Quarterly Exam #4
The eleciton of Bill CLinton in 1992 was most closely associated with the slogan or phrase:
"It's the economy, stupid!"
Which of the following best describes the methods advocated by Malcolm X?
Armed-violence against police and troops
Which of the following scandals of the Clinton administration led to his impeachment?
Bill Clinton's perjury and alleged obstruction of justice about his affair with Monica Lewinsky when testifying in the Paula Jones sexual harassment trial
Which of the following was NOT true of the American economy during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush?
Deregulation reduced the competitiveness of American business
Who are the only two vice presidents to have gained office through the Twenty-Fifth Amendment?
Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller
All of the following are part of the Watergate Scandal EXCEPT
Giving money to rebels in Nicaragua.
President Clinton proposed a ploan that would provide healthcare to all Americans and at the same time hold down healthcare costs. The task force producing this plan was led by
Hillary Rodham Clinton
For the nation in the last two decades of the 20th century
Hispanic Americans became the fastest growing and largest minority group
Identify the fastest growing population group in the US in the 1990s
Hispanics and Asian-Americans
Which of the following were part of the agreement that ended the Cuban missile crisis in 1962? I. a pledge by the US not to invade Cuba II. a lifting of US economic sanctions against Cuba III. the removal of the missiles by the USSR IV. a secret promise by the US to remove its missiles from Turkey V. admission of Cuba to the UN
I, III, and IV only
Which of the following were policies of the Nixon administration toward the prosectuion of the Vietnam War? I. an increase in the commitment of American troops II. an invasion of North Vietnam III. a gradual withdrawal of American troops IV. an increase in the bombing of North Vietnam V. an invasion of Cambodia
III, IV, and V only
Which of the following was not part of Nixon's foreign policy initiatives?
Iran-contra
Which of the following was a foreign affairs issue during the administration of President Jimmy Carter?
Iranian hostage crisis
Which of the following statements is true of the SALT I treaty?
It indicated U.S. acceptance of the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction.
Which of the following statements is true of the SALT I treaty?
It indicated US acceptance of the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized the
Johnson administration to defend American forces and repel aggression in Vietnam
Richard Nixon won the presidency in 1968. The circumstances that contributed to the Democratic defeat included
Johnson's failure to win a victory in Vietnam, and a lack of support for the war.
Which of the following was the most important factor in JFK's 1960 presidential election victory over Richard Nixon?
Kennedy's better showing in nationally televised debates
Which of the following is a correct statement regarding the Vietnam War?
LBJ decided to withdraw from the presidential race because of his stand on Vietnam
The political leader most respnsible for securing the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is
Lyndon Baines Johnson
The first woman nominated to be the US Secretary of State was
Madeleine Albright
"To resist without bitterness; to be cursed and not reply" reflects the philosophy of
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
An important work that contributed to the awareness of the need for the "war on poverty" was
Michael Harrington's The Other America
The agreement that ended most trade barriers among the US, Canada, and Mexica was
NAFTA
The extreme partisanship of the Clinton era is illustrated by all of the following EXCEPT
NAFTA and Chinese trade agreements
Which of the following statements is true about the election of 1972?
Nixon was the first Republican candidate to carry the "Solid South."
The secret documents detailing the history of American involvement in Vietnam, which were obtained by Daniel Ellsberg and later printed by the new York Times, were known as the
Pentagon Papers
What major consequence occurred as a result of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel
President Nixon resigned
"Supply-side" economics, which rests on the belief that tax cuts cause economic growth, is associated with which of the following administrations?
Reagan
The Strategic Defense Initiative ("STar Wars"), which intended to use lasers and satellites to counter Soviet nuclear weapons, was proposed under
Ronald Reagan
What vice president, charged with accepting bribes and kickbacks while was a county executive, pleaded nolo contendere to tax evasion charges and resigned from office?
Spiro T. Agnew
In 1968, Viet Cong guerrillas and North Vietnamese regulars launched a massive series of attacks which failed militarily, but succeeded in ending US fantasies about an early end to the Vietnam War. This episode of the war became known as the
Tet Offensive
Which of the following best describes the agreement that ended the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis?
The USSR agreed to withdraw its missiles from Cuba, and the US agreed not to invade Cuba
What specific disagreement took a full year to rectify before peace negotiations actually began to end the Vietnam War?
The shape of the negotiating table
Which of the following was NOT a major issue during the presidency of Jimmy Carter?
The unilateral increase in the number of US troops in Europe
All of the following were elements of the "war on poverty" EXCEPT
Voting Rights Act of 1965
When Gerald Ford said "The long national nightmare is over," he was referring to the end of the
Watergate Scandal
During the Congressional campaigns in 1994, a year in which Republicans would take control of both houses of Congress, Newt Gingrich and the 300 other Republican House candidates dramatically pledged to pass
a Contract with America
The Bay of Pigs incident involved
a US-sponsored attempt by free Cubans to overthrow Communist dictator Fidel Castro
Richard Nixon's conduct of foreign affairs emphasized all of the following EXCEPT
a renewed arms race in ballistic and antiballistic missiles
The conservative movement by 1980 was supported by all of the following EXCEPT
advoctes of gun control
The greatest achievement of the Carter administration, in the field of foreign policy, was his mediation of the Arab-Israeli conflict after the Yom Kippur War between Egypt and Israel. The Camp David Accords usered in
an Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty and a period of relative calm in the Middle East.
