Question 1

In the 1960s,the radical group known as "Weathermen"

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A)   expressed their ideas in a manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement.
B)   targeted SDS meetings as sites of un-American activity.
C)   were involved in college bombings that claimed several lives.
D)   seized administration offices at Columbia University.
E)   reflected the attitudes of a majority of college students at major universities.F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 2

What were the differences between social reform in the 1930s and social reform in the 1960s?

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The social reform movements of the 1930s...

Question 3

Founded in 1968,the American Indian Movement (AIM)

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A)   drew all of its support from tribal reservations.
B)   vehemently opposed the idea of intertribal action.
C)   disbanded after the passage of the Indian Civil Rights Act.
D)   emphasized assimilation into larger American society.
E)   focused on militant action.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 4

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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A)   made no mention of gender discrimination in its final form.
B)   resulted in the creation of the President's Commission on the Status of Women.
C)   was amended for the benefit of women.
D)   gave women equal pay for equal work.
E)   led to the creation of the National Organization of Women.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

The tapes of conversations in the Oval Office contained incontrovertible evidence that President Nixon was involved in the Watergate cover-up.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

How do you explain the Watergate scandal and President Nixon's role in it?

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Question 7

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

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A)   Horseshoe Bend.
B)   Sand Creek.
C)   Fallen Timbers.
D)   Little Bighorn.
E)   Wounded Knee.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 8

Weeks after Henry Kissinger announced that "peace is at hand" in the Vietnam War,President Nixon ordered the heaviest air raids of the entire war on North Vietnam.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

After President Richard Nixon had appointed four new justices,the Supreme Court

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A)   became decidedly more conservative in its rulings.
B)   more closely reflected the president's own political beliefs.
C)   actually increased its commitment to social reform.
D)   attempted to overturn the Warren Court decision in Roe v. Wade.
E)   became decidedly less active.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 10

The Watergate scandal began in 1972 with a break-in at the

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

Question 11

,the Supreme Court

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A)   ruled that a defendant must have access to a lawyer before being questioned by police.
B)   limited the appeals process for state convictions.
C)   sharply limited government curbs on pornography.
D)   ruled that all felony defendants were entitled to a lawyer, regardless of their ability to pay.
E)   established new guidelines for capital punishment cases.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 12

In Bakke v.Board of Regents of California (1978) ,the Supreme Court

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A)  argued that limits on campaign funding violated the right to free speech.
B)  stopped a plan to transfer students across district lines to achieve racial integration.
C)  limited the ability of defendants to appeal state convictions.
D)  ruled in favor of using forced busing to achieve racial balance in schools.
E)  upheld the principle of affirmative action,with restrictions.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 13

In 1973,Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned because

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A)   of his involvement in the Watergate break-in.
B)   of his refusal to testify against Richard Nixon.
C)   of his involvement in the Watergate cover-up.
D)   None of these answers is correct.
E)   evidence surfaced that he had accepted bribes.F) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 14

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 15

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 16

The killing of South Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers in the village of My Lai

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A)   attracted little public attention in the wake of the Cambodian invasion and the Pentagon Papers.
B)   None of these answers is correct.
C)   was not learned about until years after the war had ended.
D)   did not result in any convictions of Americans who took part.
E)   was not learned about until years after the war had ended, and did not result in any convictions of Americans who took part.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 17

An important and controversial aspect of the counterculture was its more permissive view of sex and drugs.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The 1969 "Stonewall Riot" is associated with the civil rights movement for

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A)   homosexuals.
B)   Native Americans.
C)   Hispanic Americans.
D)   African Americans.
E)   women.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

Compare Richard Nixon as a foreign policy president and as a domestic policy president.In what area was he more effective,and why?

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Richard Nixon was a complex and controve...

Question 20

The Nixon administration abolished the Office of Economic Opportunity and created the Environmental Protection Agency.

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A) True 
 B)False

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