Question 1

What were the goals of the Students for a Democratic Society?

Accepted Answer

A)  a society in which democratic institutions were fully protected from subversion by the international communist conspiracy. 
B)  the Democratic party in control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
C)  100 percent participation from American colleges in the 1968 national Model Congress to be held in Chicago. 
D)  a society in which the votes of college-age Americans would be weighted more heavily than the votes of retirees. 
E)  the transformation of the United States into a "participatory democracy" in which citizens would have direct control over decision making. 
A)  a society in which democratic institutions were fully protected from subversion by the international communist conspiracy. 
B)  the Democratic party in control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
C)  100 percent participation from American colleges in the 1968 national Model Congress to be held in Chicago. 
D)  a society in which the votes of college-age Americans would be weighted more heavily than the votes of retirees. 
E)  the transformation of the United States into a "participatory democracy" in which citizens would have direct control over decision making.

Question 2

What were the major failures of the Ford and Carter presidencies?

Accepted Answer

The major failures of the Ford presidenc

Question 3

Which of the following correctly accounts for the fate of the SALT II agreement?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was approved by the Senate after President Carter personally traveled to Vienna to demonstrate United States support for arms control. 
B)  US support for the treaty dissolved after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. 
C)  Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev refused to sign it as a protest against a series of anti-Soviet measures that President Carter adopted. 
D)  It was passed by the Senate and signed by President Carter, but President Reagan repealed it because it gave too much to the Evil Empire. 
E)  It became the cornerstone for future U.S.-Soviet arms negotiations. 
A)  It was approved by the Senate after President Carter personally traveled to Vienna to demonstrate United States support for arms control. 
B)  US support for the treaty dissolved after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. 
C)  Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev refused to sign it as a protest against a series of anti-Soviet measures that President Carter adopted. 
D)  It was passed by the Senate and signed by President Carter, but President Reagan repealed it because it gave too much to the Evil Empire. 
E)  It became the cornerstone for future U.S.-Soviet arms negotiations.

Question 4

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. 
Shootings at Kent State and Jackson State

Accepted Answer

The shootings at Kent State and Jackson

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

What events precipitated the 1979 seizure of over fifty American hostages in Iran?

Accepted Answer

A)  The CIA helped return the Shah Reza Pahlavi to power. 
B)  Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini rose to power in Iran, and the United States allowed the shah to enter the United States for cancer treatment. 
C)  An American helicopter and a transport plane collided over the Iranian desert. 
D)  The Soviet Union invaded Iran. 
E)  The United States invaded Iran. 
A)  The CIA helped return the Shah Reza Pahlavi to power. 
B)  Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini rose to power in Iran, and the United States allowed the shah to enter the United States for cancer treatment. 
C)  An American helicopter and a transport plane collided over the Iranian desert. 
D)  The Soviet Union invaded Iran. 
E)  The United States invaded Iran.

Question 7

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 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. 
National Organization for Women

Accepted Answer

The National Organization for Women (NOW

Question 9

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 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. 
George Wallace

Accepted Answer

George Wallace was an American politicia

Question 11

Why was Apollo 11 significant to Americans at the time?

Accepted Answer

A)  It provided hope to Americans in difficult times. 
B)  It showed the dangers of space flight. 
C)  It pointed to the close relationship between civilian and military space flights. 
D)  It captured the futility of the space race. 
E)  It marked the first successful launch of the space shuttle. 
A)  It provided hope to Americans in difficult times. 
B)  It showed the dangers of space flight. 
C)  It pointed to the close relationship between civilian and military space flights. 
D)  It captured the futility of the space race. 
E)  It marked the first successful launch of the space shuttle.

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. 
Henry Kissinger

Accepted Answer

Henry Kissinger is a significant figure

Question 13

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 14

Explain why the problems of the mid to late 1970s made it very difficult for either President Ford or President Carter to have much success. What were the problems? How did each president attempt to solve them? Why were they not very successful?

Accepted Answer

The mid to late 1970s were a challenging

Question 15

In Roe v. Wade , the Supreme Court ruled that

Accepted Answer

A)  busing should be used to desegregate schools. 
B)  racial quotas are only applicable under limited circumstances. 
C)  school-sponsored prayer is unconstitutional. 
D)  states could not restrict women's constitutional right to abortion in the first trimester of a pregnancy. 
E)  the death penalty was unconstitutional. 
A)  busing should be used to desegregate schools. 
B)  racial quotas are only applicable under limited circumstances. 
C)  school-sponsored prayer is unconstitutional. 
D)  states could not restrict women's constitutional right to abortion in the first trimester of a pregnancy. 
E)  the death penalty was unconstitutional.

Question 16

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. 
Watergate

Accepted Answer

Watergate refers to a major political sc

Question 17

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. 
Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique

Accepted Answer

Betty Friedan was an American feminist a

Question 18

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

Question 19

What characterized the American economy during the Carter presidency?

Accepted Answer

A)  The worst depression since the 1930s 
B)  Rapid business expansion 
C)  Record low unemployment 
D)  Creeping inflation brought about by steady business growth 
E)  Business stagnation and skyrocketing inflation 
A)  The worst depression since the 1930s 
B)  Rapid business expansion 
C)  Record low unemployment 
D)  Creeping inflation brought about by steady business growth 
E)  Business stagnation and skyrocketing inflation

Question 20

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. 
Eugene McCarthy

Accepted Answer

Eugene McCarthy was an American politici

What were the goals of the Students for a Democratic Society?

What were the major failures of the Ford and Carter presidencies?

Which of the following correctly accounts for the fate of the SALT II agreement?

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. Shootings at Kent State and Jackson State

What happened at Three Mile Island?

What events precipitated the 1979 seizure of over fifty American hostages in Iran?

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

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. National Organization for Women

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. George Wallace

Why was Apollo 11 significant to Americans at the time?

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 happened at Kent State University in May 1970?

Explain why the problems of the mid to late 1970s made it very difficult for either President Ford or President Carter to have much success. What were the problems? How did each president attempt to solve them? Why were they not very successful?

In Roe v. Wade , the Supreme Court ruled that

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. Watergate

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. Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique

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

What characterized the American economy during the Carter presidency?

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. Eugene McCarthy

A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

Reconstruction and Resistance

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The Rise of Industrial America

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

The Progressive Era

Global Involvements and World War I

Coping With Change

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americans and a World in Crisis

The Cold War Abroad and at Home

America at Midcentury

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

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Exam 29: A Time of Upheaval

What were the goals of the Students for a Democratic Society?

What were the major failures of the Ford and Carter presidencies?

Which of the following correctly accounts for the fate of the SALT II agreement?

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. Shootings at Kent State and Jackson State

What happened at Three Mile Island?

What events precipitated the 1979 seizure of over fifty American hostages in Iran?

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

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. National Organization for Women

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. George Wallace

Why was Apollo 11 significant to Americans at the time?

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 happened at Kent State University in May 1970?

Explain why the problems of the mid to late 1970s made it very difficult for either President Ford or President Carter to have much success. What were the problems? How did each president attempt to solve them? Why were they not very successful?

In Roe v. Wade , the Supreme Court ruled that

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. Watergate

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. Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique

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

What characterized the American economy during the Carter presidency?

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. Eugene McCarthy

A Changing Nation: Homefront Crises and New Global Realities

Reconstruction and Resistance

The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West

The Rise of Industrial America

Immigration, Urbanization, and Everyday Life

Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age

The Progressive Era

Global Involvements and World War I

Coping With Change

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americans and a World in Crisis

The Cold War Abroad and at Home

America at Midcentury

Liberalism, Civil Rights, and War in Vietnam

A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

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