Question 1

Answer the following  questions :
-tax revolt

Accepted Answer

A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual. 
A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual.

Question 2

Answer the following  questions :
-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Accepted Answer

A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual. 
A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual.

Question 3

Which of the following statements characterizes affirmative action?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was first advanced under the Nixon administration in the early 1970s. 
B)  It encompassed only racial minorities and excluded women. 
C)  U.S.courts banned affirmative action in hiring and enrollment in the 1970s. 
D)  Opponents,many of whom had opposed civil rights,charged that it was reverse discrimination. 
A)  It was first advanced under the Nixon administration in the early 1970s. 
B)  It encompassed only racial minorities and excluded women. 
C)  U.S.courts banned affirmative action in hiring and enrollment in the 1970s. 
D)  Opponents,many of whom had opposed civil rights,charged that it was reverse discrimination.

Question 4

Answer the following  questions :
-Rust Belt

Accepted Answer

A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual. 
A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual.

Question 5

In 1978,California voters began a national trend by enacting a ballot initiative called Proposition 13 that

Accepted Answer

A)  denied homosexual men and women legally protected status in state employment,public accommodation,and housing. 
B)  outlawed affirmative action practices in employment,education,and the awarding of state contracts. 
C)  rolled back property taxes and required future tax measures to pass the legislature with a two-thirds vote. 
D)  banned existing programs of county-to-county busing to integrate urban and suburban public schools. 
A)  denied homosexual men and women legally protected status in state employment,public accommodation,and housing. 
B)  outlawed affirmative action practices in employment,education,and the awarding of state contracts. 
C)  rolled back property taxes and required future tax measures to pass the legislature with a two-thirds vote. 
D)  banned existing programs of county-to-county busing to integrate urban and suburban public schools.

Question 6

Economic competition from West Germany and Japan led to

Accepted Answer

A)  stagflation. 
B)  deindustrialization. 
C)  the demise of the Bretton Woods system. 
D)  the energy crisis. 
A)  stagflation. 
B)  deindustrialization. 
C)  the demise of the Bretton Woods system. 
D)  the energy crisis.

Question 7

Which of the following made a critical contribution to the emergence of the sexual revolution of the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 
B)  The birth control pill 
C)  The expansion of higher education 
D)  The Vietnam War 
A)  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 
B)  The birth control pill 
C)  The expansion of higher education 
D)  The Vietnam War

Question 8

The War Powers Act,the Freedom of Information Act,the Fair Campaign Practices Act,and the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act were passed as a result of

Accepted Answer

A)  the Vietnam War. 
B)  Nixon's imperial presidency. 
C)  the CIA's increasing influence on national politics. 
D)  the Great Society. 
A)  the Vietnam War. 
B)  Nixon's imperial presidency. 
C)  the CIA's increasing influence on national politics. 
D)  the Great Society.

Question 9

Answer the following  questions :
-deindustrialization

Accepted Answer

A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual. 
A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual.

Question 10

In what ways were American families tested in the 1970s? Why was there so much concern about the future of the family?

Accepted Answer

Answer should ideally include:
- Economi

Question 11

Answer the following  questions :
-Roe v.Wade

Accepted Answer

A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual. 
A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual.

Question 12

Who was the presidential candidate who ran as a Washington outsider and promised to clean up government?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jimmy Carter 
B)  Richard Nixon 
C)  Gerald Ford 
D)  Hubert Humphrey 
A)  Jimmy Carter 
B)  Richard Nixon 
C)  Gerald Ford 
D)  Hubert Humphrey

Question 13

The Supreme Court's decision in Roe v.Wade was based on

Accepted Answer

A)  misuse of federal funds. 
B)  reverse discrimination. 
C)  the right to privacy. 
D)  separation of church and state. 
A)  misuse of federal funds. 
B)  reverse discrimination. 
C)  the right to privacy. 
D)  separation of church and state.

Question 14

What happened to the typical American worker's real wages between 1973 and the early 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Real wages increased by 5 percent. 
B)  Wages declined by 10 percent. 
C)  Wages declined by 25 percent. 
D)  Wages stayed the same. 
A)  Real wages increased by 5 percent. 
B)  Wages declined by 10 percent. 
C)  Wages declined by 25 percent. 
D)  Wages stayed the same.

Question 15

Before his appointment to the vice presidency,Gerald Ford--who became president on Richard Nixon's resignation and was the nation's first non-elected vice president--had been

Accepted Answer

A)  governor of Michigan. 
B)  Secretary of Defense. 
C)  House minority leader. 
D)  a Supreme Court justice. 
A)  governor of Michigan. 
B)  Secretary of Defense. 
C)  House minority leader. 
D)  a Supreme Court justice.

Question 16

Answer the following  questions :
-Proposition 13

Accepted Answer

A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual. 
A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual.

Question 17

Christian activists in the late 1970s and early 1980s made which of the following issues a high priority?

