Question 1

The lesson of the Yom Kippur War was that the United States could continue to expect cheap, easy access to raw materials from its "client states."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

Aldo Leopold's sensational 1962 book, Silent Spring, helped introduce the new science of ecology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In 1973, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Accepted Answer

A)  refused to ship oil to all nations that supported Israel. 
B)  raised the price of oil by 400 percent. 
C)  helped to precipitate a fuel shortage in the United States. 
D)  both refused to ship oil to all nations that supported Israel, and raised the price of oil by 500 percent. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  refused to ship oil to all nations that supported Israel. 
B)  raised the price of oil by 400 percent. 
C)  helped to precipitate a fuel shortage in the United States. 
D)  both refused to ship oil to all nations that supported Israel, and raised the price of oil by 500 percent. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 5

By the mid-1970s, affirmative-action guidelines included women, and the vast majority of women with college degrees were in the workforce.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Students for a Democratic Society was formed

Accepted Answer

A)  primarily by college students from prestigious universities. 
B)  to protest the Vietnam War. 
C)  in reaction to the Kennedy assassination. 
D)  as a branch of the Democratic Party. 
E)  to support civil rights efforts in the South. 
A)  primarily by college students from prestigious universities. 
B)  to protest the Vietnam War. 
C)  in reaction to the Kennedy assassination. 
D)  as a branch of the Democratic Party. 
E)  to support civil rights efforts in the South.

Question 7

The AIDS epidemic weakened the gay rights movement in the early 1980s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In 1969, President Richard Nixon believed an American withdrawal from Vietnam would

Accepted Answer

A)  harm America's honor and "credibility." 
B)  enhance his public standing in the United States and the world. 
C)  silence his critics. 
D)  allow the nation to have "peace with honor." 
E)  force North Vietnam to live up to its promises regarding South Vietnam. 
A)  harm America's honor and "credibility." 
B)  enhance his public standing in the United States and the world. 
C)  silence his critics. 
D)  allow the nation to have "peace with honor." 
E)  force North Vietnam to live up to its promises regarding South Vietnam.

Question 9

What was the essential philosophy of the counterculture, and why did it so upset many Americans?

Accepted Answer

The essential philosophy of the counterc

Question 10

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

The 1969 Woodstock music festival was

Accepted Answer

A)  held to establish cooperatives based on the principles of communal living. 
B)  organized as a rally in protest to the Vietnam War. 
C)  designed make amends for the events of Altamont four months earlier. 
D)  formed to help heal the cultural divisions within American society. 
E)  a powerful symbol of the ideals of the counterculture philosophy. 
A)  held to establish cooperatives based on the principles of communal living. 
B)  organized as a rally in protest to the Vietnam War. 
C)  designed make amends for the events of Altamont four months earlier. 
D)  formed to help heal the cultural divisions within American society. 
E)  a powerful symbol of the ideals of the counterculture philosophy.

Question 12

Early during the feminist movement, the National Organization of Women focused its efforts on

Accepted Answer

A)  changing the traditional concepts of women in the home. 
B)  addressing the needs of women in the workplace. 
C)  abortion rights. 
D)  helping poor and minority women. 
E)  passing the Equal Rights Amendment. 
A)  changing the traditional concepts of women in the home. 
B)  addressing the needs of women in the workplace. 
C)  abortion rights. 
D)  helping poor and minority women. 
E)  passing the Equal Rights Amendment.

Question 13

In Engel v. Vitale (1962), the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  ruled that limits on campaign funding violated the right to free speech. 
B)  sharply limited government curbs on pornography. 
C)  ruled that forced busing to integrate public schools was constitutional. 
D)  declared that the application procedure for federal jobs must be open to the public. 
E)  ruled prayers in public schools were unconstitutional. 
A)  ruled that limits on campaign funding violated the right to free speech. 
B)  sharply limited government curbs on pornography. 
C)  ruled that forced busing to integrate public schools was constitutional. 
D)  declared that the application procedure for federal jobs must be open to the public. 
E)  ruled prayers in public schools were unconstitutional.

Question 14

The 1973 ________ War demonstrated American dependence on Arab oil.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The 1973 ________ War demonstrated American dependence...

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Furman v. Georgia (1972)

Accepted Answer

A)  overturned existing capital punishment statutes. 
B)  was upheld in the case of Gregg v. Georgia (1976.) 
C)  redefined the appeals process in death penalty convictions. 
D)  ruled that execution by hanging was unconstitutional. 
E)  favored the use of forced busing to achieve racial balance in schools. 
A)  overturned existing capital punishment statutes. 
B)  was upheld in the case of Gregg v. Georgia (1976.) 
C)  redefined the appeals process in death penalty convictions. 
D)  ruled that execution by hanging was unconstitutional. 
E)  favored the use of forced busing to achieve racial balance in schools.

Question 18

In 1972, two Washington Post reporters uncovered evidence linking the Watergate break-in to

Accepted Answer

A)  the Committee for the Reelection of the President. 
B)  a former employee of the Nixon White House. 
C)  a secret reelection fund controlled by White House staff. 
D)  both the Committee for the Re-Election of the President, and a secret reelection fund controlled by White House staff. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  the Committee for the Reelection of the President. 
B)  a former employee of the Nixon White House. 
C)  a secret reelection fund controlled by White House staff. 
D)  both the Committee for the Re-Election of the President, and a secret reelection fund controlled by White House staff. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 19

In 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment

Accepted Answer

A)  was strongly opposed by some women. 
B)  was passed by Congress and submitted to the states for ratification. 
C)  seemed almost certain to be ratified. 
D)  had been promoted since the 1920s by some feminists. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  was strongly opposed by some women. 
B)  was passed by Congress and submitted to the states for ratification. 
C)  seemed almost certain to be ratified. 
D)  had been promoted since the 1920s by some feminists. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 20

The political demise of Richard Nixon was largely a result of his own personality and leadership style.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 30: The Crisis of Authority

The lesson of the Yom Kippur War was that the United States could continue to expect cheap, easy access to raw materials from its "client states."

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

Aldo Leopold's sensational 1962 book, Silent Spring, helped introduce the new science of ecology.

In 1973, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

By the mid-1970s, affirmative-action guidelines included women, and the vast majority of women with college degrees were in the workforce.

Students for a Democratic Society was formed

The AIDS epidemic weakened the gay rights movement in the early 1980s.

In 1969, President Richard Nixon believed an American withdrawal from Vietnam would

What was the essential philosophy of the counterculture, and why did it so upset many Americans?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

The 1969 Woodstock music festival was

Early during the feminist movement, the National Organization of Women focused its efforts on

In Engel v. Vitale (1962), the Supreme Court

The 1973 ________ War demonstrated American dependence on Arab oil.

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

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

The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Furman v. Georgia (1972)

In 1972, two Washington Post reporters uncovered evidence linking the Watergate break-in to

In 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment

The political demise of Richard Nixon was largely a result of his own personality and leadership style.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

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