Question 1

Why did President Ford accept 140,000 South Vietnamese refugees after withdrawal from Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were dangerously identified with the Americans. 
B)  They contributed to his campaign for re-election. 
C)  There was no policy at the time to deny refugees. 
D)  The refugees had family members already living in the United States. 
E)  They were persecuted for their religious beliefs. 
A)  They were dangerously identified with the Americans. 
B)  They contributed to his campaign for re-election. 
C)  There was no policy at the time to deny refugees. 
D)  The refugees had family members already living in the United States. 
E)  They were persecuted for their religious beliefs.

Question 2

Which president signed the Helsinki accords?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gerald Ford 
B)  Jimmy Carter 
C)  Richard Nixon 
D)  Ronald Reagan 
E)  John F. Kennedy 
A)  Gerald Ford 
B)  Jimmy Carter 
C)  Richard Nixon 
D)  Ronald Reagan 
E)  John F. Kennedy

Question 3

The "boat people" were

Accepted Answer

A)  the first wave of Vietnamese immigrants who fled to the United States immediately after the fall of Saigon. 
B)  Cuban refugees who fled communism and landed in Florida. 
C)  a second wave of Vietnamese people who sought to escape Vietnam's oppressive communist regime for freedom. 
D)  Cambodians who came to the U.S. seeking a better life after the Vietnam War. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  the first wave of Vietnamese immigrants who fled to the United States immediately after the fall of Saigon. 
B)  Cuban refugees who fled communism and landed in Florida. 
C)  a second wave of Vietnamese people who sought to escape Vietnam's oppressive communist regime for freedom. 
D)  Cambodians who came to the U.S. seeking a better life after the Vietnam War. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 4

Jimmy Carter

Accepted Answer

One-term Democratic

Question 5

Was Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon justified? Why or why not? Did President Ford's pardon of Nixon cost Ford his opportunity to be elected in the presidential election of 1976 against Jimmy Carter?

Accepted Answer

The justification of Gerald Ford's pardo

Question 6

The effect of the Supreme Court ruling in Milliken v. Bradley, which held that integration did not have to take place across school district lines, was to

Accepted Answer

A)  encourage voluntary busing programs. 
B)  cause Congress to pass laws equalizing school funding in different districts. 
C)  turn public attention to eliminating segregated housing patterns. 
D)  reinforce the division between poorer, minority inner city schools and nearly all-white suburbs. 
E)  end school busing programs in favor of the neighborhood school. 
A)  encourage voluntary busing programs. 
B)  cause Congress to pass laws equalizing school funding in different districts. 
C)  turn public attention to eliminating segregated housing patterns. 
D)  reinforce the division between poorer, minority inner city schools and nearly all-white suburbs. 
E)  end school busing programs in favor of the neighborhood school.

Question 7

Congressman Gerald Ford had become Vice President of the United States when

Accepted Answer

A)  Nelson Rockefeller resigned the vice presidency to become governor of New York. 
B)  Spiro Agnew resigned on corruption charges and Nixon appointed Ford under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. 
C)  he was selected to replace Spiro Agnew as Nixon's Vice President in the 1972 campaign. 
D)  Nixon was impeached and Congress needed to select a new president. 
E)  the Twenty-Fifth Amendment made the Speaker of the House Vice President in case of potential impeachment. 
A)  Nelson Rockefeller resigned the vice presidency to become governor of New York. 
B)  Spiro Agnew resigned on corruption charges and Nixon appointed Ford under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment. 
C)  he was selected to replace Spiro Agnew as Nixon's Vice President in the 1972 campaign. 
D)  Nixon was impeached and Congress needed to select a new president. 
E)  the Twenty-Fifth Amendment made the Speaker of the House Vice President in case of potential impeachment.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of Menachem Begin.

Accepted Answer

Prime Minister of Is

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Spiro Agnew.

Accepted Answer

Vice President to Ri

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of Thurgood Marshall.

