Question 1

Passed in 1972,Title IX is important because

Accepted Answer

A)  It outlawed discrimination in employment based on race, creed, religion and national origin. 
B)  It required that educational institutions spend equally on women's and men's athletics. 
C)  It legalized access to safe and legal abortions. 
D)  It led to the nuclear disarmament. 
E)  It banned wiretapping of political candidates and government officials. 
A)  It outlawed discrimination in employment based on race, creed, religion and national origin. 
B)  It required that educational institutions spend equally on women's and men's athletics. 
C)  It legalized access to safe and legal abortions. 
D)  It led to the nuclear disarmament. 
E)  It banned wiretapping of political candidates and government officials.

Question 2

President Gerald Ford was the first president who came to office without a national election.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The rise of the religious right in the 1970s brought

Accepted Answer

A)  a public aspect of faith that reflected the growing influence of the South on American culture. 
B)  a new economics of egalitarianism. 
C)  a widely shared and new understanding of the meaning of conservatism. 
D)  greater unity among all religious groups, especially Christians. 
E)  None of these choices. 
A)  a public aspect of faith that reflected the growing influence of the South on American culture. 
B)  a new economics of egalitarianism. 
C)  a widely shared and new understanding of the meaning of conservatism. 
D)  greater unity among all religious groups, especially Christians. 
E)  None of these choices.

Question 4

Which of the following did not happen during Carter's presidency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some public schools had to close because there was not enough energy to heat them. 
B)  There was a meltdown of a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, raising profound concerns about the safety of nuclear energy. 
C)  His administration was finally able to get stagflation under control. 
D)  Carter signed the SALT II agreement with the Soviet Union, although it fell apart years later. 
E)  He achieved his goal of establishing human rights as an element of American policy. 
A)  Some public schools had to close because there was not enough energy to heat them. 
B)  There was a meltdown of a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, raising profound concerns about the safety of nuclear energy. 
C)  His administration was finally able to get stagflation under control. 
D)  Carter signed the SALT II agreement with the Soviet Union, although it fell apart years later. 
E)  He achieved his goal of establishing human rights as an element of American policy.

Question 5

What were Nixon's reasons for visiting China in 1972? Was he successful? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Nixon's reasons for visiting China in 19

Passed in 1972,Title IX is important because

President Gerald Ford was the first president who came to office without a national election.

The rise of the religious right in the 1970s brought

Which of the following did not happen during Carter's presidency?

What were Nixon's reasons for visiting China in 1972? Was he successful? Explain.

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The Impending Crisis

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Reconstruction, 1865-1877

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The Industrial Age: North, south, and West

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Exam 26: The Age of Fracture: the 1970s

Passed in 1972,Title IX is important because

President Gerald Ford was the first president who came to office without a national election.

The rise of the religious right in the 1970s brought

Which of the following did not happen during Carter's presidency?

What were Nixon's reasons for visiting China in 1972? Was he successful? Explain.

Three Societies on the Verge of Contact

Contact and Settlement, 1492-1660

Expansion and Its Costs, 1660-1700

Expansion and Control, 1700-1763

Toward Revolution, 1763-1775

The Revolution

Confederation and Constitution, 1783-1789

Securing the New Nation, 1789-1800

Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1814

The Market Revolution

Politics of the Market Revolution

A Regionalized America, 1830-1860

The Continued Move West

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Age: North, south, and West

The Progressive Era

Becoming a World Power

Prosperity and Change in the Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

World War II

Cold War America

The Sixties

Reagans America

America in the Information Age

Globalization and Its Discontents

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