Question 1

Young men were able to avoid service in Vietnam by all of the following methods EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  joining VISTA or the Peace Corps 
B)  fleeing to Canada or Sweden 
C)  obtaining conscientious-objector status 
D)  going to prison 
E)  failing the physical examination on purpose 
A)  joining VISTA or the Peace Corps 
B)  fleeing to Canada or Sweden 
C)  obtaining conscientious-objector status 
D)  going to prison 
E)  failing the physical examination on purpose

Question 2

On October 26, 1972, only a week before the U.S. presidential election, Kissinger announced:

Accepted Answer

A)  Nixon's resignation 
B)  a peace agreement for the Middle East 
C)  a new offensive against China 
D)  his resignation 
E)  "Peace is at hand" 
A)  Nixon's resignation 
B)  a peace agreement for the Middle East 
C)  a new offensive against China 
D)  his resignation 
E)  "Peace is at hand"

Question 3

As the 1972 election approached, the biggest threat to Nixon's reelection seemed to be:

Accepted Answer

A)  George Wallace's potential to drain away conservative votes from the Republicans 
B)  the massive popularity of Democratic nominee George McGovern 
C)  public disapproval of Nixon's efforts to ease tensions with the Chinese and the Russians 
D)  revelations concerning the Watergate break-in 
E)  the continuing appeal of 1960s-style social liberalism 
A)  George Wallace's potential to drain away conservative votes from the Republicans 
B)  the massive popularity of Democratic nominee George McGovern 
C)  public disapproval of Nixon's efforts to ease tensions with the Chinese and the Russians 
D)  revelations concerning the Watergate break-in 
E)  the continuing appeal of 1960s-style social liberalism

Question 4

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Gerald Ford

Accepted Answer

A) was shot and left paralyzed in 1972 
B) was secretary of state in 1975 
C) founded NOW 
D) founded SDS and authored the Port Huron Statement 
E) was convicted for the My Lai Massacre
F)gave testimony before a Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground
H)was a philosophy major who led UC Berkeley's free-speech movement (FSM)
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)led the United Farm Workers 
A) was shot and left paralyzed in 1972 
B) was secretary of state in 1975 
C) founded NOW 
D) founded SDS and authored the Port Huron Statement 
E) was convicted for the My Lai Massacre
F)gave testimony before a Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)was one of the organizers of the Weather Underground
H)was a philosophy major who led UC Berkeley's free-speech movement (FSM)
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)led the United Farm Workers

Question 5

Within a year after taking control of the South, the Vietnamese Communists were at war with the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Soviets 
B)  Cambodian Communists 
C)  Japanese 
D)  French 
E)  South Vietnam 
A)  Soviets 
B)  Cambodian Communists 
C)  Japanese 
D)  French 
E)  South Vietnam

Young men were able to avoid service in Vietnam by all of the following methods EXCEPT:

On October 26, 1972, only a week before the U.S. presidential election, Kissinger announced:

As the 1972 election approached, the biggest threat to Nixon's reelection seemed to be:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Gerald Ford

Within a year after taking control of the South, the Vietnamese Communists were at war with the:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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Exam 30: Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Young men were able to avoid service in Vietnam by all of the following methods EXCEPT:

On October 26, 1972, only a week before the U.S. presidential election, Kissinger announced:

As the 1972 election approached, the biggest threat to Nixon's reelection seemed to be:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Gerald Ford

Within a year after taking control of the South, the Vietnamese Communists were at war with the:

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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