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Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy sought to bring an immediate negotiated end to the Vietnam War.

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False

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Nixon's 1970 invasion of Cambodia provoked strong domestic protests and political clashes between "hawks" and "doves"

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True

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Nixon's and Kissinger's diplomacy attempted to play the Soviet Union and China off against each other for America's benefit.

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True

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Nixon attempted to reverse what he saw as the Warren Supreme Court's excessive turn toward "judicial activism."

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True

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Nixon consistently opposed the expansion of social-security and pro-environmentalism legislation.

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False

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The basic issue in the 1972 Nixon-McGovern campaign was inflation and the management of the economy.

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False

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The 1973 Paris agreement on Vietnam provided for a cease-fire and American withdrawal but did not really end the civil war among the Vietnamese.

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True

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The strongest charge against Nixon during Watergate was that he had used government agencies to burglarize and harass opponents and cover up the Watergate crimes

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True

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The disclosure of the secret bombing of Cambodia led Congress to acknowledge the president's sole authority to take military action in defense of America's national security

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False

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The 1973 Arab-Israeli War and OPEC oil embargo added to the inflation that began in the wake of the Vietnam War.

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True

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Republican leaders in Congress strenuously opposed Nixon's resignation and urged him to fight to stay in office even after the Watergate tapes were released.

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False

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President Gerald Ford immediately set out to reverse the Nixon-Kissinger policy of détente toward the Soviet Union.

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False

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The women's movement achieved success in the 1970's by allying itself with the rising antiwar and black power movements of the decade.

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True

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President Carter's declaration that America's problems were due to a "moral and spiritual crisis" led the public to support his proposals to decrease dependency on Middle Eastern oil.

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False

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The Iranian revolution against the shah brought the United States into a confrontation with the new, militant Muslim leaders of the country.

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True

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A primary cause of the economic decline that began in the 1970's was

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a decline in worker productivity.

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The severe inflation of the 1970's was largely caused by

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Lyndon Johnson's effort to maintain the Vietnam War and Great Society programs without raising taxes.

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President Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy provided that

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the United States would gradually withdraw ground troops while supporting the South Vietnamese war effort.

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The antiwar movement expanded dramatically in 1970 when

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Nixon ordered an invasion of Cambodia.

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Nixon attempted to pressure the Soviet Union into making diplomatic deals with the United States by

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playing the "China card" by opening U.S. diplomacy and trade with the Soviet's rival communist power.

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The Supreme Court came under sharp political attack in the 1970's especially because of its rulings on

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criminal defendants' rights and prayer in public schools.

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The most controversial element of Nixon's "Philadelphia Plan" was

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the extension of "affirmative action" to promote the employment of groups of minorities and women.

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Some of President Nixon's greatest legislative successes came in the area of

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protecting the environment.

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Among the corrupt Nixon administration practices exposed by the Senate Watergate Committee was

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the illegal use of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency.

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The War Powers Act was passed by Congress in response to

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President Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia.

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The Arab oil embargo of 1973-1974 affected the American economy primarily by

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leading the United States to open Alaskan and offshore oilfields to exploration.

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Gerald Ford came to be president because

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he had been appointed vice president by Nixon before Nixon resigned.

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Despite numerous successes for women in the 1970's, the feminist movement suffered a severe setback when

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the declining economy created a growing gap between men's and women's earning power.

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President Carter's greatest success in foreign policy was

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negotiating the Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.

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President Carter's greatest problem in foreign policy was

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the Iranian seizure of American hostages.

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Vietnamization

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Nixon's policy of withdrawing American troops from Vietnam while providing and for the South Vietnamese to fight the war.

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Kent Site

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The Ohio university where four students were killed during protest against the 1970 invasion of Cambodia.

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Pentagon Papers

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Top-secret documents, published by The New York Times in 1971, that showed the blunders and deceptions that led the United States into the Vietnam War.

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ABM Treaty

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The first major achievement of the Nixon-Kissinger détente with the Soviet Union, which led to restrictions on defensive missile systems.

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Southern Strategy

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Nixon's plan to win reelection by curbing the Supreme Court's judicial activism and soft-pedaling civil rights.

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Philadelphia Plan

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Term for the new group affirmative action policy promoted by the Nixon administration.

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Watergate

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A Washington office complex that became a symbol of the widespread corruption of the Nixon administration.

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War Powers Act

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The law, passed in reaction to the secret Cambodia bombing, that restricted presidential use of troops overseas without congressional authorization.

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Oil Embargo

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Arab-sponsored restriction on energy exports after the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

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Détente

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Nixon-Ford-Kissinger policy of seeking relaxed tensions with the Soviet Union through trade and arms limitation.

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Helsinki Accords

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International agreement of 1975, signed by President Ford, that settled postwar European boundaries and attempted to guarantee human rights in Eastern Europe.

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ERA (Equal Rights Amendment)

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Proposed constitutional amendment promoting women's rights that fell short of ratification.

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Row v. Wade

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Supreme Court decision that declared women's right to choose abortion.

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Alcatraz (Island) Wounded Knee (South Dakota)

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Two historic sites seized by American Indian activists in 1970-1972 to draw public attention to Indian grievances.

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Title IX

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Provision of the 1972 Education Amendments that prohibited gender discrimination and opened sports and other arenas to women.

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