Question 1

The neoconservatives of the 1980s believed in all of the following except

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A)  free-market capitalism. 
B)  détente with the Soviet Union. 
C)  a return to traditional values and the centrality of the family. 
D)  fewer government restraints on the economy. 
E)  strengthening the white working class. 
A)  free-market capitalism. 
B)  détente with the Soviet Union. 
C)  a return to traditional values and the centrality of the family. 
D)  fewer government restraints on the economy. 
E)  strengthening the white working class.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​"smoking gun" tape

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The "smoking gun" tape refers to a speci

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Roe v. Wade(1973)

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Roe v. Wade (1973) is a landmark decisio

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Milton Friedman

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Milton Friedman was an influential econo

Question 5

Was defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) a major setback for feminism? Why or why not?

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The defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment

Question 6

The guiding principle of President Carter's foreign policy was

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A)  isolationism. 
B)  containment. 
C)  détente. 
D)  roll back. 
E)  human rights. 
A)  isolationism. 
B)  containment. 
C)  détente. 
D)  roll back. 
E)  human rights.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-United States v. Wheeler

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United States v. Wheeler, 435 U.S. 313 (

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Helsinki accords

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The Helsinki Accords, also known as the

Question 9

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 10

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

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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 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Thurgood Marshall

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Thurgood Marshall was a pivotal figure i

Question 12

While president, Jimmy Carter

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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 13

Why did Roe v. Wade become the most controversial of all the Supreme Court decisions of the 1970s? How did the controversy over abortion compare to other rights debates of the time, such as those over affirmative action and criminal suspects' rights?

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Roe v. Wade became the most controversia

Question 14

Why was affirmative action such a racial hot button in the 1970s?

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Affirmative action became a racial hot b

Question 15

When the North Vietnamese launched a full-scale invasion of South Vietnam in 1975,

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A)  the United States provided even more military aid to South Vietnam. 
B)  the Chinese intervened to seek a neutral settlement. 
C)  the United States renewed bombing against North Vietnam. 
D)  all the South Vietnamese who supported the United States were trapped inside the country. 
E)  the South Vietnamese government quickly collapsed. 
A)  the United States provided even more military aid to South Vietnam. 
B)  the Chinese intervened to seek a neutral settlement. 
C)  the United States renewed bombing against North Vietnam. 
D)  all the South Vietnamese who supported the United States were trapped inside the country. 
E)  the South Vietnamese government quickly collapsed.

Question 16

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

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President Carter's 1979 retreat to Camp

Question 17

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 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​malaise speech

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The "malaise speech" refers to a televis

Question 19

Congressman Gerald Ford had become vice president of the United States when

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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 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Richard Nixon

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Richard Nixon was the 37th President of

The neoconservatives of the 1980s believed in all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"smoking gun" tape

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Roe v. Wade(1973)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Milton Friedman

Was defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) a major setback for feminism? Why or why not?

The guiding principle of President Carter's foreign policy was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -United States v. Wheeler

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Helsinki accords

The Supreme Court, in the Bakke case, held that

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thurgood Marshall

While president, Jimmy Carter

Why did Roe v. Wade become the most controversial of all the Supreme Court decisions of the 1970s? How did the controversy over abortion compare to other rights debates of the time, such as those over affirmative action and criminal suspects' rights?

Why was affirmative action such a racial hot button in the 1970s?

When the North Vietnamese launched a full-scale invasion of South Vietnam in 1975,

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

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -malaise speech

Congressman Gerald Ford had become vice president of the United States when

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Richard Nixon

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920–1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933–1939

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933–1941

America in World War II 1941–1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Exam 17: Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The neoconservatives of the 1980s believed in all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​"smoking gun" tape

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Roe v. Wade(1973)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Milton Friedman

Was defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) a major setback for feminism? Why or why not?

The guiding principle of President Carter's foreign policy was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -United States v. Wheeler

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Helsinki accords

The Supreme Court, in the Bakke case, held that

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Thurgood Marshall

While president, Jimmy Carter

Why did Roe v. Wade become the most controversial of all the Supreme Court decisions of the 1970s? How did the controversy over abortion compare to other rights debates of the time, such as those over affirmative action and criminal suspects' rights?

Why was affirmative action such a racial hot button in the 1970s?

When the North Vietnamese launched a full-scale invasion of South Vietnam in 1975,

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

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?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​malaise speech

Congressman Gerald Ford had become vice president of the United States when

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Richard Nixon

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the “Roaring Twenties” 1920–1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920–1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933–1939

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933–1941

America in World War II 1941–1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"smoking gun" tape

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Milton Friedman

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -malaise speech