Question 1

What were the major disagreements between liberal second wave feminists and more radical feminists? What principles and achievements united them?

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Question 2

While president, Jimmy Carter

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During his presidency, Jimmy Carter signed several significant agreements and treaties. He signed SALT II with the Soviet Union, which was aimed at limiting the number of strategic lethal weapons possessed by both countries. He also signed treaties with Panama, which restored their sovereignty over the Canal Zone. He established diplomatic relations with China, and his administration played a significant role in settling the conflict between Egypt and Israel in the Middle East. However, President Carter faced challenges in his relations with Iran, which led to the Iranian hostage crisis. While he established diplomatic relations with Iran, relations between the two countries deteriorated rapidly during his presidency.

Question 3

Explain why Jimmy Carter began his presidency with such great popularity and why, by the end of his term, he was widely unpopular. To what degree was the loss of popularity his fault and to what degree was it the result of forces beyond his control?

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Question 4

What do you think lay at the root of the Watergate scandal? Who was responsible? Explain why it ballooned into a national crisis.

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Question 5

Was defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) a major setback for feminism? Why or why not?

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Question 6

Why did Roe v. Wade become the most controversial of all the Supreme Court decisions of the 1970s? How did the controversy over abortion compare to other rights debates of the time, such as those over affirmative action and criminal suspects' rights?

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Question 7

Offer your considered judgment of Richard Nixon as president, taking into account his personal qualities, domestic program, and foreign policies. If he had not harbored such bitter personal resentments, could he have come a great president? Why or why not?

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Question 8

The most humiliating failure during the Iran hostage crisis came when

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President Carter's attempted mission to rescue the hostages, known as Operation Eagle Claw, ended in disaster when a helicopter crashed in the Iranian desert. This failure was a major blow to American prestige and contributed to Carter's loss in the 1980 presidential election.

Question 9

The Constitution says that the president "shall be removed from office for, and on conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." Do you think that the accusations against President Nixon were impeachable crimes? Why or why not?

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Question 10

How did the Vietnam War end? Why did it end this way? In what way had the United States "in the technical sense ... not lost the war" but "lost more than a war"?

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Question 11

During hearings in 1974, the House Judiciary Committee adopted impeachment articles charging President Nixon with

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Question 12

To what extent were the social and economic problems of the 1970s a result of failed American policies and actions of the 1960s? Which of the transformations that affected America in the 1970s would likely have happened under any circumstances?

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Question 13

Was Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon justified? Why or why not? Did President Ford's pardon of Nixon cost Ford his opportunity to be elected in the presidential election of 1976 against Jimmy Carter?

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Question 14

Why was the feminist movement the most enduring and successful social movement of the 1970s?

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Question 15

President Carter's malaise speech was notable for

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Question 16

Do you think that President Carter overreacted to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? Why or why not? In what way did that event mark a critical turning point in American foreign policy?

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Question 17

Why did President Carter's 1979 retreat to Camp David and his subsequent malaise speech cause such hostile public reaction?

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Question 18

What were the causes and consequences of the Iranian hostage crisis? How did President Carter attempt to respond to the Iranian hostage crisis? What were the results of President Carter's responses? Describe and evaluate the American public's mood as the Iranian hostage crisis continued without a resolution up until the election of 1980.

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Question 19

Which of the following was the most important in creating the mood of public disillusionment in the 1970s: Watergate, the loss of Vietnam, or economic woes? Cite specific examples to support your point of view.

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Question 20

Why was affirmative action such a racial hot button in the 1970s?

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Quiz 17: Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980