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nixon's vietnam policy included all the following except
continued buildup of american armed forces in vietnam
The author of The Feminine Mystique:
d. protested against the "blissful" domesticity of American women after World War II.
when president carter sent american commandos to rescure the hostages held in iran
helicoptor failures forced them to abort the mission
The figure who most influenced nixon's foreign policy was
henry kissinger
Nixon's Watergate-related downfall came with the revelation that he had
ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in.
The salt agreement
set limits on certain types of nuclear weapons.
the student demonstations at kent state university that resulted in the deaths of students were a response to
the incursion into cambodia
Nixon's triumph concerning China was
the successful conclusion of negotiations for nuclear arms reduction.
The hippies
were the direct descendants of the Beats of the 1950s.
In the presidential election of 1972:
Nixon won by the largest majority ever for a Republican candidate.
nixon's new relationship with china was made possible by
a more favorable attitude of the american public toward communism
the economic malaise during the nixon administration was caused by all of the following except
a rapid contraction of the money supply
in 1972 the christmas bombings and the mining of north vietnamese harbors
aroused worldwide protest
The weatherman
broke from the SDS over the issue of civil rights
Once in office, Richard Nixon:
c. appointed no African Americans to his cabinet.
"We are the people of this generation, bred in at least moderate comfort, housed in universities, looking uncomfortably to the world we inherit." This statement:
is correctly represented by all the above statements.
the so called pentagon papers
revealed that congress and the american people had not been told the full story of the gulf of tonkin incident
Jimmy Carter:
was a peanut farmer and former naval officer.
the united farm workers
was especially concerned with hispanic migrant workers
At the altamount concert in 1969
Hells angels killed a man in front of the stage
In the presidential election of 1976:
Ronald Reagan won every southern state except Virginia.
the 26th amendment
gave 18 year olds the right to vote
In foreign policy, President Ford:
laid the foundation for SALT II.
President Carter said American foreign policy should be based on:
the defense of human rights
In the earliest years, the gay rights movement especially emphasized
the importance of gays "coming out"
when the us signed an agreement ending the war in vietnam
the north vietnamese kept regular army troops in south vietnam