AMH2020 Ch. 26, CH 26- The Triumph of Conservativism, APUSH CH. 26
What contradiction did the Reagan 's presidency reveal about modern conservativism?
a. Reagan policies enriched investors and CEO's but eviscerated the economies and communities of the industrial heartland.
Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment, like Phyllis Schlafly, argued the passaged of the ERA would:
a. Take away a woman's right to be a housewife.
Reagan's economic program, know as "supply side economics" relied on:
a. Tax cuts and high interest rates.
Ronald Reagan's economic policy focused on:
a. Tax cuts.
The Church Committee revealed that since the beginning of the Cold War:
a. The CIA and FBI ad engaged in abusive actions.
During the 1970's:
a. The age at which American married increased and divorce rates rose.
Why did the CIA seek to destabilize the government of Chile after 1970?
a. The country had elected socialist Salvador Allende into office.
Geraldine Ferraro is best known as:
a. The first female candidate on a major-party ticket.
Bowers v. Hardwick:
a. Upheld the constitutionality of state laws outlawing homosexual acts.
The 1971 ruling Swann vs, Charlotte -Mecklenburg Board of Education led to the:
a. Use of busing as a tool to achieve school integration.
In 1975, the Vietnam War ended:
a. as the only war lost by the U.S.
In a historic move, in 1972 President Nixon opened diplomatic relations with:
b) China.
The legacies of the 1960s include:
b) a transformation in the status of women.
In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Carter pursued all of the following policies EXCEPT:
b) decreased military spending.
During the 1970s, conservatives:
b) shifted their political rhetoric, insisting on more local control and resistance to the power of the federal government
In 1972, President Nixon took part in a historic reconfiguration of Cold War policy when he:
b) signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks agreement.
How did trickle down economics claim to increase government tax revenues?
b. By lowering tax rates.
The Moral Majority:
b. Feared family values were being undermined.
In the early 1970's which commodity did many Americans have to wait in long lines to purchase?
b. Gas
Jerry Falwell created the:
b. Moral Majority
Which is NOT an agency created or act passed under the Nixon administration?
b. Office of Economic Opportunity.
Under the policy of Vietnamization, the U.S. military:
c) attempted to shift the burden of fighting to South Vietnamese soldiers.
In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which:
c) banned gender discrimination in higher education.
The handling of the Iranian hostage crisis:
c) made Jimmy Carter appear weak and inept.
Richard Nixon's New Federalism:
c) proposed that a system of block grants be assigned to states to spend as they saw fit.
In 1978, California's Proposition 13:
c) was part of a nationwide tax revolt.
The Iran-Contra affair:
c) was the greatest scandal of the Reagan administration.
The Sagebrush Rebellion defined freedom as
c. Being free from government tyranny.
The opponents of the ERA defined freedom for women as:
c. Economic opportunity.
In Regents of the University of California, the Supreme Court ruled that:
c. Fixed affirmative action quotas were unconstitutional.
Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court were intended to
c. Lead the Court in a conservative direction.
What were the results of the U.S. invasion of neutral Cambodia in 1970?
c. The invasion destabilized the nation and ushered in a murderous regime.
When he assumed the presidency, Richard Nixon announced a new policy regarding Vietnam war known as:
c. Vietnamization
"Yuppie" was a term for:
c. Wealthy, young urban professionals of the 1980s.
In his relations with major communists powers, President Nixon
c. signed strategic arms limitation treaty with the Soviet Union.
What triggered the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia?
c. the invasion of the U.S. troops in 1970
____________ has been called "the concept of the 1990s."
d) Globalization
Which nation held fifty-three Americans hostage from November 1979 until January 1981?
d) Iran
The election of 1980 reflected:
d) growing frustration over America's condition.
The Reagan Revolution:
d) included cuts to government programs and regulation
Why did President Carter cut off aid to Argentina in 1978?
d. A brutal military dictatorship had emerged there, waging a dirty war against its own citizens.
