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34 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following describes the agenda of the new conservative movement of the 1970s?
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It criticized the government's intrusion into the individual's economic life as a hindrance to prosperity and personal responsibility.
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Richard Nixon's southern strategy for winning the presidential election in 1968 was to
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woo white southerners away from the Democratic Party.
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President Nixon saw Chief Justice Earl Warren's resignation in 1969 as an opportunity to put a
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more conservative justice on the Court.
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How did President Nixon respond to the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973?
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Nixon avoided public comment on the issue.
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The Watergate scandal that began in 1972 was triggered by
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the discovery that Nixon campaign workers had broken into and bugged Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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Following the 1972 election, Americans learned that President Nixon and his associates had been guilty of
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using unlawful means to silence critics of the Vietnam War.
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The resignation of Nixon's Vice President, Spiro Agnew, in 1973 was spurred by
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an investigation that revealed he had taken bribes while governor of Maryland.
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For what crime did the House Judiciary Committee vote to charge President Nixon as one of the grounds for impeachment?
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Tax evasion
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After President Nixon resigned from office in August 1974, he
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was pardoned by President Ford.
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After President Nixon's resignation, the Democratic Congress aimed to
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guard against future abuses of government power.
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Which of the following factors helped Jimmy Carter win the presidency in 1976?
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Carter's distance from Washington, D.C., politics
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Before winning the presidency, Jimmy Carter's political experience included
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serving as governor of Georgia.
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To address the nation's dependence on foreign oil, President Carter established the
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Department of Energy.
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After the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility in 1979,
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further development of the nuclear power industry was stalled.
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What calamity led President Carter to sponsor legislation to create the Superfund?
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The environmental disaster at Love Canal in Niagara Falls, New York
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In 1977, the United States and Panama completed treaties that arranged
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Panama's takeover of the Panama Canal in 2000.
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President Carter responded to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979
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by barring U.S. athletes from participating in the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.
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The American hostages were held in the U.S. Embassy in Teheran by their Iranian captors
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until the day President Carter left office.
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What made the election of 1980 so significant?
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It revealed conservatives had come to dominate the Republican Party.
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Before he won the presidency in 1980, Ronald Reagan had been
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a well-known actor and then the governor of California.
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Which of the following factors was a significant part of Ronald Reagan's appeal to voters?
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Reagan's promise to take government off the backs of the people.
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Ronald Reagan was often liked even by those who disagreed with his policies because
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he was confident, easygoing, and had an optimistic view of America's past and present.
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President Reagan's initial strategy to fix the lagging U.S. economy was to
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introduce a massive tax cut.
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What was the ultimate result of President Reagan's two substantial tax cuts?
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The tax cuts benefited the wealthy.
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What was the outcome of the Reagan administration's decision to deregulate the banking industry?
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A crisis in the savings and loan industry occurred, which added burden onto taxpayers.
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President Reagan's pledge to reduce federal spending resulted in
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cuts in spending for social welfare programs.
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Ronald Reagan's appointments to the federal court system tended to favor
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a strict construction of the Constitution that limits judicial power.
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Despite the antifeminist tone of the Reagan administration, feminists and the administration found common ground in
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the collection of court-ordered child support payments for single mothers.
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During the Reagan years, feminists were successful in
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retaining the basic principles of Roe v. Wade.
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How did the gay and lesbian rights movement fare during the conservative 1980s?
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Gay and lesbian rights activism grew during the 1980s, won some victories, and sparked a strong countermovement.
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What happened to American defense spending under President Reagan?
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It increased beyond the level of spending during the Vietnam War.
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Which of the following describes President Reagan's Star Wars initiative?
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It surprised Reagan's advisers and elicited an angry response from critics and the Soviet Union.
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President Reagan responded to terrorist attacks on Americans around the world by
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publicly refused to negotiate with the attackers or their sponsors.
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What was the status of the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union at the time President Reagan left office in 1989?
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They had reached their highest level of cooperation since World War II.
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