Question 1

In practice,the Nixon Doctrine led the United States to increase its support of

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A)  development in the Third World.
B)  authoritarian regimes.
C)  the activities of the United Nations.
D)  democratic movements around the globe.
E)  European colonialism.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

What were the major Supreme Court rulings during the late 1950s and 1960s? What are the arguments of the supporters and the critics of these rulings?

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During the late 1950s and 1960s, the Sup...

Question 3

In the 1960s and 1970s,the agenda of the political left included

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A)  bringing an end to the Vietnam War.
B)  transforming the nation's political order.
C)  defining and asserting personal freedoms.
D)  pursuing racial and economic justice.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 4

President Nixon expanded the Vietnam War by moving the fighting into neighboring ________ and Laos.

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The answer of President Nixon expanded the Vietnam War by...

Question 5

The intent of President Richard Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy was to

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A)  expand the war effort to all parts of Vietnam.
B)  have the South Vietnamese military do more of the fighting.
C)  declare an immediate end to the conflict.
D)  expand the war effort to all parts of Indochina.
E)  concentrate American military power on destroying the NLF.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

In the 1960s,the area of popular culture most strongly embraced by the counterculture was in

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A)  television.
B)  music.
C)  movies.
D)  literature.
E)  sports.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 7

The 1969 "Stonewall Riot" is associated with the civil rights movement for

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A)  women.
B)  homosexuals.
C)  African Americans.
D)  Hispanic Americans.
E)  Native Americans.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 8

In the 1950s,the federal "termination" policy as applied to American Indians sought to

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A)  end their cultural distinctiveness.
B)  keep American Indians largely confined to rural areas.
C)  enforce the tribal reservation system.
D)  break up militant tribes.
E)  restore tribal autonomy.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 9

President Richard Nixon's proposed Family Assistance Plan included

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A)  a maximum six-year participation in the federal welfare system.
B)  federal support for parental leave following the birth of a child.
C)  free medical care to all Americans over the age of seventy.
D)  a guaranteed annual income for all Americans.
E)  a program to replace Social Security with private retirement vouchers.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 10

By the mid-1970s,affirmative-action guidelines included women,and the vast majority of women with college degrees were in the workforce.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

When Earl Warren retired,President Nixon appointed ________ to replace him on the Supreme Court.

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The answer of When Earl Warren retired,President Nixon appointed ________...

Question 12

An important and controversial aspect of the counterculture was its more permissive view of sex and drugs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In 1972,the United States' "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam

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A)  saw the United States suffer,by far,its greatest loss of bombers in the war.
B)  resulted in a collapse of the peace talks.
C)  dramatically altered the terms of the final peace agreement.
D)  later drew an apology from President Richard Nixon.
E)  avoided Hanoi for the sake of continuing peace talks.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 14

The 1973 Yom Kippur War saw the United States pressure Israel to accept a cease-fire rather than push for more territory.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Equal Pay Act

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A)  was struck down by the Supreme Court as an illegal restraint of trade.
B)  was opposed by the Kennedy administration.
C)  extended the legal protections of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to women.
D)  finally became law at the end of the Johnson administration.
E)  was passed by Congress in 1963.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 16

The Yom Kippur War of 1973

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A)  saw the United States play no direct role in the outcome.
B)  saw an American ally face a surprise attack.
C)  saw the United States support efforts to oust Palestinians from their homes.
D)  was a military victory for Palestinian Arabs.
E)  saw Jordanian and Lebanese forces heavily involved in the fighting.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

The killing of South Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers in the village of My Lai

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A)  was not learned about until years after the war had ended.
B)  did not result in any convictions of the Americans who took part.
C)  attracted little public attention in the wake of the Cambodian invasion and the Pentagon Papers.
D)  both was not learned about until years after the war had ended,and did not result in any convictions of the Americans who took part.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 18

The federal government's "termination" policy toward Native Americans contributed to a generation of Indian militancy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Supreme Court decision in Roe v.Wade (1973)

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A)  made abortion legal for the first time in the history of the United States.
B)  enabled women to obtain an abortion during any point of a pregnancy.
C)  initially applied only to pregnancies resulting from rape or abuse.
D)  invalidated all laws prohibiting abortion during the second trimester.
E)  was based on a new legal interpretation of privacy rights.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

The purpose of the 1969 Woodstock music festival was to

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A)  establish cooperatives based on the principles of communal living.
B)  rally in protest to the Vietnam War.
C)  make amends for the events of Altamont four months earlier.
D)  help heal the cultural divisions within American society.
E)  express the ideals of the counterculture philosophy.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Exam 30: The Crisis of Authority

President Nixon expanded the Vietnam War by moving the fighting into neighboring ________ and Laos.

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The 1973 Yom Kippur War saw the United States pressure Israel to accept a cease-fire rather than push for more territory.

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An important and controversial aspect of the counterculture was its more permissive view of sex and drugs.

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In 1972,the United States' "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam

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In practice,the Nixon Doctrine led the United States to increase its support of

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The intent of President Richard Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy was to

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The killing of South Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers in the village of My Lai

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The Equal Pay Act

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By the mid-1970s,affirmative-action guidelines included women,and the vast majority of women with college degrees were in the workforce.

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In the 1960s,the area of popular culture most strongly embraced by the counterculture was in

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The Supreme Court decision in Roe v.Wade (1973)

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The 1969 "Stonewall Riot" is associated with the civil rights movement for

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The purpose of the 1969 Woodstock music festival was to

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In the 1950s,the federal "termination" policy as applied to American Indians sought to

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The federal government's "termination" policy toward Native Americans contributed to a generation of Indian militancy.

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In the 1960s and 1970s,the agenda of the political left included

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President Richard Nixon's proposed Family Assistance Plan included

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What were the major Supreme Court rulings during the late 1950s and 1960s? What are the arguments of the supporters and the critics of these rulings?

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When Earl Warren retired,President Nixon appointed ________ to replace him on the Supreme Court.

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