Question 1

The issue that led to Jimmy Carter's defeat in 1980 was

Accepted Answer

A) the collapse of oil prices. 
B) his pardoning of Richard Nixon. 
C) the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 
D) his affair with a White House intern. 
E) his inability to gain the release of American hostages held in Iran. 
A) the collapse of oil prices. 
B) his pardoning of Richard Nixon. 
C) the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 
D) his affair with a White House intern. 
E) his inability to gain the release of American hostages held in Iran.

Question 2

The East German leader Erich Honecker was most noted for

Accepted Answer

A) building the Berlin Wall in 1961. 
B) establishing a virtual dictatorship by using the Stasi or secret police in the 1970s and 1980s. 
C) urging the political unification of West and East Germany in the late 1980s. 
D) leading an unsuccessful independence movement from the Soviet Union in 1953. 
E) dismantling the Berlin Wall. 
A) building the Berlin Wall in 1961. 
B) establishing a virtual dictatorship by using the Stasi or secret police in the 1970s and 1980s. 
C) urging the political unification of West and East Germany in the late 1980s. 
D) leading an unsuccessful independence movement from the Soviet Union in 1953. 
E) dismantling the Berlin Wall.

Question 3

Is "Americanization" the proper word to use when describing the popular culture of the Western world since World War II? Why and/or why not? Be specific.

Accepted Answer

"Americanization" may not be the most ac

Question 4

In the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan predicted that the scenario for the future would be

Accepted Answer

A) a clash of civilizations. 
B) a global village. 
C) the end of "history." 
D) the victory for liberal democracy. 
E) an age of terrorism. 
A) a clash of civilizations. 
B) a global village. 
C) the end of "history." 
D) the victory for liberal democracy. 
E) an age of terrorism.

Question 5

The Soviet launch of Sputnik occurred in

Accepted Answer

A) 1949. 
B) 1952. 
C) 1955. 
D) 1957. 
E) 1960. 
A) 1949. 
B) 1952. 
C) 1955. 
D) 1957. 
E) 1960.

Question 6

The European writer who used fantasy to examine moral issues and who remained confident about the human condition was

Accepted Answer

A) Albert Camus. 
B) Gabriel García Márquez. 
C) Thomas Mann. 
D) James Joyce. 
E) Milan Kundera. 
A) Albert Camus. 
B) Gabriel García Márquez. 
C) Thomas Mann. 
D) James Joyce. 
E) Milan Kundera.

Question 7

The American president who helped maintain a Vietnam-like war in Afghanistan by aiding anti-Soviet insurgents was

Accepted Answer

A) Richard Nixon. 
B) Ronald Reagan. 
C) George H.W.Bush. 
D) Bill Clinton. 
E) George W.Bush. 
A) Richard Nixon. 
B) Ronald Reagan. 
C) George H.W.Bush. 
D) Bill Clinton. 
E) George W.Bush.

Question 8

The Ohio National Guard killed four student protesters in 1970 at

Accepted Answer

A) the Ohio State University. 
B) the University of Ohio. 
C) Bowling Green State University. 
D) the University of Toledo. 
E) Kent State University. 
A) the Ohio State University. 
B) the University of Ohio. 
C) Bowling Green State University. 
D) the University of Toledo. 
E) Kent State University.

Question 9

During the 1960s the recreational drug of choice for most college and university students was

Accepted Answer

A) powder cocaine. 
B) heroine. 
C) crack. 
D) LSD. 
E) marijuana. 
A) powder cocaine. 
B) heroine. 
C) crack. 
D) LSD. 
E) marijuana.

Question 10

The policies of Ronald Reagan

Accepted Answer

A) expanded spending on food stamps. 
B) increased spending on school lunch programs. 
C) decreased spending on the military. 
D) raised taxes on the wealthy. 
E) more than doubled the national debt. 
A) expanded spending on food stamps. 
B) increased spending on school lunch programs. 
C) decreased spending on the military. 
D) raised taxes on the wealthy. 
E) more than doubled the national debt.

Question 11

​Betty Friedan founded the National Organization for Women (NOW).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The American president who did the most to escalate the U.S.presence in Vietnam was Lyndon Johnson.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 29: Protest and Stagnation: The Western World 1965-1985

The issue that led to Jimmy Carter's defeat in 1980 was

The East German leader Erich Honecker was most noted for

Is "Americanization" the proper word to use when describing the popular culture of the Western world since World War II? Why and/or why not? Be specific.

In the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan predicted that the scenario for the future would be

The Soviet launch of Sputnik occurred in

The European writer who used fantasy to examine moral issues and who remained confident about the human condition was

The American president who helped maintain a Vietnam-like war in Afghanistan by aiding anti-Soviet insurgents was

The Ohio National Guard killed four student protesters in 1970 at

During the 1960s the recreational drug of choice for most college and university students was

The policies of Ronald Reagan

​Betty Friedan founded the National Organization for Women (NOW).

The American president who did the most to escalate the U.S.presence in Vietnam was Lyndon Johnson.

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II

Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1965

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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Betty Friedan founded the National Organization for Women (NOW).