Question 1

During the Nixon administration, relations with communist China were greatly improved.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The first female Supreme Court justice was ________.

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The answer of The first female Supreme Court justice was...

Question 3

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

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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.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

The political New Left emerged out of opposition to the military draft in the 1960s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Free Speech Movement was born on a college campus.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The tapes of conversations in the Oval Office contained incontrovertible evidence that President Nixon was involved in the Watergate cover-up.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

According to policies that came to be called the Nixon Doctrine, the United States would

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A)   assist in the development of friendly nations.
B)   assume a basic responsibility for the future of friendly nations.
C)   increase Third World contributions to shake up the status quo.
D)   both assist in the development of friendly nations, and assume a basic responsibility for the future of friendly nations.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

What were the major Supreme Court rulings during the late 1950s and 1960s? What are the arguments of the supporters and critics of these rulings?

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During the late 1950s and 1960s, there w...

Question 9

Weeks after Henry Kissinger announced that "peace is at hand" in the Vietnam War, President Nixon ordered the heaviest air raids on North Vietnam of the entire war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The founders of Students for a Democratic Society could accurately be described as hippies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Shortly after the last Americans had left South Vietnam, Cambodia came under the control of a brutal and repressive government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

There was never any conclusive evidence that President Nixon had planned or approved the Watergate burglary.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Was the new youth culture truly a "revolution" in America? What were its limits?

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The new youth culture of the 1960s, ofte...

Question 14

What were the differences between social reform in the 1930s and social reform in the 1960s?

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The social reform movements of the 1930s...

Question 15

After President Richard Nixon had appointed four new justices, the Supreme Court

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A)   became decidedly more conservative in its rulings.
B)   became decidedly less active.
C)   more closely reflected the president's own political beliefs.
D)   attempted to overturn the Warren Court decision in Roe v. Wade.
E)   actually increased its commitment to social reform.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 16

The beginning of the gay liberation movement was marked by a violent disturbance known as the "________."

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The answer of The beginning of the gay liberation movement...

Question 17

Nothing since the American Civil War divided the United States public as much as the Vietnam War. Why?

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The Vietnam War, which lasted from 1955 ...

Question 18

In 1974, Richard Nixon left the presidency

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A)   through impeachment.
B)   through resignation.
C)   when he was convicted of obstructing justice.
D)   by official arrest.
E)   when he lost a special election by huge margins.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

"Stagflation" refers to

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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.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 20

In the 1970s, the Nixon administration believed the world's most volatile region to be

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A)   the Middle East.
B)   Eastern Europe.
C)   the so-called Third World.
D)   China.
E)   sub-Saharan Africa.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

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Nothing since the American Civil War divided the United States public as much as the Vietnam War. Why?

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The political New Left emerged out of opposition to the military draft in the 1960s.

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According to policies that came to be called the Nixon Doctrine, the United States would

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