Question 1

Discuss the origins of the Watergate crisis, how it grew, and how it brought an end to the Nixon presidency.

Accepted Answer

The Watergate crisis began in 1972 when

Question 2

During his administration, President Nixon authorized the __________ to work to thwart an elected official in Chile from taking office.

Accepted Answer

A) FBI 
B) CIA 
C) NSA 
D) NRA 
E) OSS 
A) FBI 
B) CIA 
C) NSA 
D) NRA 
E) OSS

Question 3

The anti-war movement gained increasing support after National Guard shootings killed four students at

Accepted Answer

A) Texas University. 
B) Bowling Green. 
C) Northwestern University. 
D) Kent State University. 
E) Southern California University. 
A) Texas University. 
B) Bowling Green. 
C) Northwestern University. 
D) Kent State University. 
E) Southern California University.

Question 4

The Watergate scandal involved a break-in at the

Accepted Answer

A) Democratic National Committee Headquarters. 
B) Republican National Committee Headquarters. 
C) Brookings Institute. 
D) Cato Institute. 
E) Smithsonian Museum. 
A) Democratic National Committee Headquarters. 
B) Republican National Committee Headquarters. 
C) Brookings Institute. 
D) Cato Institute. 
E) Smithsonian Museum.

Question 5

Only months after the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam,

Accepted Answer

A) South Vietnam was able to defeat North Vietnam. 
B) war between North and South Vietnam resumed. 
C) Korea invaded North Vietnam and defeated the communists there. 
D) Russia began to provide weapons for South Vietnam. 
E) Both South and North Vietnam agreed to a truce. 
A) South Vietnam was able to defeat North Vietnam. 
B) war between North and South Vietnam resumed. 
C) Korea invaded North Vietnam and defeated the communists there. 
D) Russia began to provide weapons for South Vietnam. 
E) Both South and North Vietnam agreed to a truce.

Question 6

During the 1960s, __________ were characterized by long hair, beards on men, no makeup for women, casual sex, and communal living arrangements.

Accepted Answer

A) Yuppies 
B) Beats 
C) Hippies 
D) Counterculturalists 
E) Generation Xers 
A) Yuppies 
B) Beats 
C) Hippies 
D) Counterculturalists 
E) Generation Xers

Question 7

Why did anti-war protests increase across America in the fall of 1969?

Accepted Answer

A) Nixon's expansion of the air war 
B) Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal 
C) The CIA's attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro 
D) The execution of Cesar Chavez 
E) The draft of college-aged men to fight in Vietnam 
A) Nixon's expansion of the air war 
B) Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal 
C) The CIA's attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro 
D) The execution of Cesar Chavez 
E) The draft of college-aged men to fight in Vietnam

Question 8

Which of the following statements accurately describes the state of Native American rights in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A) Of all minority groups in the United States at the time, Native Americans proved relatively well off because they had the longest life expectancy and lowest suicide rates. 
B) Native American rights were considered low priority because they refused to engage in activism of any sort due to their cultural beliefs. 
C) Because the U.S.government had largely upheld treaties with Native Americans in the past, they did not see a need to revisit them for the future. 
D) With very high unemployment rates, the situation of Native Americans was more desperate than that of any other group in the United States. 
E) Sit-ins and occupations like that of Wounded Knee were unsuccessful because they did not attract wide media attention, and federal negotiators still refused to hear their cause. 
A) Of all minority groups in the United States at the time, Native Americans proved relatively well off because they had the longest life expectancy and lowest suicide rates. 
B) Native American rights were considered low priority because they refused to engage in activism of any sort due to their cultural beliefs. 
C) Because the U.S.government had largely upheld treaties with Native Americans in the past, they did not see a need to revisit them for the future. 
D) With very high unemployment rates, the situation of Native Americans was more desperate than that of any other group in the United States. 
E) Sit-ins and occupations like that of Wounded Knee were unsuccessful because they did not attract wide media attention, and federal negotiators still refused to hear their cause.

Question 9

George Mitchell and Dennis Banks of the Ojibwa nation founded the __________ in 1968 to protest treatment of Native Americans in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) Native American League 
B) American Indian Movement 
C) Indian Affairs Bureau 
D) American Native Association 
E) United Farm Workers 
A) Native American League 
B) American Indian Movement 
C) Indian Affairs Bureau 
D) American Native Association 
E) United Farm Workers

Question 10

The end of Richard Nixon's presidency came when he

Accepted Answer

A) was impeached and removed from office. 
B) was the first president to resign from office. 
C) finished his second term. 
D) died in office. 
E) was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court. 
A) was impeached and removed from office. 
B) was the first president to resign from office. 
C) finished his second term. 
D) died in office. 
E) was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court.

