70-80s
34. The main purpose of the tax cuts Reagan supported was to:
Stimulate private investment
29. President Carter's foreign policy was marked by a commitment to___.
Human rights
8. The SALT agreement:
Set limits on certain types of nuclear weapons
3. The student demonstrations at kent state university that resulted in deaths of four students were a response to
The "incursion" into cambodia
22. Nixon's New relationship with China was made possible by:
The American public's more favorable attitude towards communism
42. Oliver North was convicted on charges arising from :
The Iran Contra affair
18. At the Altamont concert in 1969:
Hells Angels killed a man in front of the stage
21. The figure who most influenced Nixon's foreign policy was:
Henry Kissinger
14. President Carter's "crowning foreign policy achievement" was the:
Arrangement of a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt
28. When Nixon resigned,___ became president
Gerald Ford
24. The Camp David Accords involved all of the following except
Intense negotiations between Carter, Sadat, and Begin
7. The "Saturday Night Massacre":
Involved the firing of Archibald Cox, special prosecutor for the Watergate case
40. Reagan ordered the "rescue mission" in Grenada because:
Of appeals from neighboring islands
26. In 1973, the OPEC nations cut off their supply of ____ to the United States
Oil
23. Nixon's Watergate-related downfall came with the revelation that he held:
Ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in
10. In the presidential election of 1976:
Ronald Reagan won every southern state except Virginia
44. Ronald Reagan viewed the Soviet Union as:
An evil adversary (empire)
5. In 1972, the christmas bombings and the mining of north vietnamese harbors:
Aroused worldwide protest
13. Richard Nixon announced in early 1970 that the U.S. could no longer:
Be the world's policeman against Communism
27. Nixon's visit to ___ in 1972 to begin normalizing of previous American policy established in 1949
China
2. Nixon's Vietnam policy included all of the following except
Continued buildup of american armed forces in vietnam
35. According to the theory of supply side economics...is the first step towards creating a healthy economy
Cutting taxes
33. During the 1980s the conservative coalition tended to support:
Government deregulation
20. Nixon's policy of Vietnamization involved
Gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam
16. When president carter sent american commandos to rescue the American hostages in Iran
Helicopter failures forced the missions abortion
15.President carter's crowning failure was his:
Inability to end the hostage crisis
11. Silent Spring:
Was written by Rachel Carson
6. Nixon's policies on civil rights
Were foiled, in part by the supreme court's decision in the swann case
17. The hippies:
Were the direct descendants of the Beats of the 1950s
37. In the 1987, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev announced his plans for ____, or a restructuring the soviet economy and government:
Perestroika
41. The term "Teflon Presidency"
Refers to ronald reagan
36. A member of the New Rights who objected to affirmative action was MOST likely to criticize it for___
Resulting in discrimination against white men
4. The so-called pentagon papers
Revealed that congress and the american people had not been the full story of the tonkin gulf incident
39. In Nicaragua Reagan supported:
The Sandinistas
1. The "silent majority" referred to:
The coalition of ethnic minorities, the aged,women, and the poor
12. President Carter said American foreign policy should be based on:
The defense of human-rights
19. The most important factor behind the sexual revolution of the 1960s was:
The development of birth control pills
31. Fundamentalist Christian leader and televangelist Jerry Falwell formed the organization called
The moral majority
43. All of the following increased during the Reagan years except:
Union membership
9. In foreign policy, President Ford:
Laid the foundation for SALT II
32. Presidents Reagan and bush were most successful in meeting their goal of:
Making the supreme court more conservative
30. The Strategic Defense Initiative was extremely costly
Missile defense system
25. President Nixon adopted a policy known as_____ in order to reduce the size and power of the federal government
New Federalism
38. The Moral Majority stood for all the following EXCEPT:
Bettering relations with the Soviet Union
