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Characterize the intent of the major Supreme Court rulings during the late 1960s and 1970s.How did they compare to decisions made by the Warren Court?

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According to policies that came to be called the Nixon Doctrine,the United States would


A) assist in the development of friendly nations.
B) assume a basic responsibility for the future of friendly nations.
C) increase Third World contributions to shake up the status quo.
D) both assist in the development of friendly nations, and assume a basic responsibility for the future of friendly nations.
E) None of these answers is correct.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The founders of Students for a Democratic Society could accurately be described as hippies.

A) True
B) False

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"Earth Day" in 1970 was


A) an effort to protect the environment from commercial development.
B) organized by American manufacturers of garden supplies.
C) an example of the popularization of environmentalism.
D) characterized by protests and confrontations between opposing sides.
E) only celebrated by members of the radical counterculture.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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

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In the 1960s,the youth counterculture


A) rejected the complaints of the "beats" of the 1950s.
B) was really little more than a change in clothing styles.
C) sought to overthrow the U.S. government through an armed revolution.
D) was openly scornful of the values and conventions of American middle-class society.
E) attempted to differentiate itself from the stereotype of the "hippie."

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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When the Supreme Court handed down the Roe v.Wade decision,abortion became legal for the first time in American history.

A) True
B) False

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The so-called Pentagon Papers revealed the government had misled the public in explaining its motives for American involvement in Vietnam.

A) True
B) False

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

A) True
B) False

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Betty Friedan's book,The Feminine Mystique,concerned the difficulties facing poor and working-class women.

A) True
B) False

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Betty Friedan's 1963 book,The Feminine Mystique,


A) described why women had found success and satisfaction in postwar America.
B) detailed the many problems confronting single mothers.
C) argued against women placing children before their careers.
D) encouraged women to remain single in order to maintain their independence.
E) gave a voice to a reemerging women's rights movement.

F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

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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.

A) True
B) False

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The political New Left emerged out of opposition to the military draft in the 1960s.

A) True
B) False

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The tapes of conversations in the Oval Office contained incontrovertible evidence that President Nixon was involved in the Watergate cover-up.

A) True
B) False

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As part of his domestic agenda,President Richard Nixon


A) tried to end the forced busing of students to desegregate schools.
B) dismantled many Great Society programs.
C) abolished the Office of Economic Opportunity.
D) tried to overhaul the nation's welfare system by creating a guaranteed annual income.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

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


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) All of the above
G) A) and C)

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President Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court


A) were twice rejected by the Senate.
B) included the first nomination of a female justice.
C) culminated in the successful appointment ofG. Harrold Carswell to the Court.
D) both included the first nomination of a female justice, and were twice rejected by the Senate.
E) All these answers are correct.

F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

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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.

A) True
B) False

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Both John Sirica and John Dean were part of the White House cover-up of the Watergate scandal.

A) True
B) False

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Explain which rights movement enjoyed the greatest success and which faced the greatest obstacles.

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