Question 1

After the 1972 election, President Richard Nixon, to prompt a peace settlement with North Vietnam,

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A)   allowed the opening of North Vietnamese harbors.
B)   withdrew American forces as North Vietnamese troops left from the South.
C)   ordered an increase in the aerial bombing of North Vietnam.
D)   broke off diplomatic negotiations with North Vietnam.
E)   evacuated the American embassy in Saigon.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

Throughout the late 1960s,

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A)   deferments for the military draft increased.
B)   opposition in the United States to the Vietnam War intensified.
C)   no American refused induction; instead, thousands fled to Canada and Sweden.
D)   both deferments for the military draft increased, and opposition in the United States to the Vietnam War intensified.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 3

The Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade (1973)

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A)   made abortion legal for the first time in the history of the United States.
B)   enabled women to obtain an abortion during any point of a pregnancy.
C)   initially applied only to pregnancies resulting from rape or abuse.
D)   invalidated all laws prohibiting abortion during the second trimester.
E)   was based on a new legal interpretation of privacy rights.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 4

To secure a peace agreement in Vietnam in 1972, President Nixon dropped his demand that North Vietnam withdraw its troops from South Vietnam before American troops would be removed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

President Richard Nixon believed U.S. foreign policy should work toward

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A)   a bipolar world dominated by the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
B)   improving governments in less-developed nations.
C)   a multipolar international structure.
D)   destruction of the government in the Soviet Union.
E)   encouraging Europe to take up its own defense against the Soviet Union.F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Richard Nixon was reelected in 1972 by a much greater margin than he had received in 1968.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The 1961 Declaration of Indian Purpose called for

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A)   a reassessment of current assimilation practices.
B)   "affirmative action" for Native Americans.
C)   the removal of whites from Indian reservations.
D)   a complete separation from the society of the United States.
E)   the right of Indians to choose their own way of life.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 8

The tragedies of Kent State and Jackson State occurred during protests over the American expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia by the Nixon administration.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Throughout the Vietnam War, deferments from the military draft were increasingly easy to obtain for those in college.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Vietnam War caused the deaths of 1.2 million Vietnamese soldiers, countless additional civilians, and more than ________ Americans.

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Question 11

In 1973, Indian activists seized the town of ________, the site of an 1890 massacre of Sioux by federal troops.

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Question 12

Spiro Agnew resigned from the vice presidency before Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Why is American participation in the Vietnam War so rarely described as a "good war," as was the case for World War II?

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American participation in the Vietnam Wa...

Question 14

Compare Richard Nixon as a foreign policy president and as a domestic policy president. In what area was he more effective, and why?

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Richard Nixon was a complex and controve...

Question 15

Conservative Americans, by and large, supported the decisions of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Supreme Court in the case United States v. Richard M. Nixon (1974)  ruled that Nixon must

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A)   no longer tape conversations in the Oval Office.
B)   turn over evidence to the special prosecutor.
C)   be held in contempt of court.
D)   be impeached.
E)   resign.F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 17

In the early 1960s, the Free Speech Movement came into being at the ________ to help secure the political rights of students.

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University...

Question 18

What became known as the "________ massacre" included President Richard Nixon ordering the firing of Archibald Cox.

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Question 19

President Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court

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A)   were twice rejected by the Senate.
B)   included the first nomination of a female justice.
C)   culminated in the successful appointment of G. Harrold Carswell to the Court.
D)   both included the first nomination of a female justice, and were twice rejected by the Senate.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 20

In 1972, the United States' "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam

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A)   saw the United States suffer, by far, its greatest loss of bombers in the war.
B)   resulted in a collapse of the peace talks.
C)   dramatically altered the terms of the final peace agreement.
D)   later drew an apology from President Richard Nixon.
E)   avoided Hanoi for the sake of continuing peace talks.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Spiro Agnew resigned from the vice presidency before Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency.

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The 1961 Declaration of Indian Purpose called for

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To secure a peace agreement in Vietnam in 1972, President Nixon dropped his demand that North Vietnam withdraw its troops from South Vietnam before American troops would be removed.

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The tragedies of Kent State and Jackson State occurred during protests over the American expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia by the Nixon administration.

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In 1973, Indian activists seized the town of ________, the site of an 1890 massacre of Sioux by federal troops.

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Conservative Americans, by and large, supported the decisions of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren.

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After the 1972 election, President Richard Nixon, to prompt a peace settlement with North Vietnam,

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Throughout the Vietnam War, deferments from the military draft were increasingly easy to obtain for those in college.

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