Question 1

By the mid-1960s, what was the primary concern of the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  inflation 
B)  drugs 
C)  China 
D)  global warming 
E)  the Soviet Union 
A)  inflation 
B)  drugs 
C)  China 
D)  global warming 
E)  the Soviet Union

Question 2

The Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev

Accepted Answer

A)  was completely shut off from Western influences. 
B)  stressed worker incentives and increased efficiency in industrial production. 
C)  saw heavy industry decline with improvement in agriculture. 
D)  threatened to go to war against the People's Republic of China. 
E)  was relatively stable, although it threatened Soviet intervention when socialism was threatened in eastern European nations. 
A)  was completely shut off from Western influences. 
B)  stressed worker incentives and increased efficiency in industrial production. 
C)  saw heavy industry decline with improvement in agriculture. 
D)  threatened to go to war against the People's Republic of China. 
E)  was relatively stable, although it threatened Soviet intervention when socialism was threatened in eastern European nations.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the "Reagan revolution" and "supply-side economics"

Accepted Answer

The "Reagan Revolution" refers to the si

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Jimmy Carter and stagflation

Accepted Answer

Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of t

Question 5

Would it be accurate to say that all, or at least most, of the popular culture of this period was Postmodern?

Accepted Answer

To address the question of whether it wo

Question 6

punk rock and the Sex Pistols and hip-hop and Grandmaster Flash

Accepted Answer

Punk rock and the Sex Pistols, as well a

Question 7

The American composer Philip Glass is associated with an acclaimed offshoot of serialism combining elements of classical and popular music in repeated tonal forms and known as

Accepted Answer

A)  post-Surrealism. 
B)  neo-Expressionism. 
C)  minimalism. 
D)  neo-classicism. 
E)  post-modernism. 
A)  post-Surrealism. 
B)  neo-Expressionism. 
C)  minimalism. 
D)  neo-classicism. 
E)  post-modernism.

Question 8

In Czechoslovakia, the "Prague Spring"

Accepted Answer

A)  permanently ended communism. 
B)  successfully established a long-lasting democratic government. 
C)  was shortly brought to an end by the Red Army. 
D)  received support and sympathy from East Germany and Romania. 
E)  had the support of Mikhail Gorbachev. 
A)  permanently ended communism. 
B)  successfully established a long-lasting democratic government. 
C)  was shortly brought to an end by the Red Army. 
D)  received support and sympathy from East Germany and Romania. 
E)  had the support of Mikhail Gorbachev.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Italy's Eurocommunism

Accepted Answer

Italy's Eurocommunism refers to the uniq

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

"Eurocommunism" was most successful in

Accepted Answer

A)  the Soviet Union. 
B)  France. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Italy. 
E)  East Germany. 
A)  the Soviet Union. 
B)  France. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Italy. 
E)  East Germany.

Question 12

The nation that initially took the lead in the sexual revolution of the 1960s was

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States. 
B)  France. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  Sweden. 
E)  the Soviet Union. 
A)  the United States. 
B)  France. 
C)  Italy. 
D)  Sweden. 
E)  the Soviet Union.

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Willy Brandt and Ostpolitik

Accepted Answer

Willy Brandt was a German politician who

Question 14

Allen Kaprow and "happenings"

Accepted Answer

Allen Kaprow was an American artist and

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Helsinki Agreements, 1975

Accepted Answer

The Helsinki Agreements, also known as t

Question 16

The Soviet Union's Yuri Andropov's most significant accomplishment was his support of Mikhail Gorbachev, a young reformer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Identify and discuss Marshall McLuhan's 1960s concept of the "global village." Has he been an accurate forecaster of events from the vantage point of the early twenty-first century?

Accepted Answer

Marshall McLuhan's concept of the "globa

Question 18

The economic problems of the United States in the 1970s have been labeled

Accepted Answer

A)  inflation. 
B)  deflation. 
C)  stagflation. 
D)  hyperism. 
E)  nonflation. 
A)  inflation. 
B)  deflation. 
C)  stagflation. 
D)  hyperism. 
E)  nonflation.

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Timothy Leary and LSD

Accepted Answer

Timothy Leary was a psychologist and wri

Question 20

Mikhail Gorbachev became the head of the Soviet state immediately following the retirement of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 29: protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

By the mid-1960s, what was the primary concern of the United States?

The Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev

IDENTIFICATIONS -the "Reagan revolution" and "supply-side economics"

IDENTIFICATIONS -Jimmy Carter and stagflation

Would it be accurate to say that all, or at least most, of the popular culture of this period was Postmodern?

punk rock and the Sex Pistols and hip-hop and Grandmaster Flash

The American composer Philip Glass is associated with an acclaimed offshoot of serialism combining elements of classical and popular music in repeated tonal forms and known as

In Czechoslovakia, the "Prague Spring"

IDENTIFICATIONS -Italy's Eurocommunism

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

"Eurocommunism" was most successful in

The nation that initially took the lead in the sexual revolution of the 1960s was

IDENTIFICATIONS -Willy Brandt and Ostpolitik

Allen Kaprow and "happenings"

IDENTIFICATIONS -Helsinki Agreements, 1975

The Soviet Union's Yuri Andropov's most significant accomplishment was his support of Mikhail Gorbachev, a young reformer.

Identify and discuss Marshall McLuhan's 1960s concept of the "global village." Has he been an accurate forecaster of events from the vantage point of the early twenty-first century?

The economic problems of the United States in the 1970s have been labeled

IDENTIFICATIONS -Timothy Leary and LSD

Mikhail Gorbachev became the head of the Soviet state immediately following the retirement of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964.

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