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The chapter introduction contrasts the 1969 episodes of the Apollo 11 moon landing and the Santa Barbara channel oil spill to make the point that: |
| | A) | modern government harnesses technology for the public good, while corporations have polluted the environment. |
| | B) | today's technology has its successes and its failures. |
| | C) | in the 1970s, even as it celebrated its technological achievements, the United States entered an era of limits. |
| | D) | in the 1970s, space and the sea were the exciting new frontiers. |
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Why did the reform efforts of the 1970s lose ground after the early 1970s? |
| | A) | They adopted a non-violent philosophy of how to achieve social change. |
| | B) | They lacked a comprehensive concern for the quality of life as a whole. |
| | C) | They demonstrated no confidence that government could effectively improve society's ills. |
| | D) | They never developed a consensus on the pace or specific outcomes of reform. |
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Each of the following happened in the environmental movement EXCEPT: |
| | A) | it received a significant boost in public awareness after Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring warned of the damage being done by the pesticide DDT. |
| | B) | it got President Nixon to call for more stringent environmental regulation. |
| | C) | it stopped the construction of an Alaskan oil pipeline because of the damage it would have caused to the environment. |
| | D) | it gained enough popular support to begin the celebration of a national "Earth Day" in 1970. |
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Nixon's slogan "the New Federalism" was supposed to mean: |
| | A) | greater centralization of power and resources in Washington, D. C. following Hamiltonian theory. |
| | B) | the revival of the cabinet as a collective decision-making agency. |
| | C) | restoring to Congress more voice and initiative in framing domestic and foreign policy. |
| | D) | a reversal of the trend toward centralization of power and revenues in Washington, D. C. |
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All of the following accurately describe the troubled economy during the 1970s EXCEPT: |
| | A) | American leadership in heavy industry, especially in automobile manufacturing, suffered from management and labor inefficiencies as well as foreign competition. |
| | B) | Hardest-hit were the older industrial cities of Northeast and Midwest. |
| | C) | Economic trends changed from high inflation and high unemployment to the opposite. |
| | D) | Political, economic, and environmental crises undermined the American faith in limitless growth and technological solutions. |
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All of the following represent achievements of the reform movements of the 1970s EXCEPT: |
| | A) | implementation of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. |
| | B) | addition of the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. |
| | C) | celebration of Earth Day to keep environmental consciousness alive. |
| | D) | establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency. |
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In the Nixon administration's perception of "us vs. them," each of the following was part of the "them" group EXCEPT: |
| | A) | the press. |
| | B) | the "silent majority." |
| | C) | Vietnam Veterans Against the War. |
| | D) | Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). |
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As a result of the Watergate scandal, President Richard Nixon was forced to resign. But a separate scandal had earlier forced the resignation of another high government official. Who? |
| | A) | a famous Senator |
| | B) | a high-ranking Nixon aide |
| | C) | the Secretary of Defense |
| | D) | the Vice-President |
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Each of the following happened during the Watergate investigation EXCEPT: |
| | A) | a group of burglars paid by the Nixon administration broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters. |
| | B) | White House counsel John Dean admitted during a Congressional hearing that Nixon had been personally involved in covering up the connection between Watergate and the White House. |
| | C) | the Supreme Court ordered J. Edgar Hoover to testify at the Congressional hearings. |
| | D) | the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to hand over tapes of conversations and phone calls he had secretly recorded in the Oval Office. |
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For the United States, the most dramatic consequence of the Middle East ("Yom Kippur") War in 1973 was: |
| | A) | a shift in U. S. Middle East policy from neutral to pro-Israel. . |
| | B) | an Arab oil embargo. |
| | C) | Israeli occupation of Egyptian, Jordanian, Syrian, and Lebanese territory. |
| | D) | overwhelming Jewish support for Nixon in the 1972 election. |
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What act of President Ford led to a quick end to his "honeymoon" with Congress and the American people? |
| | A) | manipulations of the CIA and FBI |
| | B) | a pardon of former President Nixon |
| | C) | imposition of wage and price controls |
| | D) | signing a treaty returning the canal to Panama |
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All of the following explain Carter's defeat of Ford in 1976 EXCEPT: |
| | A) | voters felt satisfaction with Carter as a well-known political insider. |
| | B) | most voted for their own party's candidate. |
| | C) | southerner Carter's support from southern blacks overcame Ford's lead in the West. |
| | D) | economic troubles, as usual, hurt the incumbent. |
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Significant features of U. S. foreign policy in Carter's early years included all EXCEPT: |
| | A) | repudiating the SALT process. |
| | B) | signing a treaty to return the Canal Zone to Panama. |
| | C) | using economic pressure to promote human rights in other countries. |
| | D) | facilitating an agreement between Israel and Egypt. |
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In November 1979, Iranian militants took over the United States embassy in Teheran and held hostage 53 embassy personnel for more than a year. What provoked their action was the fact that the United States: |
| | A) | refused to recognize the new Khomeini regime in Iran. |
| | B) | began supporting Iraq in its war against Iran. |
| | C) | attempted to restore the pro-American Shah to power in Iran. |
| | D) | allowed the exiled ex-shah of Iran to enter the United States. |
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President Carter's chances for reelection were damaged in part by: |
| | A) | his shift to a hard-line anticommunist stance in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. |
| | B) | a "crisis of confidence" caused by waning American influence abroad and a damaged economy at home. |
| | C) | his grand vision for the continuance of the United States' role as a world leader. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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