Question 1

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Accepted Answer

A)  gave women equal pay for equal work. 
B)  led to the creation of the National Organization of Women. 
C)  resulted in the creation of the President's Commission on the Status of Women. 
D)  was amended for the benefit of women. 
E)  made no mention of gender discrimination in its final form. 
A)  gave women equal pay for equal work. 
B)  led to the creation of the National Organization of Women. 
C)  resulted in the creation of the President's Commission on the Status of Women. 
D)  was amended for the benefit of women. 
E)  made no mention of gender discrimination in its final form.

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the "New Left" that sprang up in the 1960s and 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The New Left showed little interest in the plight of African Americans. 
B)  It was formed mainly by middle-aged white individuals who had been disillusioned by the Vietnam War. 
C)  The New Left was relatively racially diverse. 
D)  The New Left was generally uninterested in the Vietnam War. 
E)  Relatively few members of the New Left were communists. 
A)  The New Left showed little interest in the plight of African Americans. 
B)  It was formed mainly by middle-aged white individuals who had been disillusioned by the Vietnam War. 
C)  The New Left was relatively racially diverse. 
D)  The New Left was generally uninterested in the Vietnam War. 
E)  Relatively few members of the New Left were communists.

Question 3

The key evidence in the determination of President Richard Nixon's guilt or innocence in the Watergate scandal was

Accepted Answer

A)  audio tape recordings made of most conversations in the Oval Office. 
B)  eyewitness testimony from Nixon confidants in the White House. 
C)  phone records kept by Nixon's personal secretary. 
D)  Nixon's personal diaries. 
E)  journals kept by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. 
A)  audio tape recordings made of most conversations in the Oval Office. 
B)  eyewitness testimony from Nixon confidants in the White House. 
C)  phone records kept by Nixon's personal secretary. 
D)  Nixon's personal diaries. 
E)  journals kept by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Question 4

In 1969,four months after the great music festival at Woodstock,a rock concert at ________ resulted in the deaths of four people,including one from injuries sustained from security guards.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1969,four months after the great music...

Question 5

The gay rights movement had been gaining strength since at least the 1950s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

"Stagflation" refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  falling prices and a falling inventory. 
B)  deflation and rising inventory. 
C)  flat prices, wages, and inventory. 
D)  rising prices and economic stagnation. 
E)  high taxes and large budget deficits. 
A)  falling prices and a falling inventory. 
B)  deflation and rising inventory. 
C)  flat prices, wages, and inventory. 
D)  rising prices and economic stagnation. 
E)  high taxes and large budget deficits.

Question 7

Richard Nixon was reelected in 1972 by a much greater margin than he had received in 1968.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Despite President Nixon's desire for a more conservative Supreme Court and his appointment of several new justices,the Court actually moved further toward social reform.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Why is American participation in the Vietnam War so rarely described as a "good war," as was the case for World War II?

Accepted Answer

American participation in the Vietnam Wa

Question 10

What was the essential philosophy of the counterculture,and why did it so upset many Americans?

Accepted Answer

The essential philosophy of the counterc

Question 11

In the 1960s,the aspect of popular culture most strongly embraced by the counterculture was

Accepted Answer

A)  television. 
B)  music. 
C)  movies. 
D)  literature. 
E)  sports. 
A)  television. 
B)  music. 
C)  movies. 
D)  literature. 
E)  sports.

Question 12

The killing of South Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers in the village of My Lai

Accepted Answer

A)  was not learned about until years after the war had ended. 
B)  did not result in any convictions of Americans who took part. 
C)  attracted little public attention in the wake of the Cambodian invasion and the Pentagon Papers. 
D)  was not learned about until years after the war had ended, and did not result in any convictions of Americans who took part. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  was not learned about until years after the war had ended. 
B)  did not result in any convictions of Americans who took part. 
C)  attracted little public attention in the wake of the Cambodian invasion and the Pentagon Papers. 
D)  was not learned about until years after the war had ended, and did not result in any convictions of Americans who took part. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 13

During the 1970s,Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In 1972,the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

