c. proposed that a system of block grants be assigned to states to spend as they saw fit.
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2. Which is NOT an agency created or act passed under the Nixon administration?
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b. Office of Economic Opportunity
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3. Which of the following took place during the Nixon administration?
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d. all of these
(a. The Family Assistance Plan won approval by Congress.
b. Affirmative Action was first pursued and then abandoned by the Nixon administration.
c. The Philadelphia Plan was supposed to have provided federal grants to repair cities' infrastructures.)
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4. Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court were intended to
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c. lead the court in a conservative direction.
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5. Which Supreme Court ruling is CORRECTLY STATED below?
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a. The 1971 ruling Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education disallowed use of busing as a tool to achieve school integration.
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6. During the 1970s
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a. the age at which Americans married increased and divorce rates rose.
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7. All of the following are evidence that freedom for women expanded in the 1970s, EXCEPT:
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d. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
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8. The writer Tom Wolfe dubbed the 1970s the "____________ Decade."
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a. Me
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9. Under the Nixon administration, all of the following took place, EXCEPT:
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a. The Nixon administration supported the government of Salvador Allende in Chile.
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10. According to your text, the Vietnam War
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a. was the only war lost by the United States.
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11. When they were arrested, the burglars at the Watergate apartment complex were breaking into the
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c. Democratic Party headquarters.
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12. The Church Committee's findings revealed that since the beginning of the Cold War
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a. the CIA and FBI had engaged in abusive actions.
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13. Why had it been premature for liberals to celebrate the downfall of their political adversary Richard Nixon?
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d. Watergate undermined public confidence in the merits of the federal government.
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14. Concerning the economy In the 1970s, which of the following is TRUE?
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d. all of these
(a. In the early 1970s, many Americans had to wait in long lines to purchase gasoline.
b. The economic condition known as stagflation was caused by stagnant economic growth and high inflation.
c. Pres. Gerald Ford's policies failed to revive the economy.)
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15. In 1976, Jimmy Carter won the presidential race in part because he
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a. promised never to lie to Americans.
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16. The Three Mile Island nuclear plant
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c. brought a halt to the nuclear energy industry's expansion.
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17. Pres. Carter's foreign policy emphasized
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a. human rights as a diplomatic priority.
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18. Why was Jimmy Carter's suspension of aid to Argentina such a dramatic gesture?
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d. Previous administrations had been silent about the regime's atrocities.
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19. The handling of the Iranian hostage crisis
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c. made Jimmy Carter appear weak and inept.
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20. In order to protect U.S. interests, the Carter Doctrine declared that the United States would
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d. use military force, particularly in the Persian Gulf.
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21. Pres. Carter
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a. had to abandon his desire for peace in the Middle East.
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22. Pres. Carter pursued which of the following policies in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
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d. all of these
(a. Boycotting the Moscow Olympics and placing an embargo on grain exports to the Soviet Union
b. Funneling aid to fundamentalist Muslims in Afghanistan who fought a guerilla war against the Soviets
c. Dramatically increasing American military spending)
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23. During the 1970s, conservatives
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b. insisted on more local control and resisted the power of the federal government.
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24. During the 1970s, evangelical Christians
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b. significantly increased in number as they became more vocal.
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25. The Moral Majority
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b. feared family values were being undermined.
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26. Which of the following statements is true concerning the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)?
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d. all of these
(a. The ERA passed Congress but failed ratification.
b. Opponents of the ERA defined freedom for women as residing in the roles of wife and mother.
c. Some who were against the ERA felt that women should not seek fulfillment outside the home)
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27. Which of the following statements best assesses the impact of Proposition 13 in California?
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d. The measure reduced funds for libraries, schools, and other services.
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28. The Sagebrush Rebellion defined freedom as
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c. being free from government tyranny.
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29. The election of 1980 reflected
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a. growing frustration over America's condition.
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30. Who were the Redstockings?
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d. A radical feminist group
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31. The Reagan Revolution
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d. included cuts to government programs.
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32. Reagan's economic program, known as "supply-side economics," relied on
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a. tax cuts and high interest rates.
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33. Which striking labor group did Reagan have fired?
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c. Air traffic controllers
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34. Reagan's economic policies
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b. resulted in a rise in economic inequality.
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35. The 1980s could be called the second
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a. Gilded Age.
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36. "Yuppie" was a term for
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c. wealthy, young urban professionals of the 1980s.
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37. Geraldine Ferraro is best known as
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a. the first female candidate on a major-party presidential ticket.
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38. In foreign policy, Reagan
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a. initiated the largest military buildup in American history.
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39. Determined to overturn the Vietnam syndrome, Pres. Reagan
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b. sent troops to Grenada and Lebanon.
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40. The Iran-contra scandal seriously damaged the Reagan administration's reputation when it revealed that the U.S. had
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b. sent funds to Iraq to support that country in its war with Iran.
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41. By the end of Reagan's second term in office, he viewed the Soviet Union
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a. with much less suspicion.
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