FINAL. Survey of US History II

The supply side economic theory embraced by Ronald reagan called for

A reduction of personal and corporate taxes

Regarding his view on Mikhail Gorbachev, president Ronald Reagan came to believe he was

A sincere reformer

In 2002, president George w bush described an axis of evil made up of iraq, Iran and

Afghanistan

In 1974, Richard Nixon left the presidency

After he resigned

The internet grew out of what programs?

All of these

As part of his domestic agenda, president Richard Nixon,

All of these answers are correct

In 1976, Jimmy Carter appealed to voters by emphasizing

All of these answers are correct

In 1999, nearing the end of his presidency, bill clinton

All of these answers are correct

"Earth day" in 1970 was

An example of the popularity of environmentalism

After the 1972 election, President Richard Nixon, to prompt a peace settlement with North Vietnam, ordered what to happen?

An increase of Ariel bombing of North Vietnam

The first personal computer to be widely available to the public was introduced in 1977 by what company ?

Apple

According to policies that came to be known as the Nixon doctrine, the United States would

Assist in the development of friendly nations

The key evidence in the determination of president richard Nixon's guilt or innocence in the Watergate scandal was

Audio tape recordings made of most conversations in the oval office

Ecology rests primarily on the assumption that nature should be preserved

Because humans need to maintain the interrelated balance of life

After the gulf war, president George H W Bush's high popularity faded because of his inability to

Contain a worsening recession

The term terrorism was first used in

France in the 1790s

The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty negotiated between the US and the Soviet Union did what?

Froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels

Betty Friedan's 1963 book, the feminine mystique, did what for women?

Gave voice to the reemerging women's right movement

In 1974, former President Richard Nixon was pardoned by

Gerald Ford(the president)

The weakening of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s was encouraged by the Soviet policy of

Glasnost and perestroika

In 1969, President Richard Nixon believe an American withdrawal from Vietnam would

Harm the credibility of himself and the nation

The intent of Richard Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy was to

Have the south Vietnamese do most of the fighting

In his first year as president, Bill Clinton secured from Congress all but

Health care reform

As president, jimmy carter called a foreign policy that stressed the importance of

Human rights

The microprocessor was first introduced in 1971 by what company ?

Intel

The gulf war of 1991 had its origins in an Iraqi decision to

Invade Kuwait

All of the following are true of the Iraq war except that

Iraq's rumored supply of weapons of mass destruction was uncovered by American troops in 2005

In 1998, the federal budget saw

It's first surplus in thirty years

During the 1980s and 90s, American corporations sought to become more competitive by reducing

Labor costs

On December 19, 1998, the house voted to impeach president Clinton for

Lying to a grand jury and obstructing justice

President Ronald Reagan argued that the Strategic Defense Initiative would

Make nuclear war obsolete

Founded in 1968, the American Indian Movement (AIM) focused on what?

Militant action

In the late 1980s, in foreign affairs, president George H. W. Bush negotiated what with the former Soviet Unikn

Moved toward far reaching arms reductions with the former Soviet union

In the 1960s, the aspect of popular culture most strongly embraced by the coo inter culture was

Music

The Supreme Court decision in Roe vs Wade was based on ...... rights?

New legal interpretation of privacy rights

In the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan won by

None of these answers are correct

The watergate scandal began in 1972 with a break in at the

Offices of the democratic national committee

In April 1995, U.S. veteran Timothy McVeigh, who had become part of a militant antigovernment movement, killed 168 people when he blew up a van in front of a federal building in

Oklahoma

Students for a democratic society was formed

Primarily by white college students

The 1996 presidential election saw President Clinton's campaign strength was the

Reduction in federal deficient

As a result of the 1994 elections,

Republicans won majorities of both houses of Congress

In Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court

Required authorities to inform a criminal suspect of his or her legal rights

On the economic front, during the carter administration saw interest rates...

Rise to their highest level in American history

In the 1976 presidential election, who challenged President Ford?

Ronald Reagan

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice, was named to the court by

Ronald Reagan

In Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), the Supreme Court

Ruled that all felony defendants were entitled to have a defendant regardless of their ability to pay

President Gerald Fords foreign policy actions included

Shifting away from the Nixon policies of engaging in China diplomacy

The 2000 election results were decided when

The Supreme Court ended all efforts to recount the votes in Florida

In 1979, Iranians who took American hostages demanded, in return for their release

The United States return of the shah of Iran

In their first year in office, the bush administration passed what significant legislation for the tax payer

The largest tax cut in histeoy

In 1964, a dispute broke out at the university of California at Berkeley over what rights?

The rights of students to engage in free speech

The country president Ronald Reagan described as an evil empire in the early 1980s was

The soviet union

In 1992, Ross Perot made the best third party showing in American politics since

Theodore Roosevelt

The World Wide Web, which helped establish an orderly system for both the distribution and the retrieval of electronic information was introduced by British scientist

Tim Berners- lee

The Supreme Court in the case United States vs Richard Nixon ruled that Nixon must

Turn over evidence of the special prosecutor

In 2001, regarding an international treaty signed in Kyoto, Japan, to reduce emissions in the atmosphere, president George W, Bush did what?

Unilaterally rejected the treaty

After a difficult battle, Clinton won approval of the North American free trade agreement which eliminated most trade barriers among what countries

United States, Canada, Mexico

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 added what amendment?

Was amended for the benefit of women****

In the 1969s, the radical group known as "Weathermen" were involved in?

We're involved in college bombings that claimed several lives

During President Ronald Reagan's first term, the course of the American economy

Went through a severe recession which have way to a very strong recovery

In 1973, American Indian activists occupied the old battle sites of

Wounded knee