Exam 27: The Swing Toward Conservatism

Although it was at odds with his larger conservative agenda, President Nixon

President Nixon delivered on his 1968 campaign promises when he

One consequence of the U.S. invasion of Cambodia was the

California's Proposition 13 would achieve one of the New Right's main goals by

Map 27.2, The Sun and Rust Belts, shows two starkly differing economic and demographic regions. How many states were part of the Sun Belt?

What did Shirley Chisholm and Patricia Schroeder have in common?

President Reagan's basic philosophy of governance could be summarized as

The term benign neglect can be used to describe the Nixon administration's policies in which area?

The most dangerous environmental threat of the 1970s was the

The popular vote in the 1968 presidential election suggested that the majority of Americans

Although he had signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II treaty with the Soviet Union, President Carter asked the Senate to withhold its approval of the agreement in response to the

Gerald Ford's pardon prevented Nixon from

Why did President Nixon authorize the illegal wiretapping of his own officials and members of the press?

President Nixon's decision to declare a ninety-day freeze on wages and prices in 1971 was a response to rising

The top achievement of President Carter's foreign policy was

Evidence of the continuing influence of the counterculture throughout the 1970s could be seen in the

The seizure of the American embassy in Tehran and holding of fifty-two Americans hostage was a response to President Carter

President Ronald Reagan's economic policies resulted in

Vice President Spiro Agnew's chief responsibility during the 1972 reelection campaign was to

Supply-side economists argued that lowering taxes had the counterintuitive impact of increasing government income because it led to greater