Final Ch. 26

Why did president carter cut off aid to Argentina in 1976

A brutal military dictatorship had emerged there, waging a dirty war against its own citizens

Why did the fight over busing become so violent in Boston in the mid 1970s

Bostons toghtly knit Irish-American community in south Boston fought integration violently

How did trickle down economics claim to increase government tax revenues

By lowering tax rates

What setback did the advocates of the Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973 suffer in 1976

Congress overrode fords veto and ended federal funding for abortion in the Medicaid program

Why did pres Nixon embrace the Philadelphia plan for affirmative action in the building trades

He was hoping to weaken the power of trade unions

How did the experience of the 1960s shape Americas neoconservatives

Neoconservatives came to believe that even the best intentioned social programs did more harm than good.

Which of the following statements correctly describes the outcome of the My Lai massacre

One person was found guilty in this killing of 350 civilians but was released in 1974

What victory could cultural conservatives claim in 1986

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws banning homosexual acts.

What led to the congressional discovery that the FBI had spied on millions of Americans in the 1960s

The church committee investigations

What triggered the rise of the khem rouge in Cambodia

The invasion of US troops in 1970

Which comparisons of wage trends for 1953 to 1973 and 1973 to 1993 is accurate

Wages increased significantly in the first period but stagnated in the second

Why did conservatives have the last laugh in the am watergate scandal

Watergate proved the conservatives point that the power of the federal government had to be restricted