Accepted Answer

The only black Supreme Court J

Question 11

The most explosive domestic controversy of the 1970s centered around issues of

Accepted Answer

A)  race. 
B)  labor. 
C)  the environment. 
D)  sexuality. 
E)  immigration. 
A)  race. 
B)  labor. 
C)  the environment. 
D)  sexuality. 
E)  immigration.

Question 12

In 1976, President Gerald Ford won the Republican nomination by defeating a strong challenge from

Accepted Answer

A)  former California governor Ronald Reagan. 
B)  Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. 
C)  Senator Robert Dole. 
D)  former Congressman and CIA Director George H. W. Bush. 
E)  Senator Howard Baker. 
A)  former California governor Ronald Reagan. 
B)  Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. 
C)  Senator Robert Dole. 
D)  former Congressman and CIA Director George H. W. Bush. 
E)  Senator Howard Baker.

Question 13

"white flight"

Accepted Answer

The mass exodus of w

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the Helsinki accords.

Accepted Answer

The United States and 34 other

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of CREEP.

Accepted Answer

Popular name for the

Question 16

What was the result of stagflation?

Accepted Answer

A)  rising inequity 
B)  shared prosperity 
C)  economic certainty 
D)  decline of free-market ideology 
E)  expansion of the welfare state 
A)  rising inequity 
B)  shared prosperity 
C)  economic certainty 
D)  decline of free-market ideology 
E)  expansion of the welfare state

Question 17

While president, Jimmy Carter

Accepted Answer

A)  signed agreements (SALT II) with the Soviet Union to limit the levels of lethal strategic weapons of the Soviet Union and the United States. 
B)  signed treaties restoring Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal Zone. 
C)  established formal diplomatic relations with mainland China. 
D)  helped to settle the Egyptian-Israeli conflict in the Middle East. 
E)  established good relations with the revolutionary government of Iran. 
A)  signed agreements (SALT II) with the Soviet Union to limit the levels of lethal strategic weapons of the Soviet Union and the United States. 
B)  signed treaties restoring Panamanian sovereignty over the Canal Zone. 
C)  established formal diplomatic relations with mainland China. 
D)  helped to settle the Egyptian-Israeli conflict in the Middle East. 
E)  established good relations with the revolutionary government of Iran.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of stagflation.

Accepted Answer

The combination of stagnated w

Question 19

What was "white flight"?

Accepted Answer

A)  the mass exodus of whites from the city to the suburbs 
B)  the exit of white workers from agricultural jobs 
C)  the exit of white adults from farms to major cities 
D)  the move of white professionals from the northeast to the sunbelt 
E)  the mass exodus of whites from the Democratic to Republican parties 
A)  the mass exodus of whites from the city to the suburbs 
B)  the exit of white workers from agricultural jobs 
C)  the exit of white adults from farms to major cities 
D)  the move of white professionals from the northeast to the sunbelt 
E)  the mass exodus of whites from the Democratic to Republican parties

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the National Organization for Women (NOW).

Accepted Answer

Co-founded by Betty

Exam 37: A Sea of Troubles

Why did President Ford accept 140,000 South Vietnamese refugees after withdrawal from Vietnam?

Which president signed the Helsinki accords?

The "boat people" were

Jimmy Carter

Was Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon justified? Why or why not? Did President Ford's pardon of Nixon cost Ford his opportunity to be elected in the presidential election of 1976 against Jimmy Carter?

The effect of the Supreme Court ruling in Milliken v. Bradley, which held that integration did not have to take place across school district lines, was to

Congressman Gerald Ford had become Vice President of the United States when

Identify and state the historical significance of Menachem Begin.

Identify and state the historical significance of Spiro Agnew.

Identify and state the historical significance of Thurgood Marshall.

The most explosive domestic controversy of the 1970s centered around issues of

In 1976, President Gerald Ford won the Republican nomination by defeating a strong challenge from

"white flight"

Identify and state the historical significance of the Helsinki accords.

Identify and state the historical significance of CREEP.

What was the result of stagflation?

While president, Jimmy Carter

Identify and state the historical significance of stagflation.

What was "white flight"?

Identify and state the historical significance of the National Organization for Women (NOW).

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