Question 1

When it was founded,the National Organization of Women was concerned primarily with the rights of women in marriage and in the home.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The first female Supreme Court justice was ________.

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Question 3

Why was the United States suffering a "crisis in spirit" in the mid-1970s?

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The United States was suffering a "crisi...

Question 4

In 1972,Indian activists seized the town of ________,the site of an 1890 massacre of Sioux by federal troops.

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Question 5

Shortly after the last Americans had left,both South Vietnam and Cambodia came under the control of brutal and repressive governments.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

How do you explain the Watergate scandal and President Nixon's role in it?

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The Watergate scandal was a political sc...

Question 7

Was the new youth culture truly a "revolution" in America? What were its limits?

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The new youth culture of the 1960s, ofte...

Question 8

What type of individual was attracted to the counterculture,and why?

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The counterculture movement, which reach...

Question 9

Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned his office before Richard Nixon resigned the presidency.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

After the 1972 election,President Richard Nixon,to prompt a peace settlement with North Vietnam,

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A)  allowed the opening of North Vietnamese harbors.
B)  withdrew American forces as North Vietnamese troops left from the South.
C)  ordered an increase in the aerial bombing of North Vietnam.
D)  broke off diplomatic negotiations with North Vietnam.
E)  evacuated the American embassy in Saigon.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

Sandra Day O'Connor,the first female Supreme Court justice,was named to the court by

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A)  Jimmy Carter.
B)  Ronald Reagan.
C)  George Bush.
D)  Bill Clinton.
E)  George W.Bush.F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 12

The beginning of the gay liberation movement was marked by the ________ of 1969.

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Question 13

The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Furman v.Georgia (1972)

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A)  overturned existing capital punishment statutes.
B)  was upheld in the case of Gregg v.Georgia (1976.) 
C)  redefined the appeals process in death penalty convictions.
D)  ruled that execution by hanging was unconstitutional.
E)  favored the use of forced busing to achieve racial balance in schools.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

In April 1970,the antiwar movement was recharged by

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A)  the invasion by the United States of Cambodia.
B)  shooting deaths of students at Kent State.
C)  revelations regarding the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
D)  the newspaper publication of the My Lai massacre.
E)  the publication of the Pentagon Papers.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 15

In the early 1970s,the United States suffered its first fuel shortage since World War II.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In 1972,the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

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A)  was signed by all of the world's nuclear powers.
B)  called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems.
C)  froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels.
D)  both called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems,and froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

In 1973,allegations of misconduct by Richard Nixon were made by presidential advisor

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A)  John Dean.
B)  John Mitchell.
C)  H.R.Haldeman.
D)  Spiro Agnew.
E)  John Ehrlichman.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 18

The Supreme Court case of Roe v.Wade (1973)

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A)  was one of the most controversial decisions in modern court history.
B)  eliminated all restrictions on performing abortions.
C)  turned conservatives further against the Warren Court.
D)  both eliminated all restrictions on performing abortions and turned conservatives further against the Warren Court.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 19

Why is American participation in the Vietnam War so rarely described as a "good war," as was the case for World War II?

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American participation in the Vietnam Wa...

Question 20

How did Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger view the world and America's place in it? Explain their strategies toward the Soviet Union,the Middle East,and Latin America.

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Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger viewed...

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How do you explain the Watergate scandal and President Nixon's role in it?

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What type of individual was attracted to the counterculture,and why?

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