Question 1

Match each description with the item below.
-Gloria Steinem

Accepted Answer

A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers 
A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers F

Question 2

Nixon's southern strategy involved winning southern support by

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A)  capitalizing on southerners' skepticism of federal social welfare programs. 
B)  stepping up the military effort in Vietnam. 
C)  expressing sympathy toward fundamentalist Christians. 
D)  making southerners dominant in his cabinet. 
E)  increasing federal support of the South's economy. 
A)  capitalizing on southerners' skepticism of federal social welfare programs. 
B)  stepping up the military effort in Vietnam. 
C)  expressing sympathy toward fundamentalist Christians. 
D)  making southerners dominant in his cabinet. 
E)  increasing federal support of the South's economy. A

Question 3

The energy crisis of the early 1970s increased support for

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A)  consumption. 
B)  travel and tourism. 
C)  environmentalism. 
D)  suburbanization. 
E)  socialism. 
A)  consumption. 
B)  travel and tourism. 
C)  environmentalism. 
D)  suburbanization. 
E)  socialism. C

Question 4

Discuss the election of 1972 and its implications for the future.

Accepted Answer

The election of 1972 was a significant e

Question 5

How did the youth revolt and early civil rights movement influence other protest movements? How did new protest movements affect social attitudes and public policy?

Accepted Answer

The youth revolt and early civil rights

Question 6

Stagflation tends to involve low unemployment rates.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

After April 1970, American troops entered ________ to "clean out" hidden Communist military bases, thereby extending the Vietnam War.

Accepted Answer

A)  Laos 
B)  China 
C)  Cambodia 
D)  Thailand 
E)  North Vietnam 
A)  Laos 
B)  China 
C)  Cambodia 
D)  Thailand 
E)  North Vietnam

Question 8

Which of the following did Nixon's policy of "Vietnamization" involve?

Accepted Answer

A)  increasing the number of young men being drafted 
B)  launching a U.S. invasion of North Vietnam 
C)  establishing diplomatic and trade relations with North Vietnam 
D)  gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam 
E)  working toward the reunification of North and South Vietnam 
A)  increasing the number of young men being drafted 
B)  launching a U.S. invasion of North Vietnam 
C)  establishing diplomatic and trade relations with North Vietnam 
D)  gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam 
E)  working toward the reunification of North and South Vietnam

Question 9

Who were known as the "great silent majority"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans who quietly approved of the social and cultural changes of the 1960s 
B)  Americans who were against the Vietnam War, although uninvolved in open protest 
C)  upper-class Americans whose influence was growing weaker by the early 1970s 
D)  African American politicians who were being elected in greater numbers than ever before 
E)  the middle-class Americans whose votes had brought Richard Nixon to the presidency 
A)  Americans who quietly approved of the social and cultural changes of the 1960s 
B)  Americans who were against the Vietnam War, although uninvolved in open protest 
C)  upper-class Americans whose influence was growing weaker by the early 1970s 
D)  African American politicians who were being elected in greater numbers than ever before 
E)  the middle-class Americans whose votes had brought Richard Nixon to the presidency

Question 10

How and why did Nixon change military and political strategies to end America's involvement in the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

Nixon changed military and political str

Question 11

What did Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It prohibited educational programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance from showing gender discrimination. 
B)  It called for the opening of many of the first trade schools throughout the country, as certain industries grew in importance. 
C)  It reasserted that men alone should play sports, as they were much too dangerous for women participants. 
D)  It ensured that an equal number of African American and white Americans would be elected to elite colleges. 
E)  It was inspired by recent wars and required that students in American public schools learn two foreign languages fluently. 
A)  It prohibited educational programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance from showing gender discrimination. 
B)  It called for the opening of many of the first trade schools throughout the country, as certain industries grew in importance. 
C)  It reasserted that men alone should play sports, as they were much too dangerous for women participants. 
D)  It ensured that an equal number of African American and white Americans would be elected to elite colleges. 
E)  It was inspired by recent wars and required that students in American public schools learn two foreign languages fluently.

Question 12

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the period of the 1960s and early 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because assassinations of major American figures remained unheard of, the sixties and early seventies were decades marked by a widespread sense of calm that made citizens feel secure taking drastic social action. 
B)  The violence of the fifties, such as race riots and cold war conflicts fought domestically, deterred any American activism on a significant scale and cultivated a wide sense of fear and social indifference across the various classes. 
C)  The presidency of Richard Nixon successfully restored the American public's faith in the integrity of its leaders, thereby ushering in a period of unprecedented productivity in the sixties and early seventies. 
D)  The fabric of American society was more unified than ever in the sixties and early seventies, as class distinctions largely disappeared and new technology stimulated the economy and brought many different groups together. 
E)  The forces that contributed to the complacent prosperity of the fifties had ironically contributed to the sense of upheaval and unprecedented counterculture that helped define the sixties and early seventies. 
A)  Because assassinations of major American figures remained unheard of, the sixties and early seventies were decades marked by a widespread sense of calm that made citizens feel secure taking drastic social action. 
B)  The violence of the fifties, such as race riots and cold war conflicts fought domestically, deterred any American activism on a significant scale and cultivated a wide sense of fear and social indifference across the various classes. 
C)  The presidency of Richard Nixon successfully restored the American public's faith in the integrity of its leaders, thereby ushering in a period of unprecedented productivity in the sixties and early seventies. 
D)  The fabric of American society was more unified than ever in the sixties and early seventies, as class distinctions largely disappeared and new technology stimulated the economy and brought many different groups together. 
E)  The forces that contributed to the complacent prosperity of the fifties had ironically contributed to the sense of upheaval and unprecedented counterculture that helped define the sixties and early seventies.

