U.S. History: Ch. 26

Why did President Nixon embrace the Philadelphia Plan for affirmative action in the building trades?

Why did the fight over busing become so violent in Boston in the mid-1970s?

Why did the gay and lesbian movement become a major concern for the political right after the late 1960s?

Which of the following statements correctly describes the outcome of the My Lai massacre

What led to the congressional discovery that the FBI had spied on millions of Americans in the 1960s?

What triggered the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia?

Why did conservatives have the last laugh in the Watergate scandal?

Which of the following comparisons of wage trends for 195301973 & 1973-1993 is accurate?

Why did Pres. Carter cut off aid to Argentina in 1978?

How did the experience of the 1960s shape America's neoconservatives?

What setback did the advocates of the Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973 suffer in 1976?

Which of the following assessments of the Carter administration in 1980 is accurate?

How did trickle-down economics claim to increase gov. tax revenues?

What victory could cultural conservatives claim in 1986?

What contradiction did the Reagan presidency reveal about modern conservatives?

Richard Nixon's New Federalism:

The Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Admin. and the National Transport Board were all established during the administration of:

Which is NOT an agency created or act passed under Nixon administration?

Nixon's Family Assistance Plan:

The Nixon administration's Philadelphia Plan:

Affirmative action was:

Richard Nixon's appointments to Supreme Court were intended to:

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

In Regents of the University of Cal. vs. Bakke the Supreme Court ruled:

During the 1970s:

All of the following are evidence that freedom for women expanded in the 70s except:

In 1972 Congress passed Title IX which:

Writer Tom Wolfe dubbed the 70s the:

Under the Nixon admin. the US:

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

In his relations with major communist power, Nixon:

Why did the CIA seek to destabilize the gov of Chile after 1970?

When he assumed the presidency, Nixon announced a new policy regarding the Vietnam War, called:

What were the results of the US invasion of neutral Cambodia in 1970?

In 1975, the Vietnam War ended:

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

The church committee revealed that since the beginning of the Cold War:

Why had it been premature for liberals to celebrate the downfall of their political adversary Nixon?

In the early 1970s which commodity did many Americans have to wait in a long line to purchase?

The economic condition known as stagflation was caused by:

Domestically, President Ford:

In 1976, Carter won the presidential race in part because:

The Three Mile Island nuclear plant:

Pres. Carter's foreign policy emphasized:

Why was Carter's suspension of aid to Argentina such a dramatic gesture?

Which nation held 53 americans hostage from Nov. 1979-Jan. 1981?

The handling of the Iranian hostage crisis:

In order to protect US interests, Carter Doctrine declared that the US would:

In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Carter pursued all the following policies except:

During the 70s, conservatives

During the 70s, evangelical Christians:

Jerry Falwell created the:

The Moral Majority:

The Equal Rights Amendment:

The opponents of the ERA defined freedom for women as:

One of the loudest opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment was:

Opponents of the equal rights amendment, like Phyllis, argued that the passage of the ERA would:

Voters approved proposition 13 in Cal, a law that banned:

The sagebrush rebellion defined freedom as:

The election of 1980 reflected:

Which of the following statements best assesses the impact of Proposition 13 in Cal?

Who were the Redstockings?

The Reagan Revolution:

Reagan's economic policy focused on:

Reagan's economic program, known as "supply-side" economics relied on:

Which striking labor group did Reagan have fired?

The 80s could be called the second:

Reagan's economic policies:

"yuppie" was a term for:

Geraldine Ferraro is best known for:

Bowers vs. Hardwick:

In foreign policy, Reagan:

Determined to overturn the Vietnam syndrome, Reagan:

The Iran-Contra affair:

By the end of Reagan's 2nd term in office, he viewed the Soviet Untion: