Question 1

In 1976,Jimmy Carter easily won election over Gerald Ford.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The 1988 election results gave the Republican Party control of the presidency and both houses of Congress.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Under President Carter,the United States and the People's Republic of China resumed full diplomatic relations.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

All of the following were part of the 1984 election EXCEPT

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A)   President Ronald Reagan winning all but one state.
B)   the Republican Party stood united and firmly committed to Reagan's candidacy.
C)   the Democratic Party choosing Walter Mondale as the presidential nominee.
D)   the first woman, Geraldine Ferraro, appearing on a major party national ticket.
E)   the Republicans making large gains in the Senate and House.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

President Ronald Reagan argued that the Strategic Defense Initiative would

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A)   enable the United States to make a successful "first strike" anywhere in the world.
B)   bring an end to communism.
C)   protect all of the United States' allies.
D)   make nuclear war obsolete.
E)   bridge the "missile gap" with the Soviet Union.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

All of the following foreign policy events occurred during the Carter administration EXCEPT the

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A)   ratification of a new SALT II arms agreement with the Soviet Union.
B)   signing of a formal peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
C)   establishment of formal diplomatic relations with communist China.
D)   ratification of the Panama Canal treaty.
E)   beginning of a Soviet war in Afghanistan.F) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

What were the sources of the nation's economic troubles during the Carter administration?

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During the Carter administration, the na...

Question 8

How do you account for the rise of the American right? What was its agenda?

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The rise of the American right can be at...

Question 9

In 1979,Iranians who took American hostages demanded,in return for their release,

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A)   the removal of all American troops from Saudi Arabia.
B)   the removal of all westerners from Iran.
C)   a large ransom payment.
D)   the United States' return of the shah of Iran.
E)   an end to the United States' support of Israel.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 10

In 1979,the Carter administration responded to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by

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A)   imposing economic sanctions on the Soviet Union.
B)   mobilizing NATO airstrikes.
C)   cutting off all diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
D)   convincing most of its Western European allies to boycott the 1980 summer Olympic Games.
E)   withdrawing the SALT I treaty from Senate consideration.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 11

Richard Nixon was never charged for his involvement in the Watergate scandal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In 1980,the "Sunbelt" region of the nation

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   contributed to the growth of the modern conservative movement.
C)   included both the Southeast and Southwest.
D)   contained a strong populist tradition.
E)   both contained a strong populist tradition, and contributed to the growth of the modern conservative movement.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

The American public came to regard Gerald Ford as being as untrustworthy as Richard Nixon.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In 1992,Ross Perot made the best third-party showing in American politics since

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A)   Robert La Follette in 1924.
B)   Theodore Roosevelt in 1912.
C)   John Anderson in 1980.
D)   George Wallace in 1968.
E)   Henry Wallace in 1948.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

In the late 1980s,in foreign affairs,President George H.W.Bush

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A)   moved toward far-reaching arms reduction agreements with the former Soviet Union.
B)   developed a cool and distrustful relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev.
C)   rejected most arms treaties in favor of increased weapons testing.
D)   expressed little interest in international activities.
E)   moved quickly to take advantage of the collapse of communism in Europe.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

On the economic front,during the Carter administration,

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A)   retail prices fell at a 10 percent annual rate.
B)   unemployment rose sharply.
C)   President Carter broke from the tight money policy of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
D)   interest rates rose to their highest level in American history.
E)   energy prices leveled off.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 17

President Ronald Reagan claimed that the U.S.SDI program could essentially make nuclear war obsolete.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Iran-contra scandal did serious damage to Reagan's presidency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In 1974,former President Richard Nixon was pardoned by

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A)   the attorney general.
B)   Congress.
C)   the president.
D)   the Supreme Court.
E)   the Federal Court of Appeals.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

George H.W.Bush's 1988 presidential victory was primarily the result of

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A)   the public's disapproval of negative political advertising.
B)   public ebullience over the fall of communism.
C)   an overly aggressive Democratic strategy.
D)   damaging personal revelations regarding Michael Dukakis.
E)   his repeated attack on his opponent as a liberal.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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