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History help needed!!!!!!!!!!!?

Postby varik » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:20 pm

1. Timothy Leary, communes, and the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco were all part of (1 point)détente.
the counterculture.
the silent majority.
realpolitik.

2. Two goals of the second wave of feminism were to (1 point)to make personal issues political and to allow women to work at home.
to pass the Equal Rights Amendment and to protect reproductive rights.
to pass minimum wage and maximum hours laws for women.
elect Gloria Steinem president and Betty Friedan vice president.

3. What lasting impact did the women’s movement have on society? (1 point)The “glass ceiling” was finally shattered.
The “pink collar ghetto” was closed down.
Women’s opportunities and roles expanded.
Poverty among women was greatly reduced.

4. In the 1970s, Native Americans won legal battles to (1 point)regain jobs they had lost to returning Vietnam veterans.
establish permanent control over Alcatraz Island.
repeal the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975.
regain land, mineral, and water rights.

5. What law was a result of the consumer rights movement of the 1960s? (1 point)the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
the Pure Food and Drug Act
the Meat Inspection Act
the Equal Rights Amendment

6. In the late 1970s, the EPA determined that Love Canal, New York, (1 point)was contaminated by nuclear waste.
was contaminated by toxic chemicals.
had the cleanest air in the nation.
had the cleanest drinking water in the nation.

7. In the case of United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court ordered President Nixon to (1 point)turn over tapes of Oval Office conversations.
provide the names of the Watergate burglars.
resign from office immediately.
appoint a new vice president.

8. As part of Nixon’s southern strategy, he gave a nationally televised address attacking (1 point)busing.
executive privilege.
Christian fundamentalists.
the Twenty-fifth Amendment.

9. During the 1968 campaign for president, for what group did Richard Nixon cast himself as the spokesperson? (1 point)African Americans in the South
Vietnam War doves
the Chicano movement
the silent majority

10. How did the continued migration of Americans to the Sunbelt during the 1970s affect politics? (1 point)The states in the Rust Belt gained political power.
The Sunbelt states became more politically powerful.
Northern industrial states gained political power.
More presidents from the Northwest were elected.

11. When Gerald Ford left the office of president, (1 point)Republicans had won many seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
the nation’s economy had worsened during his presidency.
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller became president.
the public’s trust in government had been restored.

12. A major challenge during President Carter’s administration was (1 point)the economic impact of a severe oil crisis.
the reaction to his pardon of Richard Nixon.
the reaction to his pardon of Richard Nixon.
his lack of respect for human rights.

13. Why did the United States boycott the 1980 Summer Olympic Games? (1 point)to protest Israel’s refusal to sign the Camp David Accords
to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
to protest the Khmer Rouge’s seizure of the Mayaguez
to protest the return of the Panama Canal to Panama

Short Answer
Note: Your teacher will grade your responses to ensure you receive proper credit for your answers.
Your responses should include the following to receive the points in parentheses:

Respond in 3–5 complete sentences. (5 pts)
Use the quotation below to answer the following question.

“Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference for these societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual human rights. We do not seek to intimidate, but it is clear that a world which others can dominate with impunity [immunity] would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well-being of all people.”
—Jimmy Carter, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1977

14. How does the quotation reflect the views that Carter brought to U.S. foreign policy during his presidency? (5 points)

15. What foreign policy consequences of the Iran hostage crisis can still be observed today? (5 points)
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