jobs.
D)   unemployment with a contraction in the money supply.
E)   a contraction in the labor market combined with excessive regulation.

Question 13

La Raza had as its main goal

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A)   electing Mexican American politicians in the West and Southwest.
B)   unionizing Mexican American workers in the West.
C)   changing the name Mexican American to that of Chicano.
D)   separating itself from earlier, more accommodationist, leaders such as Cesar Chavez.
E)   broadening the interaction between Chicanos and white Americans in order to remove some elements of the racism which had been so prevalent.

Question 14

The action(s) that Gerald Ford took which cost him widespread public support was/were

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A)   his pardon of Richard Nixon.
B)   his decision to attempt to try Nixon.
C)   his fumbling speeches that made him a laughingstock across America.
D)   his pardon of Spiro Agnew.
E)   his direct meeting with Ho Chi Minh.

Question 15

All of the following is true about young conservatives in the late 1950s under the leadership of William F.Buckley, except

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A)   They opposed Great Society and New Deal-style government programs.
B)   They opposed abortion and embraced traditional family values.
C)   They advocated aggressive imperial expansion.
D)   They urged tax cuts and less government intervention in people's lives.
E)   They were militantly anti-communist.

Question 16

Nixon is often called an accidental liberal because

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A)   he resented the Eastern Establishment.
B)   he covered up his role in the Watergate break-in.
C)   of his crimes of tax evasion and bribery.
D)   of his commitment to liberal principles.
E)   his preoccupation with getting reelected led him to advocate many liberal goals.

Question 17

How did America's involvement with Israel lead to the oil embargo of 1973? What were the results of the embargo in the United States?

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Question 18

William F.Buckley's National Review was touted as one of the best liberal publications of the 20ᵗʰ century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Landmark films of the Seventies such as The Godfather and Bonnie and Clyde indicated that Americans in the 1970s

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A)   shifted towards cultural conservatism.
B)   enjoyed a sense of moral superiority.
C)   went through an identity crisis.
D)   lived in a period of increasing moral complexity.
E)   All of these choices.

Question 20

Which of the following does not accurately characterize the religious revivalism that began to assert itself into America's political arena in the late 1970s?

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A)   It was driven by Protestant evangelicals who attempted to bring Christians into a closer personal relationship with God.
B)   It entered the political realm via lobbying groups such as the Moral Majority.
C)   It saw the growing popularity of Zen Buddhism and New Age spiritual beliefs as an assault on traditional religious values.
D)   It resulted in division and exclusion in religion, rather than inclusion and community-building.
E)   It stressed family values and targeted feminism, gay liberation, and overturning Roe v. Wade.

Exam 26: The Age of Fracture: the 1970s

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Nixon's vice president,Spiro Agnew,resigned from office after admitting to

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Detenté,disillusionment,and disco dramatized the complexities of the 1970s.

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How did America's involvement with Israel lead to the oil embargo of 1973? What were the results of the embargo in the United States?

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The Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the

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The action(s) that Gerald Ford took which cost him widespread public support was/were

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Gerald Ford (Republican)and Jimmy Carter (Democrat)both failed to win their bids for reelection.Apart from the differences between these two presidents,what shared circumstances may have jeopardized their chances at a second term?

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The gay liberation movement considers this its first spark of activism:

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Americans reeled from an embargo on oil deliveries to the United States from the oil-producing countries in the Middle East because those countries

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