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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

The Age of Limits (1965-1980)

Multiple Choice


1	"Nader's Raiders" were:
		A)	severe critics of the entire environmental movement.
		B)	a legal investigating arm of the consumer movement.
		C)	feminist activists trying to enter "men-only" establishments.
		D)	opponents of abortion rights.


2	President Richard Nixon:
		A)	argued that environmentalism was irrational pessimism.
		B)	sought to block the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
		C)	came up with the original idea for Earth Day in 1970.
		D)	established the Environmental Protection Agency.


3	President Nixon ordered the firing of Archibald Cox for:
		A)	lying to Congress about the Watergate break-in.
		B)	his demands that Nixon turn over the oval office tapes.
		C)	income tax evasion unrelated to the Watergate scandal.
		D)	leaking White House involvement in the Watergate affair.


4	Which of the following terms or phrases is not associated with the Watergate scandals?
		A)	plumbers
		B)	Saturday Night Massacre
		C)	Rolling Thunder
		D)	"a third-rate burglary"


5	The so-called "smoking gun" in the Watergate Crisis, which finally caused President Nixon to resign, was:
		A)	the release of White House tapes which proved Nixon's knowledge of the cover-up.
		B)	the testimony of John Dean.
		C)	public fury over the "Saturday Night Massacre."
		D)	the vote of the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach him.


6	The War Powers Act was aimed at:
		A)	curtailing the president's power in committing U.S. troops without the consent of Congress.
		B)	establishing the President as the U.S. Commander-in-Chief above all military generals.
		C)	punishing those U.S. troops believed responsible for murdering civilians during the war in Vietnam.
		D)	removing the last U.S. civilians from South Vietnam.


7	Henry Kissinger used "shuttle diplomacy" to:
		A)	decrease tensions in the Middle East.
		B)	assist the evacuation of South Vietnamese refugees.
		C)	avert a war between China and the Soviet Union.
		D)	improve U.S. relations with Mexico.


8	The major cause of the economic crisis during the Ford Administration was:
		A)	the anxiety of major corporations about government stability due to the Watergate crisis.
		B)	rising energy costs.
		C)	increasing budget deficits by the federal government.
		D)	a series of labor strikes.


9	President Carter urged the "moral equivalent of war" in seeking public support for his policy to:
		A)	eliminate poverty in the United States by the year 2000.
		B)	slice the military budget by nearly one-half.
		C)	conserve energy and reduce the U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
		D)	keep the Panama Canal under U.S. control despite growing criticism.


10	The Camp David accords:
		A)	gave control of the Panama Canal to Panama.
		B)	revived the spirit of détente between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
		C)	provided a sign of peace between Israel and Egypt.
		D)	smoothed the way for the Shah of Iran to step down.


11	U.S. embassy personnel were taken hostage in Iran in 1979 to:
		A)	punish the U.S. for its long-time support for the Shah and his admission into the U.S. for medical treatment.
		B)	force the Shah of Iran to abdicate power.
		C)	embarrass President Reagan.
		D)	retaliate against the United States for its support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War.


12	Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State, Cyrus Vance, resigned to protest:
		A)	U.S. policy in Central America.
		B)	Carter's decision to boycott the 1980 Olympics.
		C)	the decision to extend full diplomatic recognition to China.
		D)	Carter's attempted rescue of U.S. hostages in Iran.

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