HIS 122 – Test #5 Section 2
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Th United States boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow because of
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The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
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The direct descendants of the Beats were the
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hippies
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The Carter administration supported a fundamentalist Muslim leader in Iran against the westernized shah of Persia.
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False
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The Way Powers Act requires a president to withdraw troops sent abroad after sixty days, unless Congress specifically authorizes a longer stay.
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True
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Jimmy Carter's 1976 victory can be attributed to
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his strong support among southern African Americans.
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Title IX of the Educational Amendaments Act dealt affirmative action for women.
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True
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With the Nixon Doctrine, the United States
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called for revising the containment policy
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A major activity of Hispanic workers was a strike against
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grape farmers in California
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Causes of the economic malaise of the 1970s included
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competition in international markets
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In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court approved the use of racial quotas in college admissions.
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False
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The free-speech movement attacked
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the modern university
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In 1968, Nixon's \"southern strategy\" involved
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promising to go slowly on enforcing civil rights laws.
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The Stonewall riots sparked a movement for
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gay rights
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The Port Huron Statement launched the Students for a Democratic Society which adopted the term New Left for their efforts at grassroots democracy.
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True
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The founder of the United Farm Workers was Cesar Chavez.
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True
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Detente was an easing of tensions between the US and the Communist powers, initiated by Richard Nixon.
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True
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Two years after the Vietnam War ended, South Vietnam took control of the North.
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False
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Perhaps Gerald Ford's most memorable act as president was
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pardoning Richard Nixon
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Of all minorities in the 1960s, the plight of the Native Americans was the most desperate.
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True
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Carter's most significant accomplishment in foreign policy was
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brokering a treaty between Isareal and Egypt
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Betty Friedman was a leading feminist and a founder of the National Organization for Women.
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True
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President Nixon vetoed both the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.
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False
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In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that
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abortion in the first three months of pregnancy was legal
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The Cambodian \"incursion\" led to widespread rioting on U.S. college campuses.
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True
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During the Watergate crisis, Nixon was not accused of
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stealing funds from the reelection campaign
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The baby boomers were an essential ingredient in the rebellions of the 1960s
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True
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Jimmy Carter suicceeded in negotiating a treaty to return to the Panama Canal to Panama.
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True
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Richard J. Daley urged people to \"tune in, turn on, drop out.\"
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False
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At the Democratic National Convention,
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all of the above
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By 1971, the New Left had declined as a political movement because
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it had adandoned its democratic and pacifist principles
