Question 1

Which of the following is true of William Calley?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was a corporal who provided proof to U.S. Senate investigators that three American officers were victims of "fragging." 
B)  He was a soldier who was tried and executed for cowardice in the face of the enemy. 
C)  He was an army lieutenant convicted for his involvement in the atrocity known as the My Lai massacre. 
D)  He was a World War II veteran much vilified by the American Legion and other veterans groups for his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War. 
A)  He was a corporal who provided proof to U.S. Senate investigators that three American officers were victims of "fragging." 
B)  He was a soldier who was tried and executed for cowardice in the face of the enemy. 
C)  He was an army lieutenant convicted for his involvement in the atrocity known as the My Lai massacre. 
D)  He was a World War II veteran much vilified by the American Legion and other veterans groups for his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War.

Question 2

One of Gerald Ford's first official acts as president was to

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A)  pardon Richard Nixon. 
B)  request a new voting rights act. 
C)  release funds impounded by the Nixon administration. 
D)  open negotiations with the Soviet Union on arms reduction. 
A)  pardon Richard Nixon. 
B)  request a new voting rights act. 
C)  release funds impounded by the Nixon administration. 
D)  open negotiations with the Soviet Union on arms reduction.

Question 3

In the late 1960s, views of radical feminists differed from those of NOW in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Radical feminists practiced personal politics through such venues as "consciousness-raising" groups; NOW was a traditional lobbying group. 
B)  Radical feminists were concerned with political issues; NOW concentrated on social and economic issues. 
C)  Radical feminists were associated with fundamentalist Christian groups; NOW members were not affiliated with any specific religious group. 
D)  Radical feminists opposed the gay rights movement; NOW supported the movement. 
A)  Radical feminists practiced personal politics through such venues as "consciousness-raising" groups; NOW was a traditional lobbying group. 
B)  Radical feminists were concerned with political issues; NOW concentrated on social and economic issues. 
C)  Radical feminists were associated with fundamentalist Christian groups; NOW members were not affiliated with any specific religious group. 
D)  Radical feminists opposed the gay rights movement; NOW supported the movement.

Question 4

Which of the following is true of Gerald Ford?

Accepted Answer

A)  His term of office was shorter than that of any other president. 
B)  He refused to pardon Richard Nixon. 
C)  He used the veto more than any other president. 
D)  He was the first unelected president in U.S. history. 
A)  His term of office was shorter than that of any other president. 
B)  He refused to pardon Richard Nixon. 
C)  He used the veto more than any other president. 
D)  He was the first unelected president in U.S. history.

Question 5

In their campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment, antifeminist leaders

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A)  proposed progressive legislation to guarantee just compensation to working women and federal aid to working mothers. 
B)  argued in favor of passing new laws that would relegate women to an inferior status in American society. 
C)  argued that the ERA would decriminalize rape and make women subject to the military draft. 
D)  engaged in a reasoned debate with those who supported the amendment. 
A)  proposed progressive legislation to guarantee just compensation to working women and federal aid to working mothers. 
B)  argued in favor of passing new laws that would relegate women to an inferior status in American society. 
C)  argued that the ERA would decriminalize rape and make women subject to the military draft. 
D)  engaged in a reasoned debate with those who supported the amendment.

Question 6

Like the younger generation of African Americans, the younger generations of Mexican American and Native American activists in the late 1960s and early 1970s emphasized

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A)  local rather than national issues. 
B)  assimilation and cooperation with white society. 
C)  their own distinct cultures and histories. 
D)  reparations for past wrongs rather than funding for current programs. 
A)  local rather than national issues. 
B)  assimilation and cooperation with white society. 
C)  their own distinct cultures and histories. 
D)  reparations for past wrongs rather than funding for current programs.

Question 7

President Carter's inconsistency in foreign policy was due in large part to

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A)  the pressure he was under to halt the nuclear arms race but at the same time reach nuclear parity with the Soviet Union. 
B)  the dilemma he faced in wanting to reduce arms sales while at the same time end the United States recession. 
C)  the changing policies of the Soviet Union toward its client states and the Third World. 
D)  the disagreements between his national security adviser and his secretary of state. 
A)  the pressure he was under to halt the nuclear arms race but at the same time reach nuclear parity with the Soviet Union. 
B)  the dilemma he faced in wanting to reduce arms sales while at the same time end the United States recession. 
C)  the changing policies of the Soviet Union toward its client states and the Third World. 
D)  the disagreements between his national security adviser and his secretary of state.

Question 8

Which of the following was one of President Carter's responses to the 1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan?

Accepted Answer

A)  He approved the sale of AWACS planes to the People's Republic of China. 
B)  He diverted shipments of grain from Russia to the rebels in Afghanistan. 
C)  He broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. 
D)  He withdrew a major arms control treaty from Senate consideration. 
A)  He approved the sale of AWACS planes to the People's Republic of China. 
B)  He diverted shipments of grain from Russia to the rebels in Afghanistan. 
C)  He broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. 
D)  He withdrew a major arms control treaty from Senate consideration.

Question 9

The code name used by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward for the high-ranking government official who helped them uncover the link between the men who broke into the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate and the Nixon White House was

Accepted Answer

A)  "Chatterbox." 
B)  "Creep." 
C)  "Deep Throat." 
D)  "Tape Worm." 
A)  "Chatterbox." 
B)  "Creep." 
C)  "Deep Throat." 
D)  "Tape Worm."

Question 10

Hawkish critics debating the meaning of the Vietnam War blamed the nation's failure in Vietnam on

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A)  the expansionist and interventionist nature of American foreign policy. 
B)  the failure of the containment doctrine to distinguish between peripheral areas and areas vital to national security. 
C)  the emergence of the imperial presidency. 
D)  a loss of will within America. 
A)  the expansionist and interventionist nature of American foreign policy. 
B)  the failure of the containment doctrine to distinguish between peripheral areas and areas vital to national security. 
C)  the emergence of the imperial presidency. 
D)  a loss of will within America.

Question 11

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is no inherent right to privacy embodied in the Constitution; thus, a state may prohibit the sale of contraceptives. 
B)  The right to privacy is guaranteed by the Constitution; thus, the state has no power to regulate sexual acts between consenting adults. 
C)  The right to privacy guaranteed in the Constitution protects a woman's decision to have an abortion. 
D)  The Constitution protects the rights of the fetus over the rights of the mother after the first three months of pregnancy. 
A)  There is no inherent right to privacy embodied in the Constitution; thus, a state may prohibit the sale of contraceptives. 
B)  The right to privacy is guaranteed by the Constitution; thus, the state has no power to regulate sexual acts between consenting adults. 
C)  The right to privacy guaranteed in the Constitution protects a woman's decision to have an abortion. 
D)  The Constitution protects the rights of the fetus over the rights of the mother after the first three months of pregnancy.

Question 12

Which of the following was a consequence of deindustrialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blue-collar workers were transferred by corporations into higher-paying, service-oriented positions. 
B)  Many blue collar workers lost their jobs in the automobile and steel industries and found that the new jobs being created were in the lower paying service sector. 
C)  The salaries for traditionally female jobs in the service sector of the economy rose substantially. 
D)  Minimum-wage and part-time jobs became more and more scarce, putting an additional burden on retirees and students. 
A)  Blue-collar workers were transferred by corporations into higher-paying, service-oriented positions. 
B)  Many blue collar workers lost their jobs in the automobile and steel industries and found that the new jobs being created were in the lower paying service sector. 
C)  The salaries for traditionally female jobs in the service sector of the economy rose substantially. 
D)  Minimum-wage and part-time jobs became more and more scarce, putting an additional burden on retirees and students.

Question 13

The term affirmative action refers to efforts to show improvement in

Accepted Answer

A)  ghetto living conditions. 
B)  air quality. 
C)  the hiring of minorities. 
D)  grade level competency tests in public schools. 
A)  ghetto living conditions. 
B)  air quality. 
C)  the hiring of minorities. 
D)  grade level competency tests in public schools.

Question 14

Which of the following is true of La Raza Unida?

Accepted Answer

A)  It became the voice for militant Puerto Ricans in Los Angeles. 
B)  It was founded in the Southwest in the 1970s by Chicano activists and was instrumental in registering tens of thousands of new voters. 
C)  It was successful in bringing unity and a sense of common purpose to Latinos throughout the United States. 
D)  It acted primarily as a legal-aid organization to prevent deportation of refugees from Central America. 
A)  It became the voice for militant Puerto Ricans in Los Angeles. 
B)  It was founded in the Southwest in the 1970s by Chicano activists and was instrumental in registering tens of thousands of new voters. 
C)  It was successful in bringing unity and a sense of common purpose to Latinos throughout the United States. 
D)  It acted primarily as a legal-aid organization to prevent deportation of refugees from Central America.

Question 15

Antifeminists were successful in achieving which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  They won a Supreme Court ruling that Congress could not extend the deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. 
B)  They stalled the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. 
C)  They persuaded many major corporations to provide daycare centers to working mothers. 
D)  They persuaded Congress to ban abortions in the United States. 
A)  They won a Supreme Court ruling that Congress could not extend the deadline for ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment. 
B)  They stalled the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. 
C)  They persuaded many major corporations to provide daycare centers to working mothers. 
D)  They persuaded Congress to ban abortions in the United States.

Question 16

Which of the following was a gain made by women in the early 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The admission of record numbers of women to professional schools 
B)  The establishment of federally-funded daycare centers for the children of working women 
C)  A reduction in the difference between what the average working woman earned and what the average working man earned 
D)  Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment 
A)  The admission of record numbers of women to professional schools 
B)  The establishment of federally-funded daycare centers for the children of working women 
C)  A reduction in the difference between what the average working woman earned and what the average working man earned 
D)  Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

Question 17

In the wake of skyrocketing oil prices, the United States experienced

Accepted Answer

A)  rising unemployment accompanied by a serious inflationary spiral. 
B)  stable employment but soaring inflation that reduced buying power. 
C)  stability in the cost of living but near-depression levels of unemployment. 
D)  a reduction in unemployment accompanied by double-digit inflation. 
A)  rising unemployment accompanied by a serious inflationary spiral. 
B)  stable employment but soaring inflation that reduced buying power. 
C)  stability in the cost of living but near-depression levels of unemployment. 
D)  a reduction in unemployment accompanied by double-digit inflation.

Question 18

In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled in Bakke's favor and

Accepted Answer

A)  upheld the principle of affirmative action. 
B)  outlawed quotas and the principle of affirmative action. 
C)  upheld quotas but outlawed the principle of affirmative action. 
D)  upheld quotas and the principle of affirmative action. 
A)  upheld the principle of affirmative action. 
B)  outlawed quotas and the principle of affirmative action. 
C)  upheld quotas but outlawed the principle of affirmative action. 
D)  upheld quotas and the principle of affirmative action.

Question 19

The Stonewall Inn riot marked the symbolic beginning of

Accepted Answer

A)  violent demonstrations against the Vietnam War. 
B)  the gay rights movement. 
C)  the Gray Panthers. 
D)  radical feminism. 
A)  violent demonstrations against the Vietnam War. 
B)  the gay rights movement. 
C)  the Gray Panthers. 
D)  radical feminism.

Question 20

The primary purpose of the Nixon-Kissinger policy of détente was to

Accepted Answer

A)  check Soviet expansion and limit the Soviet arms buildup. 
B)  enlarge the influence of the United Nations. 
C)  guarantee the self-determination of the Third World. 
D)  elevate the international stature of America's European allies. 
A)  check Soviet expansion and limit the Soviet arms buildup. 
B)  enlarge the influence of the United Nations. 
C)  guarantee the self-determination of the Third World. 
D)  elevate the international stature of America's European allies.

Exam 31: Continuing Divisions and New Limits, 1969-1980

Which of the following is true of William Calley?

One of Gerald Ford's first official acts as president was to

In the late 1960s, views of radical feminists differed from those of NOW in which of the following ways?

Which of the following is true of Gerald Ford?

In their campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment, antifeminist leaders

Like the younger generation of African Americans, the younger generations of Mexican American and Native American activists in the late 1960s and early 1970s emphasized

President Carter's inconsistency in foreign policy was due in large part to

Which of the following was one of President Carter's responses to the 1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan?

The code name used by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward for the high-ranking government official who helped them uncover the link between the men who broke into the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate and the Nixon White House was

Hawkish critics debating the meaning of the Vietnam War blamed the nation's failure in Vietnam on

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the Supreme Court's ruling in Roe v. Wade?

Which of the following was a consequence of deindustrialization?

The term affirmative action refers to efforts to show improvement in

Which of the following is true of La Raza Unida?

Antifeminists were successful in achieving which of the following?

Which of the following was a gain made by women in the early 1970s?

In the wake of skyrocketing oil prices, the United States experienced

In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled in Bakke's favor and

The Stonewall Inn riot marked the symbolic beginning of

The primary purpose of the Nixon-Kissinger policy of détente was to

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