70/80's
The Moral Majority stood for all the following except :
Bettering relations with the Soviet Union
During the 1980s, the conservation coalition tended to support _.
Government deregulation
THe figure who most reduced Nixon's foreign policy was :
Henry Kissinger
Nixon's Vietnam policy included all the following except
Continues buildup of American Armed forces in Vietnam
According to the theory of supply-side economics ,_ is the first step toward creating a healthy economy .
Cutting taxes
Nixon's policy of Vietnamization involved :
Gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam
President Carter's foreign policy was marked by a commitment to _
Human rights
A member of the New Right who objected to affirmative action was most likely to criticize it for _.
Resulting in discrimination against white-men
The so-called Pentagon Papers:
Revealed that Congress and the American people had not been told the full story of the Tonkin Gulf incident
The main purpose of the tax cuts Reagan supported was to _.
Stimulate private investment
Fundamental Christian leader and televangelist Jerry Falwell formed the organization called
the Moral Majority
Ronald Reagan viewed the Soviet Union as:
An evil adversary
In 1972, the christmas bombings and the mining of North Vietnamese harbors:
Aroused worldwide protest
President Carter's "crowning foreign policy achievement " was the :
Arrangement of a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt
Richard Nixon announced in early 1970 that the U.S could no longer:
Be the World's policeman against Communism
Nixon's visit to _ in 1972 to begin normalizing relations was a reversal
China
At the Altamont concert sin 1969 :
Hells Angels killed a man in front of the stage
The SALT agreement:
Set limits on certain types of nuclear weapons
The student demonstrations at Kent State University that resulted in the deaths of four students were a response to :
The "incursion " into Cambodia
When Nixon resigned , _ became president.
General Ford
In the foreign policy, President Ford:
Laid the foundation for SALT II
The Strategic Defense Initiative was an extremely costly
Missile defense system
President Nixon adopted a policy known as __ in order to reduce the size and power of the federal government.
New Federalism
Reagan ordered the "rescue mission" in Grenada because:
Of the appeals from neighboring islands
In 1973, the OPEC nations cut off their supply of _ to the United States.
Oil
Nixon's Watergate-related downfall came with the revelation that he had :
Ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in
In 1987, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev announced his plans for _, or a restructuring of the Soviet economy and government
Perestroika
The term "Teflon Presidency":
Refers to Ronald Reagan
Nixon's new relationship with China was made possible by :
The American public's more favorable attitude toward Communism
Silent spring:
Was written by Rachel Carson
Nixon's policies on civil rights :
Were foiled,in part, by the Supreme Court's decision in the Swann Case
When President Carter sent American commandos to rescue the American hostages in Iran:
Helicopter failures forces the mission's abortion
President Carter's crowning failure was his:
Inability to end the hostage crisis
The hippies :
Were the direct descendants of the Beats of the 1950s
Oliver North was convicted on charges arising from:
The Iran-Contra affair
In Nicaragua,Reagan supported:
The Sandinistas
President Carter said American foreign policy should be based on :
The defense of human rights
The most important factor behind the sexual revolution of the 1960s was :
The development of birth control pills
All of the following increased during the Reagan years except:
Union membership
The "silent majority" referred to :
Conservative working and middle class citizens
The "Saturday Night Massacre":
Involved the firing of Archibald Cox, special prosecutor for the Watergate case
President Reagan and Bush were most successful in meeting their goal of
Making the Supreme Court more conservative