Accepted Answer

A)  was signed by all of the world's nuclear powers. 
B)  called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems. 
C)  froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels. 
D)  both called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems, and froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  was signed by all of the world's nuclear powers. 
B)  called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems. 
C)  froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels. 
D)  both called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems, and froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 15

In Gideon v.Wainwright (1963),the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  limited the appeals process for state convictions. 
B)  established new guidelines for capital punishment cases. 
C)  ruled that all felony defendants were entitled to a lawyer, regardless of their ability to pay. 
D)  ruled that a defendant must have access to a lawyer before being questioned by police. 
E)  sharply limited government curbs on pornography. 
A)  limited the appeals process for state convictions. 
B)  established new guidelines for capital punishment cases. 
C)  ruled that all felony defendants were entitled to a lawyer, regardless of their ability to pay. 
D)  ruled that a defendant must have access to a lawyer before being questioned by police. 
E)  sharply limited government curbs on pornography.

Question 16

The release of chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere directly affects the earth's capacity to replenish its oxygen supply.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The political demise of Richard Nixon was largely a result of his own personality and leadership style.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The 1969 Woodstock music festival was

Accepted Answer

A)  held to establish cooperatives based on the principles of communal living. 
B)  organized as a rally in protest to the Vietnam War. 
C)  designed make amends for the events of Altamont four months earlier. 
D)  formed to help heal the cultural divisions within American society. 
E)  a powerful symbol of the ideals of the counterculture philosophy. 
A)  held to establish cooperatives based on the principles of communal living. 
B)  organized as a rally in protest to the Vietnam War. 
C)  designed make amends for the events of Altamont four months earlier. 
D)  formed to help heal the cultural divisions within American society. 
E)  a powerful symbol of the ideals of the counterculture philosophy.

Question 19

The Environmental Protection Agency was created in ________ when ________ signed the National Environmental Protection Act into law.

Accepted Answer

A)  1963; JohF. Kennedyn 
B)  1966; Lyndon Johnson 
C)  1970; Richard Nixon 
D)  1974; Gerald Ford 
E)  1977; Jimmy Carter 
A)  1963; JohF. Kennedyn 
B)  1966; Lyndon Johnson 
C)  1970; Richard Nixon 
D)  1974; Gerald Ford 
E)  1977; Jimmy Carter

Question 20

In the 1972 presidential election,

Accepted Answer

A)  Richard Nixon won a narrow victory in the Electoral College. 
B)  George Wallace only carried California and the District of Columbia. 
C)  Richard Nixon won over 60 percent of the popular vote. 
D)  Richard Nixon won a narrow victory in the Electoral College and won over 60 percent of the popular vote. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  Richard Nixon won a narrow victory in the Electoral College. 
B)  George Wallace only carried California and the District of Columbia. 
C)  Richard Nixon won over 60 percent of the popular vote. 
D)  Richard Nixon won a narrow victory in the Electoral College and won over 60 percent of the popular vote. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Exam 30: The Crisis of Authority

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Which of the following is true of the "New Left" that sprang up in the 1960s and 1970s?

The key evidence in the determination of President Richard Nixon's guilt or innocence in the Watergate scandal was

In 1969,four months after the great music festival at Woodstock,a rock concert at ________ resulted in the deaths of four people,including one from injuries sustained from security guards.

The gay rights movement had been gaining strength since at least the 1950s.

"Stagflation" refers to

Richard Nixon was reelected in 1972 by a much greater margin than he had received in 1968.

Despite President Nixon's desire for a more conservative Supreme Court and his appointment of several new justices,the Court actually moved further toward social reform.

Why is American participation in the Vietnam War so rarely described as a "good war," as was the case for World War II?

What was the essential philosophy of the counterculture,and why did it so upset many Americans?

In the 1960s,the aspect of popular culture most strongly embraced by the counterculture was

The killing of South Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers in the village of My Lai

During the 1970s,Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

In 1972,the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

In Gideon v.Wainwright (1963),the Supreme Court

The release of chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere directly affects the earth's capacity to replenish its oxygen supply.

The political demise of Richard Nixon was largely a result of his own personality and leadership style.

The 1969 Woodstock music festival was

The Environmental Protection Agency was created in ________ when ________ signed the National Environmental Protection Act into law.

In the 1972 presidential election,

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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