Question 1

Which of the following trends became true of the Hispanic population between the years 1970 and 2019?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had little political clout due to most being unable to vote. 
B)  They became the country's largest minority group. 
C)  They attained equality with whites in average income levels. 
D)  They launched their own major political party. 
E)  They rarely spoke Spanish. 
A)  They had little political clout due to most being unable to vote. 
B)  They became the country's largest minority group. 
C)  They attained equality with whites in average income levels. 
D)  They launched their own major political party. 
E)  They rarely spoke Spanish.

Question 2

Nixon's Watergate-related resignation came with the revelation that he had

Accepted Answer

A)  burned his tapes of White House conversations. 
B)  lied to the Senate's Ervin committee. 
C)  authorized the use of dirty tricks against Democratic campaigns. 
D)  ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in. 
E)  ordered the IRS to harass his political enemies. 
A)  burned his tapes of White House conversations. 
B)  lied to the Senate's Ervin committee. 
C)  authorized the use of dirty tricks against Democratic campaigns. 
D)  ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in. 
E)  ordered the IRS to harass his political enemies.

Question 3

How did the political environment of the late sixties influence Richard Nixon's election strategy and domestic policy?

Accepted Answer

The political environment of the late si

Question 4

Economists coined the term "stagflation" in the early 1970s to describe

Accepted Answer

A)  a simultaneously stagnant economy with inflationary prices. 
B)  continuing declines in stock prices. 
C)  high oil prices along with declining profits for the petroleum industry. 
D)  the return of economic conditions similar to the Depression. 
E)  continuing economic growth along with a growing budgetary deficit. 
A)  a simultaneously stagnant economy with inflationary prices. 
B)  continuing declines in stock prices. 
C)  high oil prices along with declining profits for the petroleum industry. 
D)  the return of economic conditions similar to the Depression. 
E)  continuing economic growth along with a growing budgetary deficit.

Question 5

By 1960-1961, a number of students had become inspired to become social reform activists by the

Accepted Answer

A)  exposure of the Watergate scandal on television when they were young children. 
B)  example of the American civil rights movement, such as that of the Greensboro four. 
C)  onset of a major economic depression in the United States. 
D)  experiences they faced during the thick of the Second World War. 
E)  absence of the "military-industrial complex" in American universities. 
A)  exposure of the Watergate scandal on television when they were young children. 
B)  example of the American civil rights movement, such as that of the Greensboro four. 
C)  onset of a major economic depression in the United States. 
D)  experiences they faced during the thick of the Second World War. 
E)  absence of the "military-industrial complex" in American universities.

Question 6

What did the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) do to punish the United States for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War?

Accepted Answer

A)  It expelled the United States from membership. 
B)  It flooded the market with cheap petroleum to drive American oil producers out of business. 
C)  It cut off oil shipments to the United States. 
D)  It nationalized American oil companies in its countries. 
E)  It announced it would deal exclusively with the Soviet Union. 
A)  It expelled the United States from membership. 
B)  It flooded the market with cheap petroleum to drive American oil producers out of business. 
C)  It cut off oil shipments to the United States. 
D)  It nationalized American oil companies in its countries. 
E)  It announced it would deal exclusively with the Soviet Union.

Question 7

Gerald Ford suffered terrible political damage when he

Accepted Answer

A)  continued Nixon's economic policies. 
B)  vetoed the War Powers Act. 
C)  pardoned Nixon. 
D)  sent Americans back into Vietnam. 
E)  failed to achieve peace in the Middle East. 
A)  continued Nixon's economic policies. 
B)  vetoed the War Powers Act. 
C)  pardoned Nixon. 
D)  sent Americans back into Vietnam. 
E)  failed to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Question 8

President Nixon strongly supported court efforts to complete school desegregation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

During his presidency, Gerald Ford achieved a record for

Accepted Answer

A)  tax increases. 
B)  Supreme Court appointments. 
C)  press conferences. 
D)  vetoes. 
E)  military interventions. 
A)  tax increases. 
B)  Supreme Court appointments. 
C)  press conferences. 
D)  vetoes. 
E)  military interventions.

Question 10

The events at Kent State University during the Vietnam War involved the killing of four students by the National Guard.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Match each description with the item below.
-Cesar Chavez

Accepted Answer

A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers 
A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers

Question 12

Which of the following statements accurately describes the state of Latino rights in the 1960s and early 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mexican American leaders maintained the bracero program in the 1960s and after, believing that allowing new Mexican immigrants to have low-paying jobs would help the economic advancement of Mexican Americans who had been citizens for longer. 
B)  Due to the changing public sentiment after the Second World War, Hispanic Americans experienced very little discrimination in hiring, housing, and education, although activists still fought for ways to celebrate their culture in everyday society. 
C)  The population of Latino Americans was at its largest in the 1960s and early 1970s, but their rights and social equality only began to improve substantially when the population became much smaller in the 2000s. 
D)  Hispanic Americans' service in the military during the Second World War had helped to instill a clearer sense of American identity and pushed them to pursue equality, for they still often experienced segregation, discrimination, and limited opportunities. 
E)  Strikes and hunger strikes, such as those led by Cesar Chavez, failed to gain widespread media attention, for the primary way Latino Americans gained awareness and support for their cause was by working hard at low-paying jobs. 
A)  Mexican American leaders maintained the bracero program in the 1960s and after, believing that allowing new Mexican immigrants to have low-paying jobs would help the economic advancement of Mexican Americans who had been citizens for longer. 
B)  Due to the changing public sentiment after the Second World War, Hispanic Americans experienced very little discrimination in hiring, housing, and education, although activists still fought for ways to celebrate their culture in everyday society. 
C)  The population of Latino Americans was at its largest in the 1960s and early 1970s, but their rights and social equality only began to improve substantially when the population became much smaller in the 2000s. 
D)  Hispanic Americans' service in the military during the Second World War had helped to instill a clearer sense of American identity and pushed them to pursue equality, for they still often experienced segregation, discrimination, and limited opportunities. 
E)  Strikes and hunger strikes, such as those led by Cesar Chavez, failed to gain widespread media attention, for the primary way Latino Americans gained awareness and support for their cause was by working hard at low-paying jobs.

