Chapter 29 Apush Review
Why did many Americans leave mainline churches and join evangelical churches between 1970 and 1985?
Americans were seeking moral answers and social stability.
Why did President Jimmy Carter have such chilly relations with congressional leaders even from his own party?
He operated with an outsider strategy.
Why was San Francisco politician Harvey Milk significant?
He represented the new emerging gay political power.
How did the War Powers Act of 1973 seek to limit presidential power?
It required the president to secure congressional approval for any substantial deployment of troops abroad.
Which statement describes the impact of the 1973 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade?
It said that states could not prohibit abortion in the first trimester.
Which statement characterizes the historical development of OPEC?
OPEC was ineffective until the mid-1970s when Arab states issued an oil embargo.
Which of the following developments made a critical contribution to the emergence of the sexual revolution of the 1960s?
The birth control pill
What was the significance of biologist Rachel's Carson's 1962 best seller Silent Spring?
The book described and publicized the harmful effects of toxic chemicals on the environment.
The emergence of rap and break dancing on the streets of Harlem and the South Bronx in New York was an expression of what?
The hardship and creativity of working-class black life in the deindustrialized American city
Why did the federal government adopt a system of affirmative action in the 1960s and 1970s?
To expand employment access to minorities and women
In what area did the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Warren Burger extend women's rights?
Workplace rights
The U.S. economy experienced "stagflation" in the 1970s when
unemployment and inflation rates rose dramatically.