Question 1

What was a major cause of inflation in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deregulation of the airline and trucking industries 
B)  Increased industrial productivity 
C)  Tight credit policies 
D)  OPEC price increases 
A)  Deregulation of the airline and trucking industries 
B)  Increased industrial productivity 
C)  Tight credit policies 
D)  OPEC price increases

Question 2

The term affirmative action refers to efforts to show improvement in ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  inner-city living conditions 
B)  air quality 
C)  the hiring of minorities 
D)  grade level competency tests in public schools 
A)  inner-city living conditions 
B)  air quality 
C)  the hiring of minorities 
D)  grade level competency tests in public schools

Question 3

Examine the role of President Nixon and his advisers in the illegal and unethical activities associated with the Watergate scandal, and explain the threat these activities posed to constitutional government. What reforms were enacted in the scandal's aftermath?

Accepted Answer

President Nixon and his advisers played

Question 4

Which factor made it difficult for major industries to hold the line against inflation in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The quality of manufactured products increased, causing production costs to increase. 
B)  Higher labor costs accompanied a decline in productivity. 
C)  The supply of manufactured goods outstripped the demand for goods. 
D)  Corporate tax rates tripled during the decade. 
A)  The quality of manufactured products increased, causing production costs to increase. 
B)  Higher labor costs accompanied a decline in productivity. 
C)  The supply of manufactured goods outstripped the demand for goods. 
D)  Corporate tax rates tripled during the decade.

Question 5

Hawkish critics debating the meaning of the Vietnam War blamed the nation's failure in Vietnam on ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the expansionist and interventionist nature of American foreign policy 
B)  the failure of the containment doctrine to distinguish between peripheral areas and areas vital to national security 
C)  the emergence of the imperial presidency 
D)  a loss of nerve within America 
A)  the expansionist and interventionist nature of American foreign policy 
B)  the failure of the containment doctrine to distinguish between peripheral areas and areas vital to national security 
C)  the emergence of the imperial presidency 
D)  a loss of nerve within America

Question 6

What statement most accurately describes the Nixon administration's response to the election of Salvador Allende as president of Chile in 1970?

Accepted Answer

A)  The administration grudgingly recognized Allende's position once it was evident that the election was valid. 
B)  The administration worked through the CIA to encourage Chilean military officers to overthrow Allende. 
C)  The administration extended support to Allende in order to woo him away from Soviet influence. 
D)  The administration pressured other Latin American nations to join in a total boycott of Chilean goods. 
A)  The administration grudgingly recognized Allende's position once it was evident that the election was valid. 
B)  The administration worked through the CIA to encourage Chilean military officers to overthrow Allende. 
C)  The administration extended support to Allende in order to woo him away from Soviet influence. 
D)  The administration pressured other Latin American nations to join in a total boycott of Chilean goods.

Question 7

Which of the following caused resentment among white working-class men during the recession of the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Affirmative action programs that reduced the number of white men hired and increased the number of minorities and women hired 
B)  Federal funding of job-training programs for African Americans but not for whites 
C)  Attempts within major industries to equalize the wages of males and females by giving female employees substantially higher raises than male employees 
D)  The dramatic decline in African American unemployment and the corresponding increase in white unemployment 
A)  Affirmative action programs that reduced the number of white men hired and increased the number of minorities and women hired 
B)  Federal funding of job-training programs for African Americans but not for whites 
C)  Attempts within major industries to equalize the wages of males and females by giving female employees substantially higher raises than male employees 
D)  The dramatic decline in African American unemployment and the corresponding increase in white unemployment

Question 8

Which of the following was an accomplishment of the Carter administration?

Accepted Answer

A)  The establishment of national medical insurance for the poor 
B)  The establishment of wage and price controls 
C)  A reduction in the rate of inflation 
D)  The establishment of an environmental "superfund" to clean up abandoned chemical-waste sites 
A)  The establishment of national medical insurance for the poor 
B)  The establishment of wage and price controls 
C)  A reduction in the rate of inflation 
D)  The establishment of an environmental "superfund" to clean up abandoned chemical-waste sites

Question 9

Explain the idea of affirmative action and discuss the successes and failures of affirmative action in solving the problems of discrimination and inequality in American society.

