Question 1

When concert promoters tried to emulate the spirit of Woodstock at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival near San Francisco in 1969, which of the following occurred?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hells Angels killed a man in front of the stage. 
B)  The Beatles gave their last performance. 
C)  The hippies established themselves as an official political group. 
D)  A huge crowd enjoyed three days of "peace and music." 
E)  Nixon announced his run for a second presidential term. 
A)  Hells Angels killed a man in front of the stage. 
B)  The Beatles gave their last performance. 
C)  The hippies established themselves as an official political group. 
D)  A huge crowd enjoyed three days of "peace and music." 
E)  Nixon announced his run for a second presidential term.

Question 2

What economic problems did President Ford face? How did he try to solve these problems, and how successful was he?

Accepted Answer

President Ford faced several economic pr

Question 3

What was the state of the hippie movement at the very end of the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The government punished the activities of the hippies with such force that contemporary trends lack any echoes of the phenomenon. 
B)  The hippie phenomenon was expanding at unprecedented levels, as the Vietnam War finally appeared to be drawing to a close. 
C)  The hard realities the hippies experienced, such as poverty and drug addiction, had caused the hippie phenomenon to begin to fade. 
D)  The practical nature of most hippies created a sense of stability in an otherwise turbulent time, attracting more and more Americans to the movement. 
E)  Because the hippies had focused most of their attention on civil rights activism, the hippie phenomenon died out as the civil rights movement came to a close. 
A)  The government punished the activities of the hippies with such force that contemporary trends lack any echoes of the phenomenon. 
B)  The hippie phenomenon was expanding at unprecedented levels, as the Vietnam War finally appeared to be drawing to a close. 
C)  The hard realities the hippies experienced, such as poverty and drug addiction, had caused the hippie phenomenon to begin to fade. 
D)  The practical nature of most hippies created a sense of stability in an otherwise turbulent time, attracting more and more Americans to the movement. 
E)  Because the hippies had focused most of their attention on civil rights activism, the hippie phenomenon died out as the civil rights movement came to a close.

Question 4

How and why did Nixon change military and political strategies to end America's involvement in the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

Nixon changed military and political str

Question 5

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 6

What was the significance of the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Court's decision would result in drastically fewer conservatives in the 1970s and an enduring liberal political climate. 
B)  The Court held that abortions were illegal on a national scale during the first three months of pregnancy. 
C)  The Court ruled that women have a "right to choose" whether to keep a pregnancy, as it would affect their health and well-being. 
D)  The Court's decision called for gender to play an even greater role in all federal financial assistance programs. 
E)  The Court successfully enacted the requirement of equal treatment for women throughout American society and politics. 
A)  The Court's decision would result in drastically fewer conservatives in the 1970s and an enduring liberal political climate. 
B)  The Court held that abortions were illegal on a national scale during the first three months of pregnancy. 
C)  The Court ruled that women have a "right to choose" whether to keep a pregnancy, as it would affect their health and well-being. 
D)  The Court's decision called for gender to play an even greater role in all federal financial assistance programs. 
E)  The Court successfully enacted the requirement of equal treatment for women throughout American society and politics.

Question 7

Nixon's new relationship with China was made possible by

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A)  the discovery of China's vast oil deposits. 
B)  China's growing fear of the Soviet Union. 
C)  Nixon's landslide reelection in 1972. 
D)  the American public's increasingly tolerant attitude toward communism. 
E)  the removal of Vietnam as a source of division between the United States and China. 
A)  the discovery of China's vast oil deposits. 
B)  China's growing fear of the Soviet Union. 
C)  Nixon's landslide reelection in 1972. 
D)  the American public's increasingly tolerant attitude toward communism. 
E)  the removal of Vietnam as a source of division between the United States and China.

Question 8

The energy crisis of the early 1970s increased support for

Accepted Answer

A)  consumption. 
B)  travel and tourism. 
C)  environmentalism. 
D)  suburbanization. 
E)  socialism. 
A)  consumption. 
B)  travel and tourism. 
C)  environmentalism. 
D)  suburbanization. 
E)  socialism.

Question 9

What was the result of Henry Kissinger's "shuttle diplomacy" in 1973?