Who were the Redstockings?
d. A radical feminist group.
Why did the fight over busing become so violent in Boston in the mid-1970's?
d. Boston's tightly knit Irish-American community in South Boston fought integration violently
Which of the following assessments of the Carter administration in 1980 is accurate?
d. Carter's approval ratings in 1980 had fallen lower than Nixon's at the time of his resignation.
The Nixon's Philadelphia Plan:
d. Expanded affirmative action.
Voters approved Proposition 13 in California, a law that banned:
d. Further increases in property taxes.
Why did President Nixon embrace the Philadelphia Plan for affirmative action in the building of trades?
d. He was hoping to weaken the power of trade unions.
The Regan Revolution:
d. Included cuts to government programs.
Which nation held fifty-three Americans hostage from November 1979-Janurary 1981?
d. Iran
One of the loudest opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment was:
d. Phyllis Schlafly.
Why was Jimmy Carter's suspension of aid to Argentina such a dramatic gesture?
d. Previous administrations had been silent about the regime's atrocities.
Which of the following statements best assesses the impact of Proposition 13 in California?
d. The measure reduced funds for libraries, schools and other services.
In order to protect US interests, the Carter Doctrine declared that the US would:
d. Use military force, particularly in the Persian Gulf.
Which of the following comparisons of wage trends for 1953-1973 and 1073-1993 is accurate
d. Wages increased significantly in the first period but stagnated in the second.
Why did conservatives have the last laugh in the Watergate scandal?
d. Watergate proved the conservatives point that the power of the federal government had to be restricted.
Why had it been premature for liberals to celebrate the downfall of their political adversary Richard Nixon?
d. Watergate undermined public confidence in the merits of the federal government.
Under the Nixon administration, the U.S.:
d; Continued to undermine Third World governments.
Reagan's economic policies:
e) resulted in a rise in economic inequality.
In foreign policy, Reagan:
e) vigorously denounced the Soviet Union during his first term and initiated the largest military buildup in American history.
By the end of Reagan's second term in office, he viewed the Soviet Union:
e) with much less suspicion
Which striking labor group did Reagan have fired?
e. Air traffic controllers.
What setback did the advocates of Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973 suffer in 1976?
e. Congress overrode Ford's veto and ended federal funding for abortion in the Medicaid program.
Affirmative action was:
e. First pursued and then abandoned by the Nixon administration.
The writer Tom Wolfe dubbed the 1970's the "________________ Decade".
e. Me
All of the following are evidence that freedom for women expanded in the 1970's EXCEPT:
e. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.
The Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the National Transportation Safety Board were all established during the administration of :
e. Richard Nixon
What led to the congressional discovery that the FBI has spied on millions of American in the 1960's?
e. The Church Committee Investigations.
What victory could cultural conservatives claim in 1986?
e. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws banning homosexual acts.
stagflation
e. slow economic growth and high inflation
What setback did the advocates of the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973 suffer in 1976?
e.Congress overrode Ford's veto and ended federal funding for abortion in the Medicaid program.
Which of the following statements is NOT true of Proposition 13?
a.It did not result in fewer funds for libraries and schools, as opponents claimed it would.
How did the experience of the 1960s shape America's neoconservatives?
a.Neoconservatives came to believe that even the best-intentioned social programs did more harm than good.
What contradiction did the Reagan presidency reveal about modern conservatism?
a.Reagan's policies enriched investors and CEOs but eviscerated the economies and communities of the industrial heartland.
The "Second Gilded Age":
a.could describe the 1980s, a decade where making deals was more profitable for companies than making products.
The Nixon Administration:
a.created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
In 1976, Jimmy Carter won the presidential race in part because he:
a.promised never to lie to Americans.
Bowers v. Hardwick:
a.upheld the constitutionality of state laws outlawing homosexual acts.
How did trickle-down economics claim to increase government tax revenues?
b.By lowering tax rates.
What did events surrounding the Watergate break-in and cover-up suggest about Richard Nixon?
b.He was willing to condone illegal activity if it would silence his political enemies.