Question 13

Match each description with the item below.
-Henry Kissinger

Accepted Answer

A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers 
A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers

Question 14

What was the state of the hippie movement at the very end of the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The government punished the activities of the hippies with such force that contemporary trends lack any echoes of the phenomenon. 
B)  The hippie phenomenon was expanding at unprecedented levels, as the Vietnam War finally appeared to be drawing to a close. 
C)  The hard realities the hippies experienced, such as poverty and drug addiction, had caused the hippie phenomenon to begin to fade. 
D)  The practical nature of most hippies created a sense of stability in an otherwise turbulent time, attracting more and more Americans to the movement. 
E)  Because the hippies had focused most of their attention on civil rights activism, the hippie phenomenon died out as the civil rights movement came to a close. 
A)  The government punished the activities of the hippies with such force that contemporary trends lack any echoes of the phenomenon. 
B)  The hippie phenomenon was expanding at unprecedented levels, as the Vietnam War finally appeared to be drawing to a close. 
C)  The hard realities the hippies experienced, such as poverty and drug addiction, had caused the hippie phenomenon to begin to fade. 
D)  The practical nature of most hippies created a sense of stability in an otherwise turbulent time, attracting more and more Americans to the movement. 
E)  Because the hippies had focused most of their attention on civil rights activism, the hippie phenomenon died out as the civil rights movement came to a close.

Question 15

Analyze the counterculture movement of the 1960s? What were its goals, key figures, and achievements?

Accepted Answer

The counterculture movement of the 1960s

Question 16

As the 1972 election approached, the biggest threat to Nixon's reelection seemed to be

Accepted Answer

A)  George Wallace's potential to drain away conservative votes from the Republicans. 
B)  the massive popularity of Democratic nominee George McGovern. 
C)  public disapproval of Nixon's efforts to ease tensions with the Chinese and the Russians. 
D)  revelations concerning the Watergate break-in. 
E)  the continuing appeal of 1960s-style social liberalism. 
A)  George Wallace's potential to drain away conservative votes from the Republicans. 
B)  the massive popularity of Democratic nominee George McGovern. 
C)  public disapproval of Nixon's efforts to ease tensions with the Chinese and the Russians. 
D)  revelations concerning the Watergate break-in. 
E)  the continuing appeal of 1960s-style social liberalism.

Question 17

The feminist movement experienced a setback with the

Accepted Answer

A)  National Organization for Women's inability to agree on a political agenda. 
B)  Supreme Court's refusal in Roe v. Wade to recognize abortion rights. 
C)  decreasing number of jobs for women overall. 
D)  failure of the states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. 
E)  refusal of Ivy League universities to admit women. 
A)  National Organization for Women's inability to agree on a political agenda. 
B)  Supreme Court's refusal in Roe v. Wade to recognize abortion rights. 
C)  decreasing number of jobs for women overall. 
D)  failure of the states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. 
E)  refusal of Ivy League universities to admit women.

Question 18

While unveiling the Nixon Doctrine, Nixon also announced that he would pursue partnerships with Communist countries in areas of mutual interest-a policy known as détente.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Match each description with the item below.
-Mark Rudd

Accepted Answer

A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers 
A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers

Question 20

Which of the following was a result of the efforts of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to prevent the presidency of Salvador Allende in Chile?

Accepted Answer

A)  General Augusto Pinochet, who was supposedly friendly with the United States, came to power, seized American businesses in Chile, and murdered political opponents. 
B)  Chile formed a closer relationship to Cuba and the Soviet Union due to intense nationwide resentment of American interference in their politics. 
C)  A pro-American government that answered directly to the CIA came to power, thereby strengthening trade relations between South America and the United States. 
D)  Allende condemned the United States and revolted against the newly elected government of Chile, leading to a civil war that would last much of the rest of the decade. 
E)  The United Nations publicly condemned the Nixon administration for its interference, causing the United States to lose many of its important European alliances. 
A)  General Augusto Pinochet, who was supposedly friendly with the United States, came to power, seized American businesses in Chile, and murdered political opponents. 
B)  Chile formed a closer relationship to Cuba and the Soviet Union due to intense nationwide resentment of American interference in their politics. 
C)  A pro-American government that answered directly to the CIA came to power, thereby strengthening trade relations between South America and the United States. 
D)  Allende condemned the United States and revolted against the newly elected government of Chile, leading to a civil war that would last much of the rest of the decade. 
E)  The United Nations publicly condemned the Nixon administration for its interference, causing the United States to lose many of its important European alliances.

Exam 30: Rebellion and Reaction

Match each description with the item below. -Gloria Steinem

Nixon's southern strategy involved winning southern support by

The energy crisis of the early 1970s increased support for

Discuss the election of 1972 and its implications for the future.

How did the youth revolt and early civil rights movement influence other protest movements? How did new protest movements affect social attitudes and public policy?

Stagflation tends to involve low unemployment rates.

After April 1970, American troops entered ________ to "clean out" hidden Communist military bases, thereby extending the Vietnam War.

Which of the following did Nixon's policy of "Vietnamization" involve?

Who were known as the "great silent majority"?

How and why did Nixon change military and political strategies to end America's involvement in the Vietnam War?

What did Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 do?

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the period of the 1960s and early 1970s?

Match each description with the item below. -Henry Kissinger

What was the state of the hippie movement at the very end of the 1960s?

Analyze the counterculture movement of the 1960s? What were its goals, key figures, and achievements?

As the 1972 election approached, the biggest threat to Nixon's reelection seemed to be

The feminist movement experienced a setback with the

While unveiling the Nixon Doctrine, Nixon also announced that he would pursue partnerships with Communist countries in areas of mutual interest-a policy known as détente.

Match each description with the item below. -Mark Rudd

Which of the following was a result of the efforts of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to prevent the presidency of Salvador Allende in Chile?

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