Question 1

President Richard Nixon's proposed Family Assistance Plan included

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A)   a maximum six-year participation in the federal welfare system.
B)   federal support for parental leave following the birth of a child.
C)   free medical care to all Americans over the age of seventy.
D)   a guaranteed annual income for all Americans.
E)   a program to replace Social Security with private retirement vouchers.F) B) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 2

In 1973, American Indian activists occupied the old Indian battle site of

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A)   Wounded Knee.
B)   Little Bighorn.
C)   Horseshoe Bend.
D)   Fallen Timbers.
E)   Sand Creek.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 3

Ecology rests primarily on the assumption that nature should be preserved

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A)   for its beauty.
B)   because it was divinely created.
C)   because humans need to maintain the interrelated balance of life.
D)   because humans need a spiritual connection with the natural world.
E)   because American democracy flourishes when the land is plentiful and healthy.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

In Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) , the Supreme Court

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A)   limited the appeals process for state convictions.
B)   established new guidelines for capital punishment cases.
C)   ruled that all felony defendants were entitled to a lawyer, regardless of their ability to pay.
D)   ruled that a defendant must have access to a lawyer before being questioned by police.
E)   sharply limited government curbs on pornography.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 5

The so-called Pentagon Papers revealed the government had misled the public in explaining its motives for American involvement in Vietnam.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What came to be called the Watergate scandal began when five men broke into the offices of the Democratic National Committee.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

How did Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger view the world and America's place in it? Explain their strategies toward the Soviet Union, the Middle East, and Latin America.

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Question 8

By the early 1970s, a significant change was visible in the tone and direction of the women's movement. New books by younger feminists expressed a milder critique of American society than Friedan had offered.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Nixon administration responded to the mounting economic problems of the country by focusing on the one thing they thought they could control: inflation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

As part of his domestic agenda, President Richard Nixon

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A)   tried to end the forced busing of students to desegregate schools.
B)   dismantled many Great Society programs.
C)   abolished the Office of Economic Opportunity.
D)   tried to overhaul the nation's welfare system by creating a guaranteed annual income.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

________ was the Watergate burglar who agreed to cooperate with the grand jury and Senate investigating committee looking into the Watergate break-in.

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Question 12

When it was founded, the National Organization of Women was concerned primarily with the rights of women in marriage and in the home.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

President Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972

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A)   was designed to bring the United States closer to Chiang Kai-shek.
B)   was opposed by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
C)   moved the United States into a deeper conflict with the Soviet Union.
D)   came after Taiwan was expelled from the United Nations.
E)   aroused deep animosity from the majority of Chinese communists.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

In 1972, the Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the

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A)   Washington Post newspaper building.
B)   headquarters of the George McGovern campaign.
C)   House of Representatives.
D)   office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist.
E)   offices of the Democratic National Committee.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 15

Betty Friedan's book, The Feminine Mystique, concerned the difficulties facing poor and working-class women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

All of the following statements regarding Latinos in the United States are true EXCEPT that

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A)   by the late 1960s, Mexican Americans were one of the largest population groups in the West.
B)   large numbers of Central American immigrants arrived in the U.S. in the 1980s.
C)   Cuban immigrants in the 1980s were more well-to-do than their counterparts in the 1960s.
D)   in 1953, the government launched what it called Operation Wetback to deport illegals.
E)   Puerto Rican migrants established a large community in New York City.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 17

In the 1960s, the aspect of popular culture most strongly embraced by the counterculture was

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A)   television.
B)   music.
C)   movies.
D)   literature.
E)   sports.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 18

In 1972, the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

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A)   was signed by all of the world's nuclear powers.
B)   called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems.
C)   froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels.
D)   both called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems, and froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) D) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 19

The House Judiciary Committee was debating whether or not to recommend articles of impeachment when President Nixon announced his resignation from office.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In the early 1970s, the United States suffered its first fuel shortage since World War II.

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A) True 
 B)False

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