Deck 27: Disorder and Discontent, 1969-1980

Question 1

Richard Nixon believed that the office of the president

A) set the moral tone for the nation.
B) ought to be the engine of social change.
C) had too much power.
D) should not interfere with the economy.

Answer 1

ought to be the engine of social change.

Question 2

In the 1970s, the most critical factor that disrupted the American economy was

A) wage and price controls.
B) spiraling food prices.
C) the war in Vietnam.
D) the oil embargo.

Answer 2

the oil embargo.

Question 3

Nixon worked to undermine the liberal agenda by all of the following EXCEPT

A) reshaping the Supreme Court.
B) discrediting prominent Democrats.
C) reducing the budget.
D) proving the ineffectiveness of programs.

Answer 3

proving the ineffectiveness of programs.

Question 4

The use of busing as a means for desegregation of American schools

A) eliminated de facto but not de jure segregation.
B) was strongly endorsed by President Nixon.
C) was generally accepted by southern whites without protest.
D) often brought resistance in northern cities.

Question 5

As a result of the Nixon Doctrine, the United States' policy concerning the Vietnam War

A) led to an immediate decrease in American air attacks on North Vietnam.
B) resulted in a refusal by the United States to negotiate an agreement with the North Vietnamese.
C) brought increased involvement of American ground troops.
D) led to the replacement of American troops with South Vietnamese troops.

Question 6

President Nixon's decision to invade Cambodia in 1970 resulted in

A) renewed anti-war demonstrations on college campuses.
B) an American victory in Vietnam.
C) permanent occupation of Cambodia by U.S. troops.
D) general public approval of his Vietnam policy.

Question 7

The documents published by the New York Times revealed the

A) disparity in training between U.S. and South Vietnamese troops.
B) fabrications and faulty assumptions that had guided the Vietnam War.
C) effectiveness of massive bombing.
D) participation by the Chinese in Vietnam.

Question 8

A major element of Nixon's foreign policy was to

A) establish that communism was monolithic throughout the world.
B) concentrate American interests in the Western Hemisphere.
C) use Congress to foster new diplomatic initiatives.
D) foster new diplomatic relations with the communist countries.

Question 9

As Richard Nixon planned his reelection campaign in 1972,

A) the Republicans were determined to sweep the presidential and congressional elections.
B) the campaign seemed less organized than in 1968.
C) there was grave concern over the lack of campaign funds.
D) he proposed to conduct a quiet and gentlemanly campaign.

Question 10

As the events of Watergate unraveled,

A) the complicity of the president in the scandal became evident.
B) little evidence could be found of the president's involvement.
C) the judicial system did not participate in the process.
D) Americans grew tired of the issue.

Question 11

As a result of the Watergate scandal

A) the Republican party called for Nixon's resignation.
B) impeachment laws were strengthened.
C) Nixon served six months in prison.
D) many Americans lost faith in the presidency.

Question 12

Gerald Ford's goals as president included

A) restoring trust in the presidency.
B) ending welfare programs.
C) ending school busing.
D) increasing aid to education.

Question 13

President Carter upset liberals by

A) reducing spending.
B) beginning deregulation.
C) failing to construct an effective energy policy.
D) All of the above.

Question 14

The founders of the National Organization for Women contended that

A) consciousness-raising was unimportant.
B) women were not treated as equal members of society.
C) women generally approved of traditional marriage relationships.
D) the Civil Rights Act of 1964 gave women equal opportunities.

Question 15

A leader in the movement to achieve changes in the traditional status of women in the United States during the 1970s was

A) Phyllis Schlafly.
B) Marilyn Monroe.
C) Gloria Steinem.
D) Janis Joplin.

Question 16

Black women were often ambivalent about the women's movement for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) suspicion of middle-class views of white feminists.
B) the feeling that struggle for racial equality took precedence.
C) an involvement with minor issues like the title Ms.
D) gender was a greater problem than race.

Question 17

Between 1970 and 1980, Hispanic Americans

A) found the Supreme Court unsympathetic to their demands for bilingual education.
B) declined in number.
C) increased in number.
D) achieved full assimilation into American society.

Question 18

During the 1960s and 1970s, Hispanic Americans

A) found the Great Society programs sensitive to their needs.
B) became more active politically.
C) had little success in gaining a political voice.
D) did not attempt to share in the American dream.

Question 19

The person who led the union movement among Chicano farm workers during the 1960s was

A) Joseph Montoya.
B) Cesar Chavez.
C) Henry B. Gonzales.
D) Henry Cisneros.

Question 20

Chavez was successful in using what tactic when grape growers did not concede to his union demands?

A) strike
B) political lobbying in Washington, D.C
C) school walkouts
D) nationwide consumer boycott

Question 21

During the 1970s, efforts by Mexican American farm workers to improve their working conditions

A) resulted in a Texas law requiring the closed shop.
B) led California to pass a law requiring growers to bargain collectively.
C) led growers to stop using their labor.
D) failed to have any impact on legislation in California.

