Question 1

​What seminal event occurred on April 22,1970?

Accepted Answer

A) the first Earth Day was celebrated 
B) Neil Armstrong walked on the moon 
C) ​President Nixon announced his resignation 
D) ​the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held 
A) the first Earth Day was celebrated 
B) Neil Armstrong walked on the moon 
C) ​President Nixon announced his resignation 
D) ​the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held A

Question 2

​All of the following statements regarding the oil embargo of 1973-1974 are true except

Accepted Answer

A) OPEC halted oil shipments to the United States,western Europe,and Japan to protest their support of Israel. 
B) the embargo caused panic in the United States,which used 30 percent of the world's energy. 
C) ​the government lowered the speed limit on highways to 55 miles per hour to save energy. 
D) ​after the oil embargo was lifted,energy prices dropped below the pre-embargo prices. 
A) OPEC halted oil shipments to the United States,western Europe,and Japan to protest their support of Israel. 
B) the embargo caused panic in the United States,which used 30 percent of the world's energy. 
C) ​the government lowered the speed limit on highways to 55 miles per hour to save energy. 
D) ​after the oil embargo was lifted,energy prices dropped below the pre-embargo prices. D

Question 3

​From his jail cell in Birmingham,Martin Luther King,Jr. ,defended the morality of

Accepted Answer

A) active resistance. 
B) civil disobedience. 
C) ​interracial marriage 
D) ​race riots. 
E) ​violent protest. 
A) active resistance. 
B) civil disobedience. 
C) ​interracial marriage 
D) ​race riots. 
E) ​violent protest. B

Question 4

​Which best describes U.S.involvement in Vietnam during the Kennedy administration?

Accepted Answer

A) The United States sent an increasing number of American military advisors to support the South Vietnamese regime. 
B) The United States used covert operations to overthrow the communist government and replace it with Ngo Dingh Diem. 
C) ​The United States arranged for U.N.peacekeeping troops to enter Vietnam but avoided sending U.S.military personnel. 
D) ​The United States began to pull military advisors out of Vietnam,leading North Vietnam to attack the now weakened government. 
A) The United States sent an increasing number of American military advisors to support the South Vietnamese regime. 
B) The United States used covert operations to overthrow the communist government and replace it with Ngo Dingh Diem. 
C) ​The United States arranged for U.N.peacekeeping troops to enter Vietnam but avoided sending U.S.military personnel. 
D) ​The United States began to pull military advisors out of Vietnam,leading North Vietnam to attack the now weakened government.

Question 5

​In the summer of 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn followed a series of confrontations between police and

Accepted Answer

A) antiwar demonstrators. 
B) gays. 
C) ​Latinos. 
D) ​women's libbers. 
A) antiwar demonstrators. 
B) gays. 
C) ​Latinos. 
D) ​women's libbers.

Question 6

​Gloria Steinem took the first steps toward becoming a feminist leader in 1969 when she spoke out for

Accepted Answer

A) the legalization of abortion. 
B) equal pay in the workplace. 
C) ​allowing married women to keep their maiden name. 
D) ​increased funding for research on women's health issues. 
A) the legalization of abortion. 
B) equal pay in the workplace. 
C) ​allowing married women to keep their maiden name. 
D) ​increased funding for research on women's health issues.

Question 7

​The 1970s energy crisis resulted in all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) daylight savings time in winter 
B) an easing of environmental restrictions on coal mining 
C) ​a reduction of economic aid and political support for Israel 
D) ​increased population in and political influence of the Sunbelt 
E) ​a national speed limit of 55 miles per hour on the nation's highways 
A) daylight savings time in winter 
B) an easing of environmental restrictions on coal mining 
C) ​a reduction of economic aid and political support for Israel 
D) ​increased population in and political influence of the Sunbelt 
E) ​a national speed limit of 55 miles per hour on the nation's highways

Question 8

​What happened at My Lai that aroused the ire of the U.S.public?

Accepted Answer

A) U.S.troops massacred a rogue band of Vietcong. 
B) U.S.troops killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians. 
C) ​U.S.air strikes destroyed factories and power plants. 
D) ​U.S.prisoners of war were executed by the Vietcong. 
A) U.S.troops massacred a rogue band of Vietcong. 
B) U.S.troops killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians. 
C) ​U.S.air strikes destroyed factories and power plants. 
D) ​U.S.prisoners of war were executed by the Vietcong.

Question 9

​Who was President John F.Kennedy's secretary of state?

Accepted Answer

A) Robert Kennedy 
B) Robert McNamara 
C) ​Dean Rusk 
D) ​Sergeant Shriver 
A) Robert Kennedy 
B) Robert McNamara 
C) ​Dean Rusk 
D) ​Sergeant Shriver

Question 10

​In February 1972,President Nixon made a historic trip to what country?

Accepted Answer

A) China 
B) India​ 
C) ​Japan 
D) ​North Vietnam 
A) China 
B) India​ 
C) ​Japan 
D) ​North Vietnam

Question 11

​Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after he was implicated in the Watergate scandal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

​What became the first mass-circulation magazine in 1972?

Accepted Answer

A) Cosmopolitan 
B) Mademoiselle 
C) ​Ms. 
D) ​Working Woman 
A) Cosmopolitan 
B) Mademoiselle 
C) ​Ms. 
D) ​Working Woman

Question 13

​At Kent State University in May 1970 a violent confrontation during which of the following resulted in police shooting into a crowd of students,killing four?