Accepted Answer

Affirmative action is a policy that aims

Question 10

Discuss the domestic issues that faced the Nixon administration in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and explain and evaluate the administration's actions concerning those issues.

Accepted Answer

The Nixon administration faced several d

Question 11

Which of the following is true of La Raza Unida?

Accepted Answer

A)  It became the voice for militant Puerto Ricans in Los Angeles. 
B)  It was founded in the Southwest in the 1970s by Chicano activists and was instrumental in registering tens of thousands of new voters. 
C)  It was successful in bringing unity and a sense of common purpose to Latinos throughout the United States. 
D)  It acted primarily as a legal-aid organization to prevent deportation of refugees from Central America. 
A)  It became the voice for militant Puerto Ricans in Los Angeles. 
B)  It was founded in the Southwest in the 1970s by Chicano activists and was instrumental in registering tens of thousands of new voters. 
C)  It was successful in bringing unity and a sense of common purpose to Latinos throughout the United States. 
D)  It acted primarily as a legal-aid organization to prevent deportation of refugees from Central America.

What was a major cause of inflation in the 1970s?

The term affirmative action refers to efforts to show improvement in ______________.

Examine the role of President Nixon and his advisers in the illegal and unethical activities associated with the Watergate scandal, and explain the threat these activities posed to constitutional government. What reforms were enacted in the scandal's aftermath?

Which factor made it difficult for major industries to hold the line against inflation in the 1970s?

Hawkish critics debating the meaning of the Vietnam War blamed the nation's failure in Vietnam on ___________________.

What statement most accurately describes the Nixon administration's response to the election of Salvador Allende as president of Chile in 1970?

Which of the following caused resentment among white working-class men during the recession of the 1970s?

Which of the following was an accomplishment of the Carter administration?

Explain the idea of affirmative action and discuss the successes and failures of affirmative action in solving the problems of discrimination and inequality in American society.

Discuss the domestic issues that faced the Nixon administration in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and explain and evaluate the administration's actions concerning those issues.

Which of the following is true of La Raza Unida?

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Exam 27: A Pivotal ERA, 1969-1980

What was a major cause of inflation in the 1970s?

The term affirmative action refers to efforts to show improvement in ______________.

Examine the role of President Nixon and his advisers in the illegal and unethical activities associated with the Watergate scandal, and explain the threat these activities posed to constitutional government. What reforms were enacted in the scandal's aftermath?

Which factor made it difficult for major industries to hold the line against inflation in the 1970s?

Hawkish critics debating the meaning of the Vietnam War blamed the nation's failure in Vietnam on ___________________.

What statement most accurately describes the Nixon administration's response to the election of Salvador Allende as president of Chile in 1970?

Which of the following caused resentment among white working-class men during the recession of the 1970s?

Which of the following was an accomplishment of the Carter administration?

Explain the idea of affirmative action and discuss the successes and failures of affirmative action in solving the problems of discrimination and inequality in American society.

Discuss the domestic issues that faced the Nixon administration in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and explain and evaluate the administration's actions concerning those issues.

Which of the following is true of La Raza Unida?

Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600

Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1650

North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720

Becoming America, 1720-1760

The Ends of Empire, 1754-1774

American Revolutions, 1775-1783

Forging a Nation, 1783-1800

Defining the Nation, 1801-1823

The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

The Restless North, 1815-1860

The Contested West, 1815-1860

Politics and the Fate of the Union, 1824-1859

Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1860-1865

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

The Ecology of the West and South, 1865-1900

Building Factories, Building Cities, 1877-1900

Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900

The Progressive ERA, 1895-1920

The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914

Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920

The New ERA, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961

America at Midcentury, 1945-1960

The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968

Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992

Into the Global Millennium: America Since 1992

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