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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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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) | Student 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 along party lines |
| | C) | Carter's support from southern African-Americans overcame Ford's lead in the West |
| | D) | Economic troubles typically hurt an incumbent |
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In November 1979, Iranian militants took over the United States Embassy in Teheran and held 53 Embassy personnel hostage for more than a year. What provoked their action? |
| | A) | The United States refused to recognize the new Khomeini regime in Iran |
| | B) | The United States began supporting Iraq in its war against Iran |
| | C) | The United States tried to restore the pro-American Shah to power |
| | D) | The exiled Shah was allowed entry into the United States |
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President Carter's chance at re-election was damaged in part by: |
| | A) | his shift to a hard-line anticommunist stance because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan |
| | B) | a "crisis of confidence" caused by waning American influence abroad and the damaged United States domestic economy |
| | C) | his grand vision of the continuance of American power as a world leader |
| | D) | all of the above |
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President Reagan's two major goals upon entering office were: |
| | A) | to reduce the role of the president and to establish peace in the Middle East. |
| | B) | to reestablish the prestige of the presidency and to weaken big government. |
| | C) | to protect the rights of minorities and to balance the federal budget. |
| | D) | to reduce the role of the federal government and to persuade state governments to fund the New Deal/Great Society agencies that had been supported by the federal government. |
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What is meant by "supply-side economics"-the new Reagan approach to economic policy in the early 1980s? |
| | A) | the attempt to increase domestic oil supplies |
| | B) | cutting back welfare and other programs for the poor to force them to supply their own needs |
| | C) | encouraging, through tax cuts, private-sector investment that would create new jobs, thus promoting economic |
| | D) | keeping interest rates high to increase the money supply |
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Improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union were caused by: |
| | A) | Reagan's willingness to reduce spending on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). |
| | B) | the weak economy of the Soviets, caused at least in part by Reagan's acceleration of the arms race. |
| | C) | Gorbachev's willingness to reduce the Soviet military presence in Europe. |
| | D) | the victory of the Soviet union in Afghanistan |
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Which of the following happened during Operation Desert Storm? |
| | A) | The United States prevented Saddam Hussein from practicing eco-terrorism |
| | B) | The United States needed months to subdue the Iraqi Republican Guards. |
| | C) | The United States liberated the Iraqi capital of Baghdad |
| | D) | The United Nations alliance destroyed Iraq within 100 hours, predominantly through the use of air attacks. |
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Which statement best explains Bill Clinton's victory in 1992? |
| | A) | As a southerner and liberal, Clinton rebuilt the traditional Democratic coalition and won a solid majority of both |
| | B) | Voters, in an upbeat mood, rejected the sour criticisms of Bush and Perot and embraced Clinton's optimistic vision for change. |
| | C) | Worried about growing instability around the world, voters opted for the candidate with experience in foreign affairs. |
| | D) | Many one-time supporters of President Bush voted against him this time on either ideological or economic grounds |
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