APUSH Chapter 29

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In the case of Bakke v. University of California (1978), which of the following issues was under review? a. Affirmative action b. Abortion rights c. Environmental pollution d. Corruption in Congress

a. Affirmative action

Which of the following was detrimental to expanding women's rights in the 1970s and 1980s? a. Phyllis Schlafly's STOP ERA b. The House of Representatives c. The National Women's Political Caucus d. Title IX

a. Phyllis Schlafly's STOP ERA

Which group established the first rape crisis centers in the early 1970s? a. Women's liberationists b. Labor feminists c. Conservative women led by Phyllis Schlafly d. The Catholic Church

a. Women's liberationists

Which of the following Supreme Court cases was hailed by most conservatives? a. Roe v. Wade (1973) b. Bowers v. Hardwick (1987) c. Furman v. Georgia (1972) d. Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

b. Bowers v. Hardwick (1987)

How did President Carter respond to the energy crisis of the 1970s? a. Carter called for tighter federal controls on oil and natural gas prices. b. Carter advocated for energy conservation efforts as "the moral equivalent of war." c. He imposed rationing on gasoline and heating fuel, and he placed tariffs on imported petroleum. d. He liberalized environmental laws and increased reliance on coal and nuclear power.

b. Carter advocated for energy conservation efforts as "the moral equivalent of war."

Which of the following describes the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)? a. The law was first proposed by the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1970. b. It was ratified by thirty-four states by the end of 1974, but its progress stalled. c. President Nixon, an ardent opponent of feminism, vetoed it in 1973. d. The issue divided moderate from radical feminists, causing the decline of the movement.

b. It was ratified by thirty-four states by the end of 1974, but its progress stalled.

Which of the following developments accounted for the dramatic increase in the number of women working outside the home in the 1970s? a. Feminism b. Stagflation c. The birth control pill d. Advertising that fueled consumption

b. Stagflation

Which of the following made a critical contribution to the emergence of the sexual revolution of the 1960s? a. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 b. The birth control pill c. The expansion of higher education d. The Vietnam War

b. The birth control pill

What happened to the typical American worker's real wages between 1973 and the early 1990s? a. Real wages increased by 5 percent. b. Wages declined by 10 percent. c. Wages declined by 25 percent. d. Wages stayed the same.

b. Wages declined by 10 percent.

In the case of Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), the Supreme Court struck down an 1879 state law prohibiting the purchase and use of a. firearms. b. contraception. c. alcohol. d. pornography.

b. contraception.

Who was the famous, openly gay supervisor from San Francisco who was assassinated after helping win passage of a gay rights ordinance? a. George Moscone b. Johnny Paycheck c. Harvey Milk d. Anita Bryant

c. Harvey Milk

How did the Supreme Court led by Warren Burger compare to that led by Earl Warren? a. The Warren Court gave more importance to property rights than to civil rights. b. Burger's strict constructionism reversed the Warren Court's agenda. c. The Burger Court refused to scale back the Warren Court's liberal precedents. d. The Warren Court was more conservative than the Burger Court.

c. The Burger Court refused to scale back the Warren Court's liberal precedents.

The Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade was based on a. misuse of federal funds. b. reverse discrimination. c. the right to privacy. d. separation of church and state.

c. the right to privacy.

Which of the following statements describes the feminist movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s? a. It consisted of a relatively small number of women whose activism had a large presence but little effect. b. The women's movement declined as soon as feminist activists gained access to highly paid corporate jobs. c. The feminist movement had a significant impact only on the lives of white middle-class heterosexual women. d. Feminist activism addressed many issues, took a variety of forms, and affected millions of women.

d. Feminist activism addressed many issues, took a variety of forms, and affected millions of women.

The resurgence of Christian faith in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s has been labeled by historians as the a. Christian Renaissance. b. Second Great Awakening. c. Evangelical Revolution. d. Fourth Great Awakening.

d. Fourth Great Awakening.

Which of the following statements characterizes affirmative action? a. It was first advanced under the Nixon administration in the early 1970s. b. It encompassed only racial minorities and excluded women. c. U.S. courts banned affirmative action in hiring and enrollment in the 1970s. d. Opponents, many of whom had opposed civil rights, charged that it was reverse discrimination.

d. Opponents, many of whom had opposed civil rights, charged that it was reverse discrimination.

Which of the following was the most polarizing Supreme Court decision of the 1970s? a. Miller v. California b. Gregg v. Georgia c. Bakke v. University of California d. Roe v. Wade

d. Roe v. Wade

In an attempt to combat stagflation, President Carter a. created an industrial policy to bail out manufacturing companies. b. took the United States off the gold standard. c. issued temporary price and wage controls. d. deregulated the transportation industries.

d. deregulated the transportation industries.


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