Question 1

The advocacy group ACT-UP is most associated with

Accepted Answer

A) gays. 
B) women. 
C) Blacks. 
D) Hispanics. 
E) Asians. 
A) gays. 
B) women. 
C) Blacks. 
D) Hispanics. 
E) Asians.

Question 2

Ronald Reagan's pro-labor policies helped increase union membership in the 1980s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The first person to become both president and vice president,without having been elected to either position,was

Accepted Answer

A) Jimmy Carter. 
B) Nelson Rockefeller. 
C) Richard Nixon. 
D) Gerald Ford. 
E) Ronald Reagan. 
A) Jimmy Carter. 
B) Nelson Rockefeller. 
C) Richard Nixon. 
D) Gerald Ford. 
E) Ronald Reagan.

Question 4

Jesse Jackson emerged as a key African American leader.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Jimmy Carter appealed to voters because he was a

Accepted Answer

A) "born-again" Christian. 
B) Washington outsider who was untainted by the political corruption of the Nixon era. 
C) former governor with a southern small-town agricultural background. 
D) retired naval officer. 
E) all of these choices 
A) "born-again" Christian. 
B) Washington outsider who was untainted by the political corruption of the Nixon era. 
C) former governor with a southern small-town agricultural background. 
D) retired naval officer. 
E) all of these choices

Question 6

Many of those initially diagnosed with AIDS were gay men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

OPEC consists of nations in the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of OPEC consists of nations in the ____________________....

Question 8

Gerald Ford's decline in public popularity can be attributed to intense media criticism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Ronald Reagan was designated the "____________________ president" because his personal popularity was not diminished by criticism of his policies.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Ronald Reagan was designated the "____________________ president"...

Question 10

Jimmy Carter failed to win congressional approval of either his welfare program or his energy plan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The Reagan administration scandal in which the United States secretly sold arms to Iran to finance contras in Nicaragua was referred to as the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Reagan administration scandal in which the...

Question 12

The Berlin Wall came down in which year?

Accepted Answer

A) 1978 
B) 1980 
C) 1984 
D) 1989 
E) 1992 
A) 1978 
B) 1980 
C) 1984 
D) 1989 
E) 1992

Question 13

Leaders of the Religious Right strongly supported the separation of church and state doctrine of the constitution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

"Operation Just Cause" involved a U.S.invasion of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of "Operation Just Cause" involved a U.S.invasion of...

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Mikhail Gorbachev

Accepted Answer

new-style Soviet leader who be

Question 16

The Iranian hostage crisis was one of the most embarrassing foreign policy failures of the Carter administration.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

During the Carter administration,treaties were signed that would return the Panama Canal to Panama.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The 1984 Democratic vice presidential nominee was

Accepted Answer

A) Walter Mondale. 
B) Geraldine Ferraro. 
C) Lloyd Bentsen. 
D) Edward Kennedy. 
E) Shirley Chisholm. 
A) Walter Mondale. 
B) Geraldine Ferraro. 
C) Lloyd Bentsen. 
D) Edward Kennedy. 
E) Shirley Chisholm.

Question 19

All of the following are true regarding Affirmative Action except

Accepted Answer

A) it had no real impact in the workplace or in education. 
B) some have argued it causes reverse discrimination. 
C) some have argued that it violates principals Martin Luther King Jr.espoused. 
D) it was endorsed by the Supreme Court. 
E) even some who benefitted from the programs have criticized it. 
A) it had no real impact in the workplace or in education. 
B) some have argued it causes reverse discrimination. 
C) some have argued that it violates principals Martin Luther King Jr.espoused. 
D) it was endorsed by the Supreme Court. 
E) even some who benefitted from the programs have criticized it.

Question 20

All the following statements regarding the New Right are true except its

Accepted Answer

A) interests are almost entirely centered around social and cultural issues. 
B) origins can be traced back several decades before Ronald Reagan became president. 
C) supporters were outraged over Roe v.Wade court case. 
D) supporters include Protestant fundamentalists. 
E) a diverse coalition of conservatives. 
A) interests are almost entirely centered around social and cultural issues. 
B) origins can be traced back several decades before Ronald Reagan became president. 
C) supporters were outraged over Roe v.Wade court case. 
D) supporters include Protestant fundamentalists. 
E) a diverse coalition of conservatives.

Exam 30: Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

The advocacy group ACT-UP is most associated with

Ronald Reagan's pro-labor policies helped increase union membership in the 1980s.

The first person to become both president and vice president,without having been elected to either position,was

Jesse Jackson emerged as a key African American leader.

Jimmy Carter appealed to voters because he was a

Many of those initially diagnosed with AIDS were gay men.

OPEC consists of nations in the ____________________.

Gerald Ford's decline in public popularity can be attributed to intense media criticism.

Ronald Reagan was designated the "____________________ president" because his personal popularity was not diminished by criticism of his policies.

Jimmy Carter failed to win congressional approval of either his welfare program or his energy plan.

The Reagan administration scandal in which the United States secretly sold arms to Iran to finance contras in Nicaragua was referred to as the ____________________.

The Berlin Wall came down in which year?

Leaders of the Religious Right strongly supported the separation of church and state doctrine of the constitution.

"Operation Just Cause" involved a U.S.invasion of ____________________.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Mikhail Gorbachev

The Iranian hostage crisis was one of the most embarrassing foreign policy failures of the Carter administration.

During the Carter administration,treaties were signed that would return the Panama Canal to Panama.

The 1984 Democratic vice presidential nominee was

All of the following are true regarding Affirmative Action except

All the following statements regarding the New Right are true except its

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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