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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 clashes between "hawks" and "doves."

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True

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

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True

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The Nixon-Kissinger moves toward improved relations with China resulted in increased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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False. decreased tensions

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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-environmental legislation

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False. consistently expanded the social-security

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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. was the war in Vietnam.

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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. to limit the president's authority to

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The 1973 Arab-Israeli war and 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. urged for his resignation.

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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. continued to pursue the policy of detente

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The women's movement achieved success in the 1970s 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 effectively used his "outsider" status in Washington to push his economic and energy programs through Congress.

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True

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

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False. cost him public support.

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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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d. a decline in worker productivity.

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The severe inflation of the 1970's was largely set off by

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a. Lyndon Johnson's effort to wage the Vietnam War and to pursue his Great Society programs without raising taxes.

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President Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy provided that

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

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The antiwar movement expanded dramatically 1970 when

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d. Nixon ordered and 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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a. 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 1970s especially because of its rulings on

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

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In its legal decisions regarding birth control and other matters, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren placed great emphasis on

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a. individual rights and the right to privacy.

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

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c. protecting the environment.

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

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c. 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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b. President Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia.

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The Arab oil embargo of 1973-1974 came in response to

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b. American support for Israel in the "Six-Day War" war Syria and Egypt.

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The Arab oil embargo affected the American economy primarily by

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b. 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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d. he had been appointed vice president by Nixon after vice president Spiro Agnew had resigned.

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

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d. 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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c. 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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d. the Iranian seizure of American hostages.

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