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President Gerald Ford's popularity with the American public fell dramatically as a result of his: |
| | A) | pardon of Richard Nixon. |
| | B) | handling of the "Mayaguez" incident. |
| | C) | vetoes of large numbers of congressional enactments. |
| | D) | appointment of Nelson Rockefeller as vice president. |
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The death of Mao Zedong in China: |
| | A) | led to a period of disruption, chaos, and violence |
| | B) | brought to power a more moderate government that wanted closer ties with the United States. |
| | C) | intensified Chinese pressure on Taiwan inspiring the United States to increase military aid to the island regime. |
| | D) | set off a wave of provincial revolutions that split China. |
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Ford's foreign policy included support for three of the following. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | the SALT II agreement |
| | B) | the Helsinki agreement on European boundaries |
| | C) | the continued rapprochement with China after the death of Mao Zedong |
| | D) | the abandonment of U.S. mediation efforts in the Middle East |
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Jimmy Carter's success in the election of 1976 resulted in large part because: |
| | A) | Ford refused to choose a running mate who appealed to the Republican right. |
| | B) | Carter's considerable service in Washington assured voters of an experienced administrator. |
| | C) | Ford's acerbic personality had generated an atmosphere of bitterness and acrimony in Washington. |
| | D) | Carter seemed to possess honesty, piety, and an outsider's skepticism of the federal government. |
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Which of the following best describes the nation's economy during Carter's final two years in office? |
| | A) | modest inflation and stable interest rates |
| | B) | modest inflation and declining interest rates |
| | C) | rapid inflation and record high interest rates |
| | D) | rapid inflation and stable interest rates |
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Carter had hoped to base American foreign policy on increased attention to: |
| | A) | flexible military response whenever democratic governments were challenged. |
| | B) | expansion of American economic interests overseas. |
| | C) | reduction of American responsibility for involvement in world conflicts. |
| | D) | the issue of how nations respect human rights. |
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The Camp David summit, hosted by President Carter, was a meeting between the leaders of Israel and: |
| | A) | Egypt. |
| | B) | Libya. |
| | C) | Lebanon. |
| | D) | the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
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Three of the following were significant features of Carter's foreign policy in the early years of his administration. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | abandoning SALT II as futile |
| | B) | completing negotiations to transfer the Canal Zone to Panama |
| | C) | using diplomatic pressure to promote human rights in other countries |
| | D) | continuing progress toward improving relations with China |
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In November 1979, Iranian militants took over the U.S. embassy in Teheran and held fifty-three embassy personnel hostage for more than a year. The immediate provocation for their act was the fact that the Carter administration: |
| | A) | began to support Iraq in its war with Iran. |
| | B) | refused to recognize Iran's new regime. |
| | C) | attempted to restore the pro-American Shah to power in Iran. |
| | D) | allowed the exiled former Shah of Iran to enter the United States. |
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In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979), President Carter did three of the following. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | He imposed economic sanctions on the Soviet Union. |
| | B) | He called for a boycott of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. |
| | C) | He withdrew SALT II from consideration by the Senate. |
| | D) | He invoked the SEATO treaty, by which member nations were to confer with one another in case of attack. |
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The rapid population growth in the "Sunbelt" shifted political power to the region and tended to strengthen which political viewpoint? |
| | A) | conservative, antigovernment |
| | B) | liberal, government activist |
| | C) | moderate, middle-of-the-road |
| | D) | none of the above; effect basically neutral |
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Which of the following is a common thread of evangelical Christianity? |
| | A) | belief in personal conversion through direct communication with God |
| | B) | conservative, right-wing politics, especially on social welfare issues |
| | C) | belief in the literal, inerrant interpretation of the Bible, especially on evolution |
| | D) | all of the above |
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13 | |
Shopping malls: |
| | A) | were designed primarily for women, the primary consumers in most families. |
| | B) | were self-contained imitations of cities, purged of the more unsavory aspects of the urban environment. |
| | C) | were sometimes employed as community centers in suburbs that had few other communal gathering places. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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14 | |
Richard Viguerie's main contribution to the so-called New Right was his: |
| | A) | influential book Conscience of a Conservative. |
| | B) | great oratorical skill at Republican fund-raising events. |
| | C) | effective organizational techniques, especially in direct mail. |
| | D) | exposure of corruption in the Democratic party through a series of newspaper articles that were compiled into a widely-circulated book. |
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The tax revolt: |
| | A) | was used by conservatives as means of reversing the growth of the federal government. |
| | B) | was a less effective strategy than attacking government programs directly. |
| | C) | had its public beginnings in the Sunbelt. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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Ronald Reagan and his administration received strong support from three of the following groups. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | neo-conservatives |
| | B) | New Right |
| | C) | feminists and civil-rights activists |
| | D) | conservative business leaders |
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President Reagan: |
| | A) | retained tight control of most of the day-to-day operations of the federal government. |
| | B) | struggled to convey his message to the American people. |
| | C) | used a highly nationalist rhetoric to gain support for his proposals. |
| | D) | was one of the youngest men ever to serve as president. |
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The "supply-side" economic theory that President Reagan sought to implement early in his administration called for: |
| | A) | increasing government spending to stimulate consumption. |
| | B) | maintaining high interest rates to control inflation. |
| | C) | cutting taxes to encourage new investment. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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During the Reagan administration, the federal budget: |
| | A) | experienced severe deficits. |
| | B) | noticeably declined. |
| | C) | shifted from reliance on the income tax to a national sales tax. |
| | D) | rose markedly in domestic spending but remained flat on defense. |
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In response to concerns about the federal budget, the Reagan administration: |
| | A) | raised income taxes. |
| | B) | cut defense spending. |
| | C) | cut the budgets for "discretionary" domestic programs. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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With respect to the civil war in El Salvador, the Reagan administration: |
| | A) | maintained a strictly neutral position. |
| | B) | sent in a peacekeeping force of American combat troops. |
| | C) | supported the existing military regime with money and material. |
| | D) | supported the revolutionaries, who were seeking to overthrow the military regime. |
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In Nicaragua, the Sandinistas were: |
| | A) | pro-American forces. |
| | B) | anti-American forces. |
| | C) | essentially the same as the contras in Honduras. |
| | D) | supporters of the former Somoza regime. |
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Reagan's policy toward Lebanon involved: |
| | A) | supporting Lebanon with military aid for its border conflict with Saudi Arabia. |
| | B) | sending in American marines as a peacekeeping force following Israeli-PLO clashes but removing them after over 200 were killed in a terrorist attack. |
| | C) | backing Israel in the United Nations in its effort to make Lebanon part of the Left Bank area controlled by Israel. |
| | D) | none of the above. |
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In the national elections of 1984, the Democrats made electoral history by, for the first time, nominating a vice presidential candidate who was: |
| | A) | Jewish. |
| | B) | female. |
| | C) | African American. |
| | D) | Hispanic. |
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In the election of 1984: |
| | A) | President Reagan won re-election in a close contest with Walter Mondale. |
| | B) | President Reagan won 49 out of 50 states. |
| | C) | President Reagan led the Republican Party in a successful effort to regain control of both houses of Congress. |
| | D) | President Reagan won the first presidential election of the post-Cold War era. |
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