Question 11

Thanks to __________ of the Educational Amendments of 1972, discrimination on the basis of gender was forbidden at institutions that received federal funding.

Accepted Answer

A) Section 8 
B) Title IX 
C) Amendment X 
D) Paragraph 6 
E) Article XXIII 
A) Section 8 
B) Title IX 
C) Amendment X 
D) Paragraph 6 
E) Article XXIII

Question 12

The United States' official involvement in Vietnam came to an end with the

Accepted Answer

A) War Powers Resolution. 
B) Paris Peace Accords. 
C) Armistice Agreement. 
D) Pentagon Papers. 
E) Treaty of Versailles. 
A) War Powers Resolution. 
B) Paris Peace Accords. 
C) Armistice Agreement. 
D) Pentagon Papers. 
E) Treaty of Versailles.

Question 13

During the __________, Israel routed the armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan and seized territory from all three nations.

Accepted Answer

A) Yom Kippur War 
B) Ramadan War 
C) Six-Day War 
D) Mai Lai massacre 
E) Tet offensive 
A) Yom Kippur War 
B) Ramadan War 
C) Six-Day War 
D) Mai Lai massacre 
E) Tet offensive

Question 14

The publication of the __________ showed the American public that they had never been informed of the full story on the Gulf of Tonkin incident of 1964.

Accepted Answer

A) Mai Lai Papers 
B) White Papers 
C) Pentagon Papers 
D) War Power Resolution 
E) Watergate Papers 
A) Mai Lai Papers 
B) White Papers 
C) Pentagon Papers 
D) War Power Resolution 
E) Watergate Papers

Question 15

The New Left came together in opposition to Richard Nixon's policies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Hispanic American leader Cesar Chavez emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

President Nixon was able to improve diplomatic relations with China because by the early 1970s China was eager to resist __________ expansion.

Accepted Answer

A) capitalist 
B) British 
C) Soviet 
D) Korean 
E) Japanese 
A) capitalist 
B) British 
C) Soviet 
D) Korean 
E) Japanese

Question 18

In 1962, Tom Hayden and Al Haber created the __________, the first campus organization based on the tactics employed during the Civil Rights movement.

Accepted Answer

A) National Association for Campus Activities 
B) Students for a Democratic Society 
C) Young Republicans 
D) College Democrats 
E) Students Against Drunk Driving 
A) National Association for Campus Activities 
B) Students for a Democratic Society 
C) Young Republicans 
D) College Democrats 
E) Students Against Drunk Driving

Question 19

President Nixon's plan to remove U.S.troops from Vietnam and equip the South Vietnamese soldiers to take control of the war was called

Accepted Answer

A) the War Powers Resolution. 
B) Vietnamization. 
C) the Ho Chi Minh Trail. 
D) brinksmanship. 
E) glasnost. 
A) the War Powers Resolution. 
B) Vietnamization. 
C) the Ho Chi Minh Trail. 
D) brinksmanship. 
E) glasnost.

Question 20

Late in President Nixon's first term, the United States cut economic and diplomatic ties with communist China and forced them out of the United Nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 28: Rebellion and Reaction, the 1960s and 1970s

Discuss the origins of the Watergate crisis, how it grew, and how it brought an end to the Nixon presidency.

During his administration, President Nixon authorized the __________ to work to thwart an elected official in Chile from taking office.

The anti-war movement gained increasing support after National Guard shootings killed four students at

The Watergate scandal involved a break-in at the

Only months after the United States' withdrawal from Vietnam,

During the 1960s, __________ were characterized by long hair, beards on men, no makeup for women, casual sex, and communal living arrangements.

Why did anti-war protests increase across America in the fall of 1969?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the state of Native American rights in the 1960s?

George Mitchell and Dennis Banks of the Ojibwa nation founded the __________ in 1968 to protest treatment of Native Americans in the United States.

The end of Richard Nixon's presidency came when he

Thanks to __________ of the Educational Amendments of 1972, discrimination on the basis of gender was forbidden at institutions that received federal funding.

The United States' official involvement in Vietnam came to an end with the

During the __________, Israel routed the armies of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan and seized territory from all three nations.

The publication of the __________ showed the American public that they had never been informed of the full story on the Gulf of Tonkin incident of 1964.

The New Left came together in opposition to Richard Nixon's policies.

The Hispanic American leader Cesar Chavez emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers.

President Nixon was able to improve diplomatic relations with China because by the early 1970s China was eager to resist __________ expansion.

In 1962, Tom Hayden and Al Haber created the __________, the first campus organization based on the tactics employed during the Civil Rights movement.

President Nixon's plan to remove U.S.troops from Vietnam and equip the South Vietnamese soldiers to take control of the war was called

Late in President Nixon's first term, the United States cut economic and diplomatic ties with communist China and forced them out of the United Nations.

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