President Johnson's "Great Society" contained all of the following programs EXCEPT
an equal rights amendment to guarantee equality for women.
Critics of Reagan's economic program
believed that he was passing the problem of the huge federal deficit to future generations
The deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history is the
bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The women's movement that emerged in the 1970s was called the second wave of feminism because it
built on the women's movement of the nineteenth century
Which of the following problems during the Clinton presidency presented the most serious possibility of developing into an international crisis?
civil war in the Balkans
President Carter's administration had its greatest difficulties with its
economic policy
The 1968 presidential campaigns of Richard Nixon and George Wallace were similar in that both candidates
emphasized law and order
Richard Nixon's strategy to build a Republican majority for 1972 included all of the following EXCEPT
establishing positive relationships with the national media and liberal press
The UN coalition's main-objective in Operation Desert Storm was to
expel Iraq from Kuwait
All of the following are characteristic of the 1960s EXCEPT
failure to make progress in eliminating racial inequalities
All of the follwoing were true of the Iran-contra affair EXCEPT
funds were used to support rebels against Saddam Hussein
Ronald Reagan's greatest strength or achievement as president was
his ability to communicate traditional values and restore confidence
President Goerge H.W. Bush received his greatest public approval for
his conduct of foreign affairs in the Middle East
President Gerald Ford lost the most support from the American public for
his pardon of Richard Nixon
The Watergate scandal reshaped the relationship between politicians and the media. Nixon's cover-up of his own involvement in the scandal resulted in
his resignation
Actions taken by the US in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in A ugust 1990 included all of the following EXCEPT
immediate military response
Bill Clinton's popularity during his presidency can be attributed mainly to
improving economic conditions for average Americans
President Jimmy Carter broke from previous United States administrations in foreign policy by
linking United States aid to foreign nations to improvements in human rights
The U.S. economy in the late 1970s was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
low interest rates
Cesar Chavez used which of the following tactics in the National Farm Workers Association strike against grape owners in California
national consumer boycott of grapes
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was defeated because
not enough state legislatures passed it.
The Watergate scandal led to Richard Nixon's downfall primarily because
of his role in directing the cover-up of the Watergate Affair
One of President Nixon's most important diplomatic initiatives was to
open diplomatic relations between China and the United States.
The Nixon Doctrine stated that the United States would
provide military and economic assistance but not large numbers of troops to contain communism in Asia
The term "Long Hot Summers" refers to
race riots in large American cities during the 1960s.
All of the following were important elements or goals of the foreign policy of John F. Kennedy EXCEPT
recognition of the Chinese communist government
A divisive issue of the 1970s was the implementation of affirmative action. Mandated on federal projects, the procedures were imposed to
redress a history of discrimination against non-whites and women in employment and education
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program was aimed primarily at
securing civil rights for all Americans and eliminating poverty.
The Senate confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas' nomination to the Supreme Court weere rocked by allegations of
sexual harassment
The growing strength of the Republican party in Congress and on the national level in teh 1980s and 1990s can be primarily attributed to the
shift of white conservative voters in the South from the Democratic to the REpublican party
Under the program of New Federalism, President Nixon sought to
shift the responsibility for social programs from the federal to state and local governments
In Bakke v Regents of the University of California, the Supreme Court ruled
that while strict racial quotas were unconstitutional in determining admissions, race could be taken into consideration
The American Hostage Crisis in Iran was precipitated by
the American government allowing the deposed Shah of Iran to come to the US for cancer treatment
Henry Kissinger played a critical role in all of the follwoing episodes of American foreign relations EXCEPT
the Panama Canal Treaty
The U.S. policy of detente with the Soviet Union ended because of
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Paris Accords of 1973 included all of the follwoing EXCEPT
the United States would end all economic and military aid to South Vietnam
When Bill Clinton defeated President George Bush and Independent Ross Perot, the issue that most influenced the voters was
the condition of the US economy
All of the following occurred during the presidency of Richard Nixon EXCEPT
the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese
All of the following were major events that occurred during the presidency of Jimmy Caarter EXCEPT
the final triumph of North Vietnam over South Vietnam
All of the following occurred during the presidency of Jimmy Carter EXCEPT
the imposition by OPEC of its first oil embargo to force oil prices to rise
The end of Communist governments in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s proved the wisdom of
the policy of containment
All of the following factors contributed to the escalation of American involvement in the Vietnam War EXCEPT
the principles of anti-colonialism and self-determination
At the time President George Bush spoke of building "a new world order," the most significant event confronting him was
the rapid democratization of the Soviet bloc
The ruling in Miranda v. Arizona established
the rights of a suspect under questioning
The policy of the Kennedy administration towards Vietnam included
the sending of thousands of additional American troops along with removal of support for the Diem government in South Vietnam
Spiro Agnew called Americans who supported the Nixon Administration's handling of the Vietnam War
the silent majority
The Iran-contra affair upset most Americans because it involved
trading arms to Iran for release of American hostages
Richard Nixon's strategy for ending American involvement in the Vietnam war entailed
turning the war over to the SOuth Vietnamese army after an appropriate period of military training
All of the following were diplomatic issues during the presidency of John F. Kennedy EXCEPT
war between Israel and her Arab neighbors
Ronald Reagan was called the "Teflon President" because he
was never held responsible for the failures of his administration.