Accepted Answer

A)  Providing comprehensive sex education in public schools 
B)  Careful attention to maintaining the separation of church and state 
C)  Combating the proliferation of pornography in American society 
D)  Providing social supports for women who needed to work outside the home 
A)  Providing comprehensive sex education in public schools 
B)  Careful attention to maintaining the separation of church and state 
C)  Combating the proliferation of pornography in American society 
D)  Providing social supports for women who needed to work outside the home

Question 18

Answer the following  questions :
-Bakke v.University of California

Accepted Answer

A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual. 
A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual.

Question 19

Answer the following  questions :
-deregulation

Accepted Answer

A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual. 
A) A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil. 
B) A period of fuel shortages in the United States after the Arab states in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) declared an oil embargo in October 1973. 
C) Activist movement begun in the 1960s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation,pollution control measures,and public awareness campaigns.In response to the new environmental consciousness,the federal government staked out a broad role in environmental regulation in the 1960s and 1970s. 
D) Book published in 1962 by biologist Rachel Carson.Its analysis of the pesticide DDT's toxic impact on the human and natural food chains galvanized environmental activists. 
E) An annual event honoring the environment that was first celebrated on April 22,1970,when 20 million citizens gathered in communities across the country to express their support for a cleaner,healthier planet.
F)Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws,conduct environmental research,and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.
G)A nuclear plant near Harrisburg,Pennsylvania,where a reactor core came close to a meltdown in March 1979.After the incident in this location,no new nuclear plants were authorized in the United States,though a handful with existing authorization were built in the 1980s.
H)An economic term coined in the 1970s to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.
I)The dismantling of manufacturing-especially in the automobile,steel,and consumer-goods industries-in the decades after World War II,representing a reversal of the process of industrialization that had dominated the American economy from the 1870s through the 1940s.
J)The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization.By the 1970s and 1980s,these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.
K)A movement to lower or eliminate taxes.California's Proposition 13,which rolled back property taxes,capped future increases for present owners,and required that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature,was the result of one such revolt,inspiring similar movements across the country.
L)A measure passed overwhelmingly by Californians to roll back property taxes,cap future increases for present owners,and require that all tax measures have a two-thirds majority in the legislature.This measure inspired "tax revolts" across the country and helped conservatives define an enduring issue: low taxes.
M)Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington,D.C. ,by men working for President Nixon's reelection campaign,along with Nixon's efforts to cover it up.This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation.
N)A law that limited the president's ability to deploy U.S.forces without congressional approval.Congress passed this act in 1973 as a series of laws to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.
O)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.
P)Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal,the 1978 act forced political candidates to disclose financial contributions and limited the lobbying activities of former elected officials.
Q)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries were not regulated beginning under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this lack of regulations to include cutting back on government protections for consumers,workers,and the environment.
R)Policies established in the 1960s and 1970s by governments,businesses,universities,and other institutions to overcome the effects of past discrimination against specific groups such as racial and ethnic minorities and women.Measures to ensure equal opportunity included setting goals for the admission,hiring,and promotion of minorities;considering minority status when allocating resources;and actively encouraging victims of past discrimination to apply for jobs and other resources.
S)1978 Supreme Court ruling that limited affirmative action by rejecting a quota system.
T)Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law.Facing fierce opposition from the New Right and the Republican Party,the amendment was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.
U)An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.
V)The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion,which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.The decision galvanized social conservatives and made abortion a controversial policy issue for decades to come.
W)The trend in Protestant Christianity that stresses salvation through conversion,repentance of sin,and adherence to scripture;it also stresses the importance of preaching over ritual.

Question 20

In the case of Bakke v.University of California (1978),which of the following issues was under review?

Accepted Answer

A)  Affirmative action 
B)  Abortion rights 
C)  Environmental pollution 
D)  Corruption in Congress 
A)  Affirmative action 
B)  Abortion rights 
C)  Environmental pollution 
D)  Corruption in Congress

Exam 28: The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Answer the following questions : -tax revolt

Answer the following questions : -Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Which of the following statements characterizes affirmative action?

Answer the following questions : -Rust Belt

In 1978,California voters began a national trend by enacting a ballot initiative called Proposition 13 that

Economic competition from West Germany and Japan led to

Which of the following made a critical contribution to the emergence of the sexual revolution of the 1960s?

The War Powers Act,the Freedom of Information Act,the Fair Campaign Practices Act,and the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act were passed as a result of

Answer the following questions : -deindustrialization

In what ways were American families tested in the 1970s? Why was there so much concern about the future of the family?

Answer the following questions : -Roe v.Wade

Who was the presidential candidate who ran as a Washington outsider and promised to clean up government?

The Supreme Court's decision in Roe v.Wade was based on

What happened to the typical American worker's real wages between 1973 and the early 1990s?

Before his appointment to the vice presidency,Gerald Ford--who became president on Richard Nixon's resignation and was the nation's first non-elected vice president--had been

Answer the following questions : -Proposition 13

Christian activists in the late 1970s and early 1980s made which of the following issues a high priority?

Answer the following questions : -Bakke v.University of California

Answer the following questions : -deregulation

In the case of Bakke v.University of California (1978),which of the following issues was under review?

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

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