History Final

Which of the following best describes Nixon's foreign policy of "detente"

As demonstrated by diplomatic visits to both China and the Soviet Union, Nixon sought a peaceful coexistence with communist nations.

One of Johnson's major goals in Vietnam was to:

Avoid losing it to communism

How did trickle-down economics claim to increase government tax revenues?

By lowering tax rates

Which of the following assessments of the Carter administration in 1980 is accurate?

Carter's approval ratings in 1980 had fallen lower than Nixon's at the time of his resignation.

Who in George H. W Bush's administration disagreed strongly with Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney about the future of national security after the Cold War?

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell

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

Congress overrode Ford's veto and ended federal funding for abortion in the Medicaid program.

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

Created a free-trade zone for the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

The Nixon Administration:

Created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the National Transportation Safety Board(NTSB)

The Moral Majority

Feared family values were being undermined.

In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled that:

Fixed affirmative action quotas were unconstitutional.

Kennedy's successor as president, Lyndon Johnson:

Genuinely cared about the disadvantaged in society

President Johnson's first priority on the domestic front was to:

Get Kennedy's legislative program through Congress

President Johnson labeled his overall program of domestic reform the:

Great Society

The election of 1980 reflected:

Growing frustration over America's condition

How did President Clinton respond to the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional elections?

He campaigned against radical Republicans and moved toward the center.

What was Reagan's reaction to the air traffic controllers' strike?

He fired all of the air traffic controllers on strike

President Carter's foreign policy emphasized:

Human rights as a diplomatic priority.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Inaugurated political openness and economic reform in the Soviet Union.

In South Vietnam in the early 1960s:

Kennedy was increasing the number of American military advisers

Student civil rights activists in the south would likely experience all of the following EXCEPT:

Kennedy's public encouragement

Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court were intended to:

Lead the Court in a conservative direction

In 1976, Jimmy Carter won the presidential race in part because he

Promise never to lie to Americans

During the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy:

Promised to get the country "moving again"

Kennedy described which country as the "cornerstone of the free world in Southeast Asia?"

South Vietnam

By the end of 1991 l, Soviet attempts at economic reform had created chaos, and the:

Soviet Union dissolved, ending the Cold War

The economic condition known as stagflation was cause by:

Stagnant economic growth and high inflation.

The Equal Rights Amendment

Stated that equality of rights under the law could not be abridged on account of sex. AND Had originally been proposed in 1920 by former suffragists

Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment, like Phyllis Schlafly, argued that the passage of the ERA would:

Take away a woman's right to be a housewife.

What did events surrounding the Watergate break-in and cover-up suggest about Richard Nixon?

That despite his involvement after the fact, he believed that even the president was not above the law. AND His refusal to surrender the White House tapes initially showed strength and bolstered his standing with the American people.

When they were arrested, the burglars at the Watergate apartment complex were breaking into:

The Democratic Party headquarters.

Countless corporate scandals and stock frauds stemmed directly from the 1999 repeal of which New Deal measure?

The Glass- Steagall Act.

Early in his presidency, Kennedy accomplished all of the following except:

The passage of a large tax cut

The protest tactic initiated by black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, was:

The sit-in

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Was thoroughly bungled by the CIA

The Tonkin Gulf Resolution

Was used by Johnson as a substitute for a declaration of war.

"Dot coms":

We're high-tech companies that attracted many investors in the 1990s

How could many of the security frauds of the late 1990s and early 2000s have been prevented?

With the extension of the Glass-Steagall Act.

Bill Clinton was easily reelected in 1996 because he:

embraced popular Republican policies.

Affirmative action was:

first pursued and then abandoned by the Nixon administration.

In retrospect, Johnson's war on poverty:

generated middle-class resentment that benefited the Republicans

Richard Nixon

had a reputation for hard-line anticommunism and rough campaign tactics

The Reagan Revolution

included cuts to government programs and regulation

In foreign policy, Reagan:

initiated the largest military buildup in American history.

Operation Desert Storm:

quickly drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait.

During the 1970s, evangelical Christians:

significantly increased in number, as they became more vocal.

In early 1968, increasing opposition to the war within his own party:

ultimately forced Johnson out of the presidential race

The result of the 1960 election:

was likely determined by African American votes in a few southern states

The Iran-Contra affair:

was the greatest scandal of the Reagan administration.

What was the Contract with America?

A 1994 Republican plan to steeply cut federal education, medical, and environmental programs.

Why did President Carter cut off aid to Argentina in 1978?

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