Question 1

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

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A)   gave women equal pay for equal work.
B)   led to the creation of the National Organization of Women.
C)   resulted in the creation of the President's Commission on the Status of Women.
D)   was amended for the benefit of women.
E)   made no mention of gender discrimination in its final form.F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 2

The key evidence in the determination of President Richard Nixon's guilt or innocence in the Watergate scandal was

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A)   audio tape recordings made of most conversations in the Oval Office.
B)   eyewitness testimony from Nixon confidants in the White House.
C)   phone records kept by Nixon's personal secretary.
D)   Nixon's personal diaries.
E)   journals kept by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

In the 1960s,the aspect of popular culture most strongly embraced by the counterculture was

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A)   television.
B)   music.
C)   movies.
D)   literature.
E)   sports.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

What was the essential philosophy of the counterculture,and why did it so upset many Americans?

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Question 5

The Environmental Protection Agency was created in ________ when ________ signed the National Environmental Protection Act into law.

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A)   1963; JohF. Kennedyn
B)   1966; Lyndon Johnson
C)   1970; Richard Nixon
D)   1974; Gerald Ford
E)   1977; Jimmy CarterF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

In the 1972 presidential election,

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A)   Richard Nixon won a narrow victory in the Electoral College.
B)   George Wallace only carried California and the District of Columbia.
C)   Richard Nixon won over 60 percent of the popular vote.
D)   Richard Nixon won a narrow victory in the Electoral College and won over 60 percent of the popular vote.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 7

In 1969,four months after the great music festival at Woodstock,a rock concert at ________ resulted in the deaths of four people,including one from injuries sustained from security guards.

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Question 8

Which of the following is true of the "New Left" that sprang up in the 1960s and 1970s?

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A)   The New Left showed little interest in the plight of African Americans.
B)   It was formed mainly by middle-aged white individuals who had been disillusioned by the Vietnam War.
C)   The New Left was relatively racially diverse.
D)   The New Left was generally uninterested in the Vietnam War.
E)   Relatively few members of the New Left were communists.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 9

Despite President Nixon's desire for a more conservative Supreme Court and his appointment of several new justices,the Court actually moved further toward social reform.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The release of chlorofluorocarbons into the atmosphere directly affects the earth's capacity to replenish its oxygen supply.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In 1972,the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

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A)   was signed by all of the world's nuclear powers.
B)   called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems.
C)   froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels.
D)   both called for the suspension of all new nuclear weapons systems, and froze the arsenals of some nuclear missiles at their current levels.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 12

Richard Nixon was reelected in 1972 by a much greater margin than he had received in 1968.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In Gideon v.Wainwright (1963) ,the Supreme Court

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A)   limited the appeals process for state convictions.
B)   established new guidelines for capital punishment cases.
C)   ruled that all felony defendants were entitled to a lawyer, regardless of their ability to pay.
D)   ruled that a defendant must have access to a lawyer before being questioned by police.
E)   sharply limited government curbs on pornography.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 14

"Stagflation" refers to

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A)   falling prices and a falling inventory.
B)   deflation and rising inventory.
C)   flat prices, wages, and inventory.
D)   rising prices and economic stagnation.
E)   high taxes and large budget deficits.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

Why is American participation in the Vietnam War so rarely described as a "good war," as was the case for World War II?

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Question 16

The political demise of Richard Nixon was largely a result of his own personality and leadership style.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The killing of South Vietnamese civilians by American soldiers in the village of My Lai

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A)   was not learned about until years after the war had ended.
B)   did not result in any convictions of Americans who took part.
C)   attracted little public attention in the wake of the Cambodian invasion and the Pentagon Papers.
D)   was not learned about until years after the war had ended, and did not result in any convictions of Americans who took part.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

The gay rights movement had been gaining strength since at least the 1950s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

During the 1970s,Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The 1969 Woodstock music festival was

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A)   held to establish cooperatives based on the principles of communal living.
B)   organized as a rally in protest to the Vietnam War.
C)   designed make amends for the events of Altamont four months earlier.
D)   formed to help heal the cultural divisions within American society.
E)   a powerful symbol of the ideals of the counterculture philosophy.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

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