Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the Watergate scandal.

Accepted Answer

A burglary at the Democratic party headquarters in the Watergate hotel that led to the downfall of Richard Nixon.

Question 2

American Indian activists brought attention to their cause in the 1970s by seizing

Accepted Answer

A)  the Little Bighorn battleground and Mount Rushmore in the sacred Black Hills. 
B)  Alcatraz Island and Wounded Knee, South Dakota. 
C)  the major tribal headquarters throughout Oklahoma. 
D)  salmon fishing grounds in Washington and trout streams in Wisconsin and Minnesota. 
E)  the Tippecanoe battlefield and Mesa Verde National Park. 
A)  the Little Bighorn battleground and Mount Rushmore in the sacred Black Hills. 
B)  Alcatraz Island and Wounded Knee, South Dakota. 
C)  the major tribal headquarters throughout Oklahoma. 
D)  salmon fishing grounds in Washington and trout streams in Wisconsin and Minnesota. 
E)  the Tippecanoe battlefield and Mesa Verde National Park. B

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Wounded Knee.

Accepted Answer

Site of American Indian activism, it brought attention to the issues faced by American Indians.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of Richard Nixon.

Accepted Answer

President of the Uni

Question 5

Although the median income of American families stagnated from 1970s to 1990, the reason it didn't decline was

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A)  people logged more hours. 
B)  the rise in wages of working married men and women exceeded the rate of inflation. 
C)  wives' wages maintained the family income. 
D)  people had fewer children. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  people logged more hours. 
B)  the rise in wages of working married men and women exceeded the rate of inflation. 
C)  wives' wages maintained the family income. 
D)  people had fewer children. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 6

Richard Nixon tried to resist giving his taped conversations to the special prosecutor and the Congress by claiming that

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A)  portions of the tape were erased. 
B)  it would violate his Fifth Amendment rights protecting him from self-incrimination. 
C)  he had executive privilege (confidentiality). 
D)  they were inaudible. 
E)  it would violate his right to privacy. 
A)  portions of the tape were erased. 
B)  it would violate his Fifth Amendment rights protecting him from self-incrimination. 
C)  he had executive privilege (confidentiality). 
D)  they were inaudible. 
E)  it would violate his right to privacy.

Question 7

All of the following "dirty tricks" were used by President Nixon EXCEPT

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A)  requesting the aid of foreign powers to win an election. 
B)  forging documents to discredit Democrats. 
C)  breaking into the office of the psychiatrist who treated a leaker. 
D)  using the IRS to harass innocent citizens. 
E)  using the FBI and CIA to cover tricksters' tracks. 
A)  requesting the aid of foreign powers to win an election. 
B)  forging documents to discredit Democrats. 
C)  breaking into the office of the psychiatrist who treated a leaker. 
D)  using the IRS to harass innocent citizens. 
E)  using the FBI and CIA to cover tricksters' tracks.

Question 8

The most humiliating failure during the Iran hostage crisis came when

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A)  the militant Muslim Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah of Iran. 
B)  the United States was exposed as trading arms to Iran for the freedom of hostages. 
C)  President Carter's attempted mission to rescue the hostages ended in disaster. 
D)  some of the U.S. hostages took the side of their Iranian captors. 
E)  the Iranians demonstrated their ability to drive up American oil prices. 
A)  the militant Muslim Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah of Iran. 
B)  the United States was exposed as trading arms to Iran for the freedom of hostages. 
C)  President Carter's attempted mission to rescue the hostages ended in disaster. 
D)  some of the U.S. hostages took the side of their Iranian captors. 
E)  the Iranians demonstrated their ability to drive up American oil prices.

Question 9

What was President Nixon's initial reaction to Watergate hearings in the Senate?

Accepted Answer

A)  He denied prior knowledge of the break-in. 
B)  He asked Spiro Agnew to resign. 
C)  He hired a legal team to represent him on television. 
D)  He held rallies for his supporters around the country. 
E)  He gave a televised speech declaring the investigation a witch hunt. 
A)  He denied prior knowledge of the break-in. 
B)  He asked Spiro Agnew to resign. 
C)  He hired a legal team to represent him on television. 
D)  He held rallies for his supporters around the country. 
E)  He gave a televised speech declaring the investigation a witch hunt.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of Bakke case.

Accepted Answer

Supreme Court ruling

Question 11

Why was the feminist movement the most enduring and successful social movement of the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

The feminist movement was the most endur

Question 12

The list of Nixon illegal administration activities uncovered in the Watergate scandal included all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  breaking into the Democratic party headquarters in order to bug them. 
B)  paying Supreme Court justices to write favorable opinions. 
C)  using the Internal Revenue Service to harass its enemies. 
D)  forging documents to discredit Democrats. 
E)  using the FBI and CIA to cover up previous crimes. 
A)  breaking into the Democratic party headquarters in order to bug them. 
B)  paying Supreme Court justices to write favorable opinions. 
C)  using the Internal Revenue Service to harass its enemies. 
D)  forging documents to discredit Democrats. 
E)  using the FBI and CIA to cover up previous crimes.

