QUIZ 6 HIST1700
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.
Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the Iran Crisis?
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.
According to Gunnar Myrdal, America's dilemma was a conflict between:
American values and American racial policies.
Which statement best describes the thesis of David Riesman's book The Lonely Crowd?
Americans were conformists and lacked the inner resources to lead truly independent lives.
Why did the fight over busing become so violent in Boston in the mid-1970s?
Boston's tightly knit Irish-American community in South Boston fought integration violently.
How did the promise of freedom in the postwar years differ for black and white Americans?
For white Americans, freedom was a position to be defended; for African-Americans it was a goal to be achieved.
Why was it inevitable that the United States and the Soviet Union would eventually come into conflict after the war ended?
Historically, both nations had never shared long-term interests or values.
How did the Soviet focus on social and economic rights in the Cold War human rights debate affect American attitudes?
In the climate of anti communist hysteria, it prompted many Americans to condemn these rights as a first step to socialism.
Which statement about the Japanese-American internment is FALSE?
Once their loyalty was proven, they were free to leave.
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Over 1 million blacks served in the armed forces during World War II, many in the first desegregated units in modern military history.
Why did American policymakers agree to spend billions of dollars on the economic recovery of Europe under the Marshall Plan?
They were afraid that if they did not help with the recovery, western European nations might fall into the Soviet sphere of influence.
What was the purpose of Freedom Summer?
To register new black voters across the state of Mississippi. To address the failure of the Civil Rights Act to include a provision on voting rights in the South.
For most women workers, World War II:
allowed them to make temporary gains.
Black internationalism during World War II:
connected the plight of black Americans to that of people of color worldwide.
Affirmative action was:
first pursued and then abandoned by the Nixon administration.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
included freedom of speech and religion.
President Truman's civil rights plan called for all of the following EXCEPT:
reparations
Reagan's economic policies:
resulted in a rise in economic inequality.
During the 1970s, evangelical Christians:
significantly increased in number, as they became more vocal.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott:
was sparked when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat up to a white man.
Barry Goldwater's conservative movement:
was strongly embraced by the Young Americans for Freedom.
The Iran-Contra affair:
was the greatest scandal of the Reagan administration.
During the Cold War, religious differences:
were absorbed within the notion of a common Judeo-Christian heritage.
Governor Orval Faubus responded to the court-ordered desegregation of Central High School:
with defiance, refusing to comply and allowing violence to break out.