Accepted Answer

A) a civil rights march 
B) an antiwar demonstration 
C) ​attempts to integrate the school 
D) ​the investigation into hate crimes 
A) a civil rights march 
B) an antiwar demonstration 
C) ​attempts to integrate the school 
D) ​the investigation into hate crimes

Question 14

​In April 1970 Antiwar protests increased after American troops invaded which country to cut off enemy supply lines to Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

A) Cambodia 
B) China 
C) ​North Vietnam 
D) ​Thailand 
A) Cambodia 
B) China 
C) ​North Vietnam 
D) ​Thailand

Question 15

​Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was tried and convicted of first-degree murder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

​The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Johnson the authority to

Accepted Answer

A) escalate the Vietnam War. 
B) negotiate with North Vietnam. 
C) ​send military advisors to Vietnam. 
D) ​bomb military targets in Cambodia. 
E) ​sink Vietnamese ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. 
A) escalate the Vietnam War. 
B) negotiate with North Vietnam. 
C) ​send military advisors to Vietnam. 
D) ​bomb military targets in Cambodia. 
E) ​sink Vietnamese ships in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Question 17

​Who were the freedom riders?

Accepted Answer

A) the first military advisors in Vietnam 
B) leaders of a bus boycott in and beyond Montgomery,Alabama 
C) ​members of the Beat Generation who followed Jack Kerouac on his On the Road adventure 
D) ​bus travelers who traveled through the South to test the Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation 
A) the first military advisors in Vietnam 
B) leaders of a bus boycott in and beyond Montgomery,Alabama 
C) ​members of the Beat Generation who followed Jack Kerouac on his On the Road adventure 
D) ​bus travelers who traveled through the South to test the Supreme Court ruling outlawing segregation

Question 18

​In the Shanghai Communiqué,China agreed to

Accepted Answer

A) address human rights abuses. 
B) open a legation in Washington. 
C) ​stop its nuclear weapons program. 
D) ​recognize the government of Taiwan. 
A) address human rights abuses. 
B) open a legation in Washington. 
C) ​stop its nuclear weapons program. 
D) ​recognize the government of Taiwan.

Question 19

​Which of the following statements regarding the freedom rides is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The Kennedy administration sent in federal marshals to protect the freedom riders. 
B) The freedom riders unexpectedly met more resistance in the North than in the South. 
C) ​The rides were planned by the federal government to force a showdown with state governments. 
D) ​The rides enlisted blacks and whites to testing a Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in schools. 
A) The Kennedy administration sent in federal marshals to protect the freedom riders. 
B) The freedom riders unexpectedly met more resistance in the North than in the South. 
C) ​The rides were planned by the federal government to force a showdown with state governments. 
D) ​The rides enlisted blacks and whites to testing a Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in schools.

Question 20

​Which of the following was not a result of U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

A) U.S.soldiers received a hero's welcome upon returning home. 
B) The United States suffered more than 350,000 casualties (killed and wounded). 
C) ​Following the withdrawal of U.S.troops,South Vietnam fell to the Communists. 
D) ​President Nixon proclaimed that the United States had achieved "peace with honor." 
A) U.S.soldiers received a hero's welcome upon returning home. 
B) The United States suffered more than 350,000 casualties (killed and wounded). 
C) ​Following the withdrawal of U.S.troops,South Vietnam fell to the Communists. 
D) ​President Nixon proclaimed that the United States had achieved "peace with honor."

Exam 22: Revolution and Crisis, 1960-1974

​What seminal event occurred on April 22,1970?

​All of the following statements regarding the oil embargo of 1973-1974 are true except

​From his jail cell in Birmingham,Martin Luther King,Jr. ,defended the morality of

​Which best describes U.S.involvement in Vietnam during the Kennedy administration?

​In the summer of 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn followed a series of confrontations between police and

​Gloria Steinem took the first steps toward becoming a feminist leader in 1969 when she spoke out for

​The 1970s energy crisis resulted in all of the following except

​What happened at My Lai that aroused the ire of the U.S.public?

​Who was President John F.Kennedy's secretary of state?

​In February 1972,President Nixon made a historic trip to what country?

​Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after he was implicated in the Watergate scandal.

​What became the first mass-circulation magazine in 1972?

​At Kent State University in May 1970 a violent confrontation during which of the following resulted in police shooting into a crowd of students,killing four?

​In April 1970 Antiwar protests increased after American troops invaded which country to cut off enemy supply lines to Vietnam?

​Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was tried and convicted of first-degree murder.

​The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Johnson the authority to

​Who were the freedom riders?

​In the Shanghai Communiqué,China agreed to

​Which of the following statements regarding the freedom rides is true?

​Which of the following was not a result of U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War?

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What seminal event occurred on April 22,1970?

All of the following statements regarding the oil embargo of 1973-1974 are true except

From his jail cell in Birmingham,Martin Luther King,Jr. ,defended the morality of

Which best describes U.S.involvement in Vietnam during the Kennedy administration?

In the summer of 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn followed a series of confrontations between police and

Gloria Steinem took the first steps toward becoming a feminist leader in 1969 when she spoke out for

The 1970s energy crisis resulted in all of the following except

What happened at My Lai that aroused the ire of the U.S.public?

Who was President John F.Kennedy's secretary of state?

In February 1972,President Nixon made a historic trip to what country?

Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after he was implicated in the Watergate scandal.

What became the first mass-circulation magazine in 1972?

At Kent State University in May 1970 a violent confrontation during which of the following resulted in police shooting into a crowd of students,killing four?

In April 1970 Antiwar protests increased after American troops invaded which country to cut off enemy supply lines to Vietnam?

Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was tried and convicted of first-degree murder.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Johnson the authority to

Who were the freedom riders?

In the Shanghai Communiqué,China agreed to

Which of the following statements regarding the freedom rides is true?

Which of the following was not a result of U.S.involvement in the Vietnam War?