- After resigning from the presidency, Richard Nixon
Your answer:
was convicted of obstruction of justice but received a suspended sentence.
ran for the Republican nomination for governor of California but was defeated by Ronald Reagan.
was pardoned by President Ford for any and all crimes committed while in office.
became American ambassador to China during the Ford administration.
taught politics and government at Harvard University.
- Which of the following was one of President Carter's high priorities in international affairs?
Your answer:
reasserting American rights in the Panama Canal Zone
attending to human-rights violations around the world
isolating China from other nations
ensuring open markets and free trade around the globe
none of these
- What, according to President Carter, was the cause of the nation's woes in the late 1970s?
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a failure of the American people to have confidence in their nation and government
the government's inability to reduce the burgeoning budget deficit
collusion by foreign nations to make the United States a second-rate power
his own inability to understand the big picture or articulate a clear set of policies
the nation’s failure to solve its environmental and energy problems
- What events precipitated the 1979 seizure of over fifty American hostages in Iran?
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the return to power of Shah Reza Pahlavi with the assistance of the CIA
the rise to power of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the arrival of the shah in the United States for cancer treatment
the collision of an American helicopter and a transport plane in the Iranian desert
the invasion of Iran by the Soviet Union
the invasion of Iraq by the United States
- In the 1980 presidential election,
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Reagan won by a razor-thin margin, but the Republicans lost seats in both the House and the Senate.
Carter lost, but he held such traditional New Deal Democratic voters as blue-collar workers and white southerners.
Reagan won in a landslide by capturing all western and northeastern states, although the solid South remained firmly Democratic.
Reagan won about 51 percent of the popular vote, and Republicans gained control of the Senate for the first time since 1955.
Carter won by a slim margin over Gerald Ford, but the Democrats regained control of the Senate and House of Representatives.
- To what was Ronald Reagan referring when he spoke of the "evil empire"?
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the Soviet Union
the growing federal bureaucracy
the New Deal electoral coalition
the People's Republic of China
the alliance that brought together Iraq, North Korea, and Libya
- The "contras" were
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formed by members of the Palestine Liberation Organization to overthrow the Israeli government.
established and financed by the CIA to undermine the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
the name that President Reagan gave to all American hostages around the world.
bands of evangelical Christians who traveled the country inveighing against sexual permissiveness and secular humanism.
the underground movement in the Soviet Union that was working to bring democracy, capitalism, and Christianity to that communist land.
- The Strategic Defense Initiative
Your answer:
was proposed by the growing peace and antinuclear movement as an alternative to tactical nuclear weapons.
seemed to be the best solution to the nuclear-arms race, because of its modest cost and technological simplicity.
was the first program eliminated in the great wave of Reagan defense cuts.
substituted cheap chemical and biological weapons for expensive nuclear devices.
proposed a vast system of space-based lasers and other high-tech defenses against nuclear missiles.
- Yuppies were known for their
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refusal to follow social norms, their use of psychedelic drugs, and their wild clothing.
preoccupation with physical fitness, psychic harmony, a tasteful lifestyle, and money.
participation in the environmental movement, particularly the campaign against nuclear power.
leadership of the antiwar movement during the early 1970s.
key role in the Democratic Leadership Council and the creation of early personal computers.
- Which of the following is an example of the consumer electronics products that began to shape American society in the 1980s?
Your answer:
tape recorder
personal computer
television set
radio
personal digital assistant
- Beginning in the 1970s, what was the policy of the federal government toward Native Americans?
Your answer:
termination of all Indian-aid programs and relocation in cities so that they would disappear as a distinct ethnic group
continuation of the government's traditional paternalism
greater autonomy for Native Americans in managing their affairs--such as schools and federal-aid programs
relocation of Indian tribes from valuable land in the Sunbelt to undeveloped tracts in Alaska
use of federal troops to ensure the integration of Indian schools
- Which of the following correctly accounts for the fate of the SALT II agreement?
Your answer:
It was approved by the Senate after President Carter personally traveled to Vienna to demonstrate United States support for arms control.
President Carter withdrew it from the Senate after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev refused to sign it as a protest against a series of anti-Soviet measures that President Carter adopted.
It was passed by the Senate and signed by President Carter, but President Reagan repealed it because it gave too much to the Evil Empire.
none of these
- In the Camp David Accords,
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Israel and Egypt agreed to a timetable for a gradual transition to autonomy for the West Bank and Gaza Strip Palestinians.
Israel agreed to cease building Jewish settlements in the occupied territories.
the Arab world agreed that Egyptian leader Anwar el-Sadat would henceforth be the spokesman for Islamic fundamentalism.
Israel and Egypt agreed to immediate withdrawal from all occupied territories and an end to all hostilities.
President Carter and Egyptian leader Anwar el-Sadat announced an alliance against Israel.
- Which of the following statements about women in the 1980s is correct?
Your answer:
The majority held paying jobs outside the home.
They were close to achieving equality of pay with men.
Almost half of the lawyers, doctors, and engineers in this country were women.
They were likely to marry at a younger age and have more children than women in the 1950s.
choices b and d.
- What seems to account for the vast popularity that Ronald Reagan maintained during his eight years as president?
Your answer:
his skill as an administrator and manager
his exhaustive familiarity with the issues
his ability to articulate the beliefs, aspirations, and fears of millions of Americans
the popularity of his vice president
all of these