Question 13

What role did Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique play in American history?

Accepted Answer

A)  It celebrated the cult of female domesticity and delayed the onset of any sort of organized feminist movement. 
B)  It explained the challenges of many upper- and middle-class women and helped launch the second phase of the feminist movement. 
C)  It described ways for women to better please their husbands and perpetuated the idea that women were inferior. 
D)  It painted an ideal portrait of suburban living and sparked the beginning of the movement of the white middle class to the suburbs. 
E)  It focused on the difficulties working-class women and women of color faced both at home and in the workplace. 
A)  It celebrated the cult of female domesticity and delayed the onset of any sort of organized feminist movement. 
B)  It explained the challenges of many upper- and middle-class women and helped launch the second phase of the feminist movement. 
C)  It described ways for women to better please their husbands and perpetuated the idea that women were inferior. 
D)  It painted an ideal portrait of suburban living and sparked the beginning of the movement of the white middle class to the suburbs. 
E)  It focused on the difficulties working-class women and women of color faced both at home and in the workplace.

Question 14

Which of the following statements accurately describes the youths of the counterculture?

Accepted Answer

A)  They came primarily from poor or working-class families. 
B)  They were strongly at odds with the approach taken by the Beats in the fifties. 
C)  They focused more on cultural and individual change than political activism. 
D)  They believed that electoral politics would solve society's problems. 
E)  They preferred urban surroundings to a rural life in contact with nature. 
A)  They came primarily from poor or working-class families. 
B)  They were strongly at odds with the approach taken by the Beats in the fifties. 
C)  They focused more on cultural and individual change than political activism. 
D)  They believed that electoral politics would solve society's problems. 
E)  They preferred urban surroundings to a rural life in contact with nature.

Question 15

Match each description with the item below.
-Tom Hayden

Accepted Answer

A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers 
A) was a former Harvard clinical psychology professor who helped spur a revolution in promoting the use of psychedelic drugs 
B) was Nixon's secretary of state in 1975 and shared with him a vision of a multipolar world order that was beginning to replace the bipolar cold war 
C) wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1962 before going on to found the National Organization for Women (NOW) 
D) founded Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and authored the manifesto known as the Port Huron Statement 
E) was an army lieutenant who ordered the murder of 347 Vietnamese civilians and was later convicted
F)founded Ms. magazine, the first feminist periodical with a national leadership, and became a prolific writer, fund-raiser, and speaker
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground but later expressed regrets for some of the Weathermen's tendencies
H)was a philosophy major who had participated in the Free Summer in Mississippi and went on to lead the free-speech movement (FSM)
I)was the only person in history to serve as both vice president and president without having ever been elected to those offices
J)emphasized the value of nonviolent mass protest, such as the la huelga, a union strike against corporate grape growers

Question 16

Detail the New Left movement in America during the 1960s. Who were the participants and what issues were at the core of their organization?

Accepted Answer

The New Left movement in America during

Question 17

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the early 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most of their members called themselves the Weathermen and drastically abandoned pacifism. 
B)  Their work rarely involved criticism of the status quo due to dependency on university funding. 
C)  They were the official youth wing of the Democratic party that worked closely with senators. 
D)  They were in strong opposition to the beliefs and actions of the New Left. 
E)  They challenged established authority and sought to give "power to the people." 
A)  Most of their members called themselves the Weathermen and drastically abandoned pacifism. 
B)  Their work rarely involved criticism of the status quo due to dependency on university funding. 
C)  They were the official youth wing of the Democratic party that worked closely with senators. 
D)  They were in strong opposition to the beliefs and actions of the New Left. 
E)  They challenged established authority and sought to give "power to the people."

Question 18

The Nixon Doctrine implied a foreign policy that was shaped largely by

Accepted Answer

A)  the determination to defeat communism at all costs. 
B)  a need to be selective in its commitments abroad. 
C)  the effort to reshape the world in America's image. 
D)  the needs of the domestic economy. 
E)  the desires of American allies. 
A)  the determination to defeat communism at all costs. 
B)  a need to be selective in its commitments abroad. 
C)  the effort to reshape the world in America's image. 
D)  the needs of the domestic economy. 
E)  the desires of American allies.

Exam 30: Rebellion and Reaction

Which of the following trends became true of the Hispanic population between the years 1970 and 2019?

Nixon's Watergate-related resignation came with the revelation that he had

How did the political environment of the late sixties influence Richard Nixon's election strategy and domestic policy?

Economists coined the term "stagflation" in the early 1970s to describe

By 1960-1961, a number of students had become inspired to become social reform activists by the

What did the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) do to punish the United States for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War?

Gerald Ford suffered terrible political damage when he

President Nixon strongly supported court efforts to complete school desegregation.

During his presidency, Gerald Ford achieved a record for

The events at Kent State University during the Vietnam War involved the killing of four students by the National Guard.

Match each description with the item below. -Cesar Chavez

Which of the following statements accurately describes the state of Latino rights in the 1960s and early 1970s?

What role did Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique play in American history?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the youths of the counterculture?

Match each description with the item below. -Tom Hayden

Detail the New Left movement in America during the 1960s. Who were the participants and what issues were at the core of their organization?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the early 1960s?

The Nixon Doctrine implied a foreign policy that was shaped largely by

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