Question 13

The Supreme Court, in the Bakke case, held that

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A)  all forms of affirmative action in college admissions were unconstitutional. 
B)  the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited race from being taken into account as one of the factors in college admissions. 
C)  public universities could impose racial quotas, but private universities did not have to do so. 
D)  it was acceptable for universities to establish minority-based programs and housing arrangements. 
E)  racial quotas were unconstitutional, but race could be taken into account as one factor in college admissions. 
A)  all forms of affirmative action in college admissions were unconstitutional. 
B)  the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited race from being taken into account as one of the factors in college admissions. 
C)  public universities could impose racial quotas, but private universities did not have to do so. 
D)  it was acceptable for universities to establish minority-based programs and housing arrangements. 
E)  racial quotas were unconstitutional, but race could be taken into account as one factor in college admissions.

Question 14

Why did President Carter's 1979 retreat to Camp David and his subsequent malaise speech cause such hostile public reaction?

Accepted Answer

President Carter's 1979 retreat to Camp

Question 15

The Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade declared state laws prohibiting abortion were unconstitutional because they

Accepted Answer

A)  violated the First Amendment by using a religious definition of person. 
B)  violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by placing a particular burden on women not placed on men. 
C)  wrote into law a particular philosophical and scientific view of human life that imposed unfair treatment on those who disagreed. 
D)  violated the Fifth Amendment by interfering with doctors' professional medical practices. 
E)  violated a woman's constitutional right to privacy in her own person. 
A)  violated the First Amendment by using a religious definition of person. 
B)  violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by placing a particular burden on women not placed on men. 
C)  wrote into law a particular philosophical and scientific view of human life that imposed unfair treatment on those who disagreed. 
D)  violated the Fifth Amendment by interfering with doctors' professional medical practices. 
E)  violated a woman's constitutional right to privacy in her own person.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of second-wave feminism.

Accepted Answer

A social and political movemen

Question 17

What were the major disagreements between liberal second wave feminists and more radical feminists? What principles and achievements united them?

Accepted Answer

The major disagreements between liberal

Question 18

What do you think lay at the root of the Watergate scandal? Who was responsible? Explain why it ballooned into a national crisis.

Accepted Answer

The Watergate scandal was rooted in a cu

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the Twenty-Fifth amendment.

Accepted Answer

Basis for Nixon's ac

Question 20

Many of the neoconservative intellectuals of the 1980s were reacting most strongly against

Accepted Answer

A)  the decline of Protestantism as the major force in American religion. 
B)  the economic and social reforms of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. 
C)  what they saw as the moral and social excesses of 1960s liberalism. 
D)  the increasing control of society by technology and technocrats. 
E)  what they saw as an extremist environmental movement. 
A)  the decline of Protestantism as the major force in American religion. 
B)  the economic and social reforms of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. 
C)  what they saw as the moral and social excesses of 1960s liberalism. 
D)  the increasing control of society by technology and technocrats. 
E)  what they saw as an extremist environmental movement.

Exam 37: A Sea of Troubles

Identify and state the historical significance of the Watergate scandal.

American Indian activists brought attention to their cause in the 1970s by seizing

Identify and state the historical significance of Wounded Knee.

Identify and state the historical significance of Richard Nixon.

Although the median income of American families stagnated from 1970s to 1990, the reason it didn't decline was

Richard Nixon tried to resist giving his taped conversations to the special prosecutor and the Congress by claiming that

All of the following "dirty tricks" were used by President Nixon EXCEPT

The most humiliating failure during the Iran hostage crisis came when

What was President Nixon's initial reaction to Watergate hearings in the Senate?

Identify and state the historical significance of Bakke case.

Why was the feminist movement the most enduring and successful social movement of the 1970s?

The list of Nixon illegal administration activities uncovered in the Watergate scandal included all of the following EXCEPT

The Supreme Court, in the Bakke case, held that

Why did President Carter's 1979 retreat to Camp David and his subsequent malaise speech cause such hostile public reaction?

The Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade declared state laws prohibiting abortion were unconstitutional because they

Identify and state the historical significance of second-wave feminism.

What were the major disagreements between liberal second wave feminists and more radical feminists? What principles and achievements united them?

What do you think lay at the root of the Watergate scandal? Who was responsible? Explain why it ballooned into a national crisis.

Identify and state the historical significance of the Twenty-Fifth amendment.

Many of the neoconservative intellectuals of the 1980s were reacting most strongly against

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