Deck 30: Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Question 1

The hippie movement ultimately:

A)disappeared once the draft was ended.
B)won over much of middle America to its perspective.
C)was limited to San Francisco.
D)began to wane as the counterculture had become counterproductive.
E)got involved in civil rights activism and the war on poverty.

Answer 1

began to wane as the counterculture had become counterproductive.

Question 2

The New Left came together in opposition to Richard Nixon's policies.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The youths of the counterculture:

A)came primarily from poor or working-class families.
B)congregated in the Watts district of Los Angeles.
C)originated when Tom Hayden formed Students for a Democratic Society in 1960.
D)believed that electoral politics would solve society's problems.
E)preferred urban surroundings to a rural life in contact with nature.

Answer 3

originated when Tom Hayden formed Students for a Democratic Society in 1960.

Question 4

Nixon and his White House aides tried to cover up the Watergate break-in.

Question 5

President Nixon strongly supported court efforts to complete school desegregation.

Question 6

Within days of the U.S.withdrawal,the cease-fire in Vietnam collapsed.

Question 7

In 1960,unemployment among Native Americans was ten times the national average,their life expectancy was twenty years lower,and their suicide rate was 100 times greater.

Question 8

During his presidency,Gerald Ford achieved a record for:

A)tax increases.
B)Supreme Court appointments.
C)press conferences.
D)vetoes.
E)military interventions.

Question 9

Dennis Banks became the first Hispanic mayor of a major city when he was elected in Los Angeles.

Question 10

James Earl (Jimmy)Carter Jr.represented:

A)the new liberal wing of the Democratic party.
B)the new moderate wing of the Democratic party.
C)the new moderate wing of the Republican party.
D)the new liberal wing of the Republican party.
E)Alabama as its senator.

Question 11

In 1964,students at the University of California at Berkeley:

A)protested for freedom of political expression.
B)demanded the university's racial integration.
C)launched a strike that shut it down for a semester.
D)founded the counterculture.
E)had a bloody confrontation with the National Guard.

Question 12

In 1968,students managed to shut down Columbia University.

Question 13

George S.McGovern was an anti-war senator from South Dakota.

Question 14

At the Altamont concert in 1969:

A)the Hells Angels killed a man in front of the stage.
B)the Beatles gave their last performance.
C)the violence of the hippies was fully displayed.
D)a huge crowd enjoyed three days of "peace and music."
E)the Rolling Stones recorded live their most classic psychedelic album.

Question 15

Hispanic was originally a term for any immigrant in Chicago.

Question 16

By 1960-1961,a number of students had become inspired to become social reform activists by:

A)the fear of getting drafted and sent to Vietnam.
B)the example of the civil rights movement.
C)the boredom and restrictions of campus life.
D)musicians and protest singers with political agendas.
E)the need to rebel against their conservative parents.

Question 17

President Ford vetoed more bills than any previous president.

Question 18

Nixon's Watergate-related resignation came with the revelation that he had:

A)burned his tapes of White House conversations.
B)lied to the Senate's Ervin committee.
C)authorized the use of dirty tricks against Democratic campaigns.
D)ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in.
E)ordered the IRS to harass his political enemies.

Question 19

What percentage of military inductees were college students during the Vietnam War?

A)2
B)10
C)25
D)40
E)50

Question 20

Gerald Ford suffered terrible political damage when he:

A)continued Nixon's economic policies.
B)vetoed the War Powers Act.
C)pardoned Nixon.
D)sent Americans back into Vietnam.
E)failed to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Question 21

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique:

A)celebrated the cult of female domesticity.
B)explained the unhappiness of so many middle-class women.
C)told women how to better please their husbands.
D)painted an ideal portrait of suburban living.
E)argued that women should be paid high wages for housework.

Question 22

Nixon's policy of "Vietnamization" involved:

A)increasing the number of young men being drafted.
B)launching a U.S.invasion of North Vietnam.
C)establishing diplomatic and trade relations with North Vietnam.
D)gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam.
E)working toward the reunification of North and South Vietnam.

Question 23

In the early 1970s,angry protests began to erupt in cities outside the South over:

A)integration of swimming pools and public parks.
B)interracial dating.
C)racial profiling by police.
D)busing.
E)rising rates of crime in the inner cities.

Question 24

In its earliest years,the gay rights movement especially emphasized:

A)the importance of gays "coming out."
B)the need for more funding for AIDS research.
C)the passage of hate-crimes legislation.
D)the push to legalize gay marriage.
E)getting recognition of gay contributions to American history.

Question 25

Native American activists ultimately discovered that their most effective tactic for bringing about change was:

A)voting.
B)occupying places like Alcatraz and Wounded Knee.
C)taking legal action to force the government to adhere to old treaties.
D)opening casinos on their reservations.
E)imitating the civil rights movement in organizing massive protest marches.

Question 26

By 2015,Hispanics:

A)still rarely voted.
B)had become the country's largest minority.
C)had attained equality with whites in average income levels.
D)launched their own political party.
E)no longer desired to speak Spanish.

Question 27

Shocking events at Kent State University involved:

A)a fight between anti-war students and construction workers.
B)the killing of four students by the National Guard.
C)violence when police broke up a student strike.
D)several deaths when students exploded a bomb in the ROTC building.
E)student attacks on conservative,pro-war professors.

Question 28

Use of the term Hispanic indicated:

A)an increasing opposition of Latin Americans to the Vietnam War.
B)Mexican American opposition to illegal immigration.
C)efforts of Latin Americans to make Spanish the national language.
D)growing political assertiveness among Mexican Americans.
E)the New Left's major influence upon young Mexicans.