Accepted Answer

A)  an end to American involvement in Vietnam and the creation of the Paris Peace Accords 
B)  a cease-fire in the Middle East and the foundation for later peace talks 
C)  Nixon's trip to meet with diplomats in China 
D)  the establishment of the nation of Israel 
E)  an end to the embargo instated by OPEC 
A)  an end to American involvement in Vietnam and the creation of the Paris Peace Accords 
B)  a cease-fire in the Middle East and the foundation for later peace talks 
C)  Nixon's trip to meet with diplomats in China 
D)  the establishment of the nation of Israel 
E)  an end to the embargo instated by OPEC

Question 10

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 11

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 12

What was the international strategy brought about by Nixon's and Kissinger's diplomacy and foreign policy during the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

Nixon's and Kissinger's international st

Question 13

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 14

How did the youth revolt and early civil rights movement influence other protest movements? How did new protest movements affect social attitudes and public policy?

Accepted Answer

The youth revolt and early civil rights

Question 15

Focused on promoting Native American rights, the "Red Power" movement sought to accelerate the pace of change by organizing protests and demonstrations against local, state, and federal agencies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

What did Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It prohibited educational programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance from showing gender discrimination. 
B)  It called for the opening of many of the first trade schools throughout the country, as certain industries grew in importance. 
C)  It reasserted that men alone should play sports, as they were much too dangerous for women participants. 
D)  It ensured that an equal number of African American and white Americans would be elected to elite colleges. 
E)  It was inspired by recent wars and required that students in American public schools learn two foreign languages fluently. 
A)  It prohibited educational programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance from showing gender discrimination. 
B)  It called for the opening of many of the first trade schools throughout the country, as certain industries grew in importance. 
C)  It reasserted that men alone should play sports, as they were much too dangerous for women participants. 
D)  It ensured that an equal number of African American and white Americans would be elected to elite colleges. 
E)  It was inspired by recent wars and required that students in American public schools learn two foreign languages fluently.

Question 17

Discuss the consequences of the women's rights movement by the end of the 1970s. What had and had not been achieved?

Accepted Answer

The women's rights movement by the end o

Question 18

Consistently friendly exchanges between Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem demonstrated how remarkably immune the women's movement was to internal divisions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Pentagon Papers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They revealed a shocking waste in military spending on the part of the federal government, which mostly had not been directed toward the Vietnam War at all. 
B)  They were successfully suppressed from publication by the government and only came to light decades later during the 2000s when Nixon deemed enough time had elapsed. 
C)  They put President Johnson's war policy in a more favorable light, revealing the true threats Americans had faced as he decided to declare war. 
D)  They were first published by the government despite warnings from journalists that their source was unable to be verified, making them potentially untruthful. 
E)  They revealed that the Johnson administration had deceived the public in regard to war policy, having never given them the full story on the Gulf of Tonkin incident of 1964. 
A)  They revealed a shocking waste in military spending on the part of the federal government, which mostly had not been directed toward the Vietnam War at all. 
B)  They were successfully suppressed from publication by the government and only came to light decades later during the 2000s when Nixon deemed enough time had elapsed. 
C)  They put President Johnson's war policy in a more favorable light, revealing the true threats Americans had faced as he decided to declare war. 
D)  They were first published by the government despite warnings from journalists that their source was unable to be verified, making them potentially untruthful. 
E)  They revealed that the Johnson administration had deceived the public in regard to war policy, having never given them the full story on the Gulf of Tonkin incident of 1964.

Question 20

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

Exam 30: Rebellion and Reaction

When concert promoters tried to emulate the spirit of Woodstock at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival near San Francisco in 1969, which of the following occurred?

What economic problems did President Ford face? How did he try to solve these problems, and how successful was he?

What was the state of the hippie movement at the very end of the 1960s?

How and why did Nixon change military and political strategies to end America's involvement in the Vietnam War?

During his presidency, Gerald Ford achieved a record for

What was the significance of the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade?

Nixon's new relationship with China was made possible by

The energy crisis of the early 1970s increased support for

What was the result of Henry Kissinger's "shuttle diplomacy" in 1973?

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

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

What was the international strategy brought about by Nixon's and Kissinger's diplomacy and foreign policy during the 1970s?

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

How did the youth revolt and early civil rights movement influence other protest movements? How did new protest movements affect social attitudes and public policy?

Focused on promoting Native American rights, the "Red Power" movement sought to accelerate the pace of change by organizing protests and demonstrations against local, state, and federal agencies.

What did Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 do?

Discuss the consequences of the women's rights movement by the end of the 1970s. What had and had not been achieved?

Consistently friendly exchanges between Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem demonstrated how remarkably immune the women's movement was to internal divisions.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Pentagon Papers?

Match each description with the item below. -Cesar Chavez

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

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The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First-Century America

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