Question 22

The demands by Mexican Americans for improvement in their educational opportunities during the 1970s

A) resulted in more Latino teachers, counselors, and courses.
B) met with little success.
C) focused on becoming assimilated into Anglo culture.
D) generally met with little resistance from educational authorities.

Question 23

As a leader among Chicanos during the 1970s, Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales

A) avoided activities that might bring confrontation with the authorities.
B) enthusiastically supported the war in Vietnam.
C) pressed for return of land that the United States government had taken from Mexicans years earlier.
D) founded the Crusade for Justice.

Question 24

Which president was particularly good at courting Latino votes but did not reward his followers when elected in 1972?

A) Truman
B) Nixon
C) Kennedy
D) Ford

Question 25

In the 1970s, roughly half of the Native American population lived

A) in the South.
B) in California.
C) on reservations.
D) in the Midwest.

Question 26

How did Presidents Johnson and Kennedy respond to termination policy in the 1960s?

A) They repudiated it.
B) They advocated it.
C) They steered a middle course.
D) They ignored it.

Question 27

All of the following statements describe the founding and operation of the American Indian Movement (AIM) EXCEPT:

A) The organization was founded in Minneapolis in 1968 by Dennis Banks and George Mitchell, Chippewa Indians.
B) It got federal funds to Indian-controlled organizations.
C) It established patrols to protect drunken Indians from police.
D) It promoted gun battles with police.

Question 28

In 1973, AIM took over the South Dakota village of

A) Wounded Knee.
B) Alcatraz.
C) Taos.
D) Round Valley.

Question 29

Like Latinos, Native Americans in the 1960s and 1970s

A) experienced full equality in the United States.
B) increasingly left the United States.
C) experienced second-class status.
D) failed to receive favorable legislation.

Question 30

In 1968, Native American author N. Scott Momaday received a Pulitzer Prize for

A) Little Big Man.
B) Custer Died for Your Sins.
C) Silent Spring.
D) House Made of Dawn.

Question 31

The American Indian Historical Society

A) protested traditional textbook treatment of native people.
B) launched armed assaults against Montana troops.
C) declined in the 1970s.
D) remained a minor periodical in native society.

Question 32

Which of the following tribes won a landmark 1967 decision that repaid them for deceptive land deals by the federal government in 1823?

A) Modoc
B) Sioux
C) Seminole
D) Navajo

Question 33

Which of the following scandals took place in Niagara Falls, New York, in 1969?

A) Three Mile Island
B) Chernobyl
C) Love Canal
D) Asbestos

Question 34

The United States stopped authorizing new nuclear power plants in the year

A) 1970.
B) 1972.
C) 1974.
D) 1978.

Question 35

The Family Assistance Plan was a proposal to aid poor families through a work-incentive program.

Question 36

A major objective of the attorney general during the Nixon administration was the reshaping of the Supreme Court to make it more liberal.

Question 37

President Carter succeeded in making his political philosophies and policies clear and widely known.

Question 38

A follower of Betty Friedan would probably oppose the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

Question 39

The gay and lesbian movement became less radical and militant in the 1970s.

Question 40

A nightlong riot in 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in New York ignited the African American civil rights movement.

Question 41

In 1975, the U.S. Civil Service Commission lifted its ban on hiring homosexuals.

Question 42

By 1970, 53 percent of the American people thought that air and water pollution constituted a major national problem.

Question 43

In the 1970s the national consumer movement declined.

Question 44

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 attempted to protect animal species from extinction.

Question 45

Discuss the policy of the Nixon administration toward the civil rights movement and discuss the major developments in civil rights during his administration.

Question 46

Evaluate the foreign policy of Richard Nixon and his success in achieving his foreign policy objectives.

Question 47

Discuss President Nixon's characteristics as a political leader and evaluate his economic and social programs.

Question 48

Discuss the Watergate incident and explain why you think the American public in general wanted the president removed from office.

Question 49

Discuss President Ford's role as a "caretaker" president and evaluate his overall success.

Question 50

Discuss President Carter's characteristics as a political leader and evaluate his economic and social programs.

Question 51

Suppose you were an advocate of the women's movement during the 1970s. What would be your major grievances and what groups and leaders might you support in pursuing your cause?

Question 52

As a reporter for your college newspaper, write a news story discussing the developments among Hispanic Americans toward achieving greater opportunities within American society from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Question 53

Evaluate the effectiveness of Cesar Chavez in achieving his goals for Mexican Americans.

Question 54

If you had been a 20-year-old American Indian living in the 1960s and 1970s, what changes might you have observed in the conditions of your people during that time?

Question 55

Suppose you were living during the 1960s and 1970s. How would your attitude toward environmental issues have changed between 1960 and 1970? What bills might you have urged your representative in Congress to support?

Question 56

As chief justice of the Supreme Court, President Nixon chose ________.

Question 57

The head of the Committee to Re-elect the President was former Attorney General ________.

Question 58

The House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach Richard Nixon as a consequence of the ________.

Question 59

Carter upset liberals in many areas, including the beginning of ________, or removal of governmental controls in economic life.

Question 60

José Angel Gutierrez established the ________ political party in the early 1970s.