Question 29

Economists coined the term stagflation in the early 1970s to describe:

A)simultaneously a stagnant economy with inflationary prices.
B)continuing declines in stock prices.
C)high oil prices along with declining profits for the petroleum industry.
D)the return of economic conditions similar to the Depression.
E)continuing economic growth along with a growing budgetary deficit.

Question 30

One major impetus behind the rise of a Native American rights movement was the:

A)effective work of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
B)interest of many Americans in Indian history.
C)realization of Indians that their votes could swing elections in several states.
D)fact that Indians were still not recognized as citizens.
E)terrible levels of poverty that persisted in the Indian population.

Question 31

The feminist movement suffered a setback with the:

A)National Organization for Women's inability to agree on a political agenda.
B)Supreme Court's refusal to recognize abortion rights.
C)decreasing number of jobs for women.
D)failure of the states to ratify the equal-rights amendment.
E)refusal of Ivy League universities to admit women.

Question 32

In April 1970,Nixon extended the war when he sent troops into:

A)Laos.
B)China.
C)Cambodia.
D)Thailand.
E)North Vietnam.

Question 33

By the end of 1970,the unemployment rate in the United States:

A)was almost zero.
B)stayed stagnant.
C)nearly tripled.
D)equaled that of Canada.
E)nearly doubled.

Question 34

The Pentagon Papers:

A)revealed shocking waste in military spending.
B)were successively suppressed from publication by the government.
C)put President Johnson's war policy in a more favorable light.
D)were the actual diary entries of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara.
E)revealed that the Johnson administration had deceived the public in regard to war policy.

Question 35

The "silent majority":

A)quietly approved of the social and cultural changes of the 1960s.
B)was anti-Vietnam War,though not involved in open protest.
C)was growing weaker by the early 1970s.
D)were not fans of TV's Archie Bunker.
E)supported politicians like Richard Nixon.

Question 36

In regard to Vietnam policy,Nixon:

A)insisted that he would pursue "peace with honor."
B)was indifferent to an eventual Communist takeover.
C)was determined to end American involvement quickly.
D)still believed that the war could be won.
E)refused to sit and negotiate with the enemy.

Question 37

The figure who most influenced Nixon's foreign policy was:

A)General Alexander Haig.
B)Robert McNamara.
C)Henry Kissinger.
D)William Rogers.
E)Bob Haldeman.

Question 38

Nixon's "southern strategy" involved winning southern support by:

A)capitalizing on their skepticism of federal social welfare programs.
B)stepping up the military effort in Vietnam.
C)expressing sympathy toward fundamentalist Christians.
D)making southerners dominant in his cabinet.
E)increasing federal support of the South's economy.

Question 39

To punish the United States for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War,the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries:

A)expelled the United States from membership.
B)flooded the American market with cheap petroleum to drive American oil producers out of business.
C)threatened to cut off oil shipments to the United States.
D)nationalized American oil companies in their countries.
E)announced it would deal exclusively with the Soviet Union.

Question 40

The labor shortages during the Second World War had led defense industries to:

A)offer employment to Mexicans only.
B)demand removal of Hispanics from higher-paying jobs.
C)recall Hispanic soldiers so they could work in the factories.
D)decrease the wages for all minorities.
E)offer Hispanics their first significant access to skilled-labor jobs.

Question 41

Essential to breaking the Watergate case was the testimony before the Ervin committee of the White House legal counsel:

A)Spiro Agnew.
B)John Ehrlichman.
C)Daniel Ellsberg.
D)James McCord.
E)John Dean.

Question 42

Describe the domestic policy of the Nixon administration.

Question 43

Detail all aspects of the counterculture in the United States during the 1960s.

Question 44

Along with the black power movement,other marginalized groups asserted their causes in the 1960s.Detail both the "brown power" (Hispanic rights)and "red power" (Native American rights)movements.

Question 45

Describe the gains made by women and ethnic minorities in the 1960s and early 1970s.In each case,what accounted for the gains?

Question 46

Nixon's new relationship with China was made possible by:

A)the discovery of China's vast oil deposits.
B)China's growing fear of the Soviet Union.
C)Nixon's landslide reelection in 1972.
D)the American public's more favorable attitude toward communism.
E)the removal of Vietnam as a source of division between the United States and China.

Question 47

On October 26,1972,only a week before the U.S.presidential election,Kissinger announced:

A)Nixon's resignation.
B)a peace agreement for the Middle East.
C)a new military campaign against China.
D)his resignation.
E)"Peace is at hand."

Question 48

The major motivation behind the Saturday Night Massacre was Nixon's desire to:

A)elevate his approval ratings.
B)expose the corruption of the Democrats.
C)avoid handing over the key White House tapes.
D)publicly humiliate special prosecutor Archibald Cox.
E)appoint a loyal attorney general.

Question 49

What economic problems did President Ford inherit? How did he try to solve these problems,and how successful was he?

Question 50

Trace how the Watergate crisis brought an end to the Nixon presidency.

Question 51

The burglars arrested at the Watergate apartment complex:

A)were trying to obtain Republican campaign files.
B)were spying for the Soviet Union.
C)were common thieves hoping to steal valued items.
D)had connections to the Nixon reelection campaign.
E)had been sent there by the FBI.

Question 52

Discuss President Nixon's reasons for believing that a new multipolar world order was emerging to replace the conventional cold war.What actions did he take to shift his foreign policy in that direction?

Question 53

The Nixon Doctrine implied a foreign policy that was shaