Question 1

When he used "shuttle diplomacy," where was Secretary of State Henry Kissinger attempting to achieve a peace settlement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southeast Asia 
B)  Eastern Europe 
C)  Middle East 
D)  South America 
E)  Africa 
A)  Southeast Asia 
B)  Eastern Europe 
C)  Middle East 
D)  South America 
E)  Africa

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, and "Deep Throat"

Accepted Answer

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward were inv

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Streaking

Accepted Answer

Streaking refers to the act of running n

Question 4

Which of the following was not one of the approaches President Nixon took in an attempt to solve the nation's economic problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  He expanded deficit spending. 
B)  He tried to reduce government expenditures. 
C)  He increased interest rates. 
D)  He imposed wage-and-price controls. 
E)  He implemented a huge corporate tax cut. 
A)  He expanded deficit spending. 
B)  He tried to reduce government expenditures. 
C)  He increased interest rates. 
D)  He imposed wage-and-price controls. 
E)  He implemented a huge corporate tax cut.

Question 5

What happened at Three Mile Island?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States established a prison to hold terrorists. 
B)  A nuclear plant experienced a near-disastrous accident. 
C)  Pennsylvania built the first town to be powered solely by a nuclear reactor. 
D)  National Guard forces intervened in a coal mining strike. 
E)  The army tested the first components of the Strategic Defense Initiative. 
A)  The United States established a prison to hold terrorists. 
B)  A nuclear plant experienced a near-disastrous accident. 
C)  Pennsylvania built the first town to be powered solely by a nuclear reactor. 
D)  National Guard forces intervened in a coal mining strike. 
E)  The army tested the first components of the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Question 6

Richard Nixon's foreign-policy accomplishments included all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  beginning negotiations to end the war in Vietnam. 
B)  checking Soviet expansionism. 
C)  limiting the nuclear-arms race. 
D)  overthrowing the communist government of Red China. 
E)  détente. 
A)  beginning negotiations to end the war in Vietnam. 
B)  checking Soviet expansionism. 
C)  limiting the nuclear-arms race. 
D)  overthrowing the communist government of Red China. 
E)  détente.

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Mario Savio

Accepted Answer

The Berkeley Free Speech Movement was a

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Camp David Accords

Accepted Answer

The Camp David Accords refer to two sepa

Question 9

In the 1960s, what did the term "counterculture" refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  a conservative movement among American youth who were nostalgic for the simple habits of the 1950s. 
B)  an environmental movement dedicated to countering the polluting effects of American consumer culture. 
C)  a youth culture that was radically disaffiliated from the mainstream assumptions of American society. 
D)  an urban middle-class reform movement that opposed the growing use of "uppers" and "downers" throughout American society. 
E)  a movement to increase American consumerism in order to solve the nation's economic woes. 
A)  a conservative movement among American youth who were nostalgic for the simple habits of the 1950s. 
B)  an environmental movement dedicated to countering the polluting effects of American consumer culture. 
C)  a youth culture that was radically disaffiliated from the mainstream assumptions of American society. 
D)  an urban middle-class reform movement that opposed the growing use of "uppers" and "downers" throughout American society. 
E)  a movement to increase American consumerism in order to solve the nation's economic woes.

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Huston Plan, The plumbers

Accepted Answer

The Huston Plan was a proposed security

Question 11

Which of the following was not one of the developments of the early and mid-1960s that tended to radicalize thousands of American students?

Accepted Answer

A)  The American government refused to pursue total victory in Vietnam. 
B)  Students saw campus administrators as impersonal and rigid. 
C)  The Port Huron Statement galvanized many students 
D)  Students wanted more Americans included in the decision making process. 
E)  Students were concerned by the inability of mainstream liberalism to achieve swift, far-reaching change. 
A)  The American government refused to pursue total victory in Vietnam. 
B)  Students saw campus administrators as impersonal and rigid. 
C)  The Port Huron Statement galvanized many students 
D)  Students wanted more Americans included in the decision making process. 
E)  Students were concerned by the inability of mainstream liberalism to achieve swift, far-reaching change.

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Southern Strategy

Accepted Answer

The Southern Strategy refers to a politi

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Accepted Answer

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting

Question 14

From 1966 to 1968, students on campuses across America

Accepted Answer

A)  transformed campus protests for curricular reform, less restrictive rules and freedom of speech into mass social movements. 
B)  shifted from protest to resistance. 
C)  demonstrated against the war and racism. 
D)  inspired protests among students in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico and South Korea. 
E)  All of these choices. 
A)  transformed campus protests for curricular reform, less restrictive rules and freedom of speech into mass social movements. 
B)  shifted from protest to resistance. 
C)  demonstrated against the war and racism. 
D)  inspired protests among students in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico and South Korea. 
E)  All of these choices.

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Henry Kissinger

Accepted Answer

Henry Kissinger is a significant figure

Question 16

What were the significant domestic policiesboth positive and negativeof the Nixon administration? How did Nixon deal with the economic, environmental, and social problems facing the nation?

Accepted Answer

The Nixon administration implemented sev

Question 17

The 1960s are known for the hippies, "youth culture", and sexual revolution. While these issues were prevalent, how could you argue that the majority of young adults varied relatively little from their parents' generation? Explain using specific examples.

Accepted Answer

While the 1960s are often associated wit

Question 18

What happened at Kent State University in May 1970?

Accepted Answer

A)  Campus radicals ambushed National Guard Troop G, wounding eleven and killing four. 
B)  Ohio governor James Rhodes ordered the National Guard to shoot all campus radicals. 
C)  National Guard troops fired at student antiwar protesters, wounding eleven and killing four. 
D)  A distraught student stood in the window of the library tower and shot professors walking on the main quadrangle below. 
E)  Campus police fired into a women's dormitory, accidentally killing two male students who were in the midst of a panty raid. 
A)  Campus radicals ambushed National Guard Troop G, wounding eleven and killing four. 
B)  Ohio governor James Rhodes ordered the National Guard to shoot all campus radicals. 
C)  National Guard troops fired at student antiwar protesters, wounding eleven and killing four. 
D)  A distraught student stood in the window of the library tower and shot professors walking on the main quadrangle below. 
E)  Campus police fired into a women's dormitory, accidentally killing two male students who were in the midst of a panty raid.

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Committee to Re-Elect the President

Accepted Answer

The Committee to Re-Elect the President,

Question 20

What economic problem plagued the American economy in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deflation 
B)  Stagflation 
C)  Low interest rates 
D)  Declining world trade 
E)  Expanding gold supply 
A)  Deflation 
B)  Stagflation 
C)  Low interest rates 
D)  Declining world trade 
E)  Expanding gold supply

Exam 29: A Time of Upheaval

When he used "shuttle diplomacy," where was Secretary of State Henry Kissinger attempting to achieve a peace settlement?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, and "Deep Throat"

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Streaking

Which of the following was not one of the approaches President Nixon took in an attempt to solve the nation's economic problems?

What happened at Three Mile Island?

Richard Nixon's foreign-policy accomplishments included all of the following except

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Mario Savio

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Camp David Accords

In the 1960s, what did the term "counterculture" refer to?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Huston Plan, The plumbers

Which of the following was not one of the developments of the early and mid-1960s that tended to radicalize thousands of American students?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Southern Strategy

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

From 1966 to 1968, students on campuses across America

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Henry Kissinger

What were the significant domestic policiesboth positive and negativeof the Nixon administration? How did Nixon deal with the economic, environmental, and social problems facing the nation?

The 1960s are known for the hippies, "youth culture", and sexual revolution. While these issues were prevalent, how could you argue that the majority of young adults varied relatively little from their parents' generation? Explain using specific examples.

What happened at Kent State University in May 1970?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Committee to Re-Elect the President

What economic problem plagued the American economy in the 1970s?

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