Question 1

Nixon's Family Assistance Plan:

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proposed to guarantee a minimum income for all Americans.

Question 2

Affirmative action was:

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first pursued and then abandoned by the Nixon administration.

Question 3

The 1971 ruling Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education led to the:

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use of busing as a tool to achieve school integration.

Question 4

In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which:

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banned gender discrimination in higher education.

Question 5

Under the Nixon administration, the United States:

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continued to undermine Third World governments.

Question 6

In a historic move, in 1972 President Nixon opened diplomatic relations with:

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China

Question 7

When he assumed the presidency, Richard Nixon announced a new policy regarding the Vietnam War known as:

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Vietnamization.

Question 8

What were the results of the U.S. invasion of neutral Cambodia in 1970?

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The invasion destabilized the nation and ushered in a murderous regime.

Question 9

When they were arrested, the burglars at the Watergate apartment complex were breaking into:

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the Democratic Party headquarters.

Question 10

The Church Committee revealed that since the beginning of the Cold War:

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the CIA and FBI had engaged in abusive actions.

Question 11

The economic condition known as stagflation was caused by:

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stagnant economic growth and high inflation.

Question 12

Domestically, President Gerald Ford:

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failed to revive the economy.

Question 13

President Carter's foreign policy emphasized:

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human rights as a diplomatic priority.

Question 14

During the 1970s, conservatives:

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insisted on more local control and resisted the power of the federal government.

Question 15

During the 1970s, evangelical Christians:

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significantly increased in number, as they became more vocal.

Question 16

The Moral Majority:

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feared family values were being undermined.

Question 17

The opponents of the ERA defined freedom for women as:

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residing in the roles of wife and mother.

Question 18

Ronald Reagan's economic policy focused on:

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tax cuts

Question 19

Reagan's economic policies:

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resulted in a rise in economic inequality.

Question 20

The Iran-Contra affair:

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was the greatest scandal of the Reagan administration.

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