Why did the gay and lesbian movement become a major concern for members of the political right after the late 1960s?
b.Thousands of new civil rights movements encouraged gays and lesbians to "come out."
In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President Carter pursued all of the following policies EXCEPT:
b.breaking off diplomatic relations with Pakistan.
Mikhail Gorbachev:
b.inaugurated political openness and economic reform in the Soviet Union.
During the 1970s, conservatives:
b.insisted on more local control and resisted the power of the federal government.
Determined to overturn the Vietnam syndrome, President Reagan:
b.sent troops to Grenada and Lebanon.
During the 1970s, evangelical Christians:
b.significantly increased in number, as they became more vocal.
Which of the following best describes Nixon's foreign policy of "détente"?
c.As demonstrated by diplomatic visits to both China and the Soviet Union, Nixon sought a peaceful coexistence with communist nations.
What was Reagan's reaction to the air traffic controllers' strike?
c.He fired all of the air traffic controllers on strike.
"Vietnamization" was:
c.Nixon's Vietnam strategy to have American troops gradually withdraw and South Vietnamese troops assume more of the fighting.
What did the Supreme Court rulings San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez and Milliken v. Bradley suggest?
c.The Court was willing to abandon the idea overturning local control of schools.
How did Phyllis Schlafly and her supporters invoke the principle of freedom in the battle over the ERA?
c.They argued it was the "free enterprise system" that truly liberated American women, because home appliances freed them from time-consuming labor.
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant:
c.brought a halt to the nuclear energy industry's expansion.
In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled that:
c.fixed affirmative action quotas were unconstitutional.
When they were arrested, the burglars at the Watergate apartment complex were breaking into:
c.the Democratic Party headquarters.
Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the Iran Crisis?
d.After Carter refused the deposed shah entry for medical treatment in the United States, his exiled internal security force invaded the U.S. Embassy in Teheran and took American hostages.
Why did the fight over busing become so violent in Boston in the mid-1970s?
d.Boston's tightly knit Irish-American community in South Boston fought integration violently.
Which of the following statements is NOT true of the impact of the sexual revolution?
d.Divorce rates actually declined during the 1970s, but the number of American women who had never been married went up.
Which of the following statements correctly describes the outcome of the My Lai Massacre?
d.One person was found guilty in this killing of 350 civilians, but was released in 1974.
Which of the following comparisons of wage trends for 1953 to 1973 and 1973 to 1993 is accurate?
d.Wages increased significantly in the first period but stagnated in the second.
Under the Nixon administration, the United States:
d.continued to undermine Third World governments.
The economic condition known as stagflation was caused by:
d.stagnant economic growth and high inflation.
In order to protect U.S. interests, the Carter Doctrine declared that the United States would:
d.use military force, particularly in the Persian Gulf.
All of the following are evidence that freedom for women expanded in the 1970s EXCEPT:
e.Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.
What led to the congressional discovery that the FBI had spied on millions of Americans in the 1960s?
e.The Church Committee investigations.
Domestically, President Gerald Ford:
e.failed to revive the economy.
President Carter's foreign policy emphasized:
e.human rights as a diplomatic priority.
In foreign policy, Reagan:
e.initiated the largest military buildup in American history.
The Equal Rights Amendment:
a) passed Congress but failed to achieve ratification by the required 38 states.
Nixon's Family Assistance Plan:
a) proposed to guarantee a minimum income for all Americans.
Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment, like Phyllis Schlafly, argued that the passage of the ERA would:
a) relieve men of their responsibilities in terms of child support and alimony payments.
Reagan's economic program, known as "supply-side economics" relied on:
a) tax cuts and high interest rates.
The 1971 ruling Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education led to the:
a) use of busing as a tool to achieve school integration.
The 1980's could be called the second:
a. Gilded Age
How did the experience of the 1960's shape America's neoconservatives?
a. Neoconservatives came to believe that even the best-intentioned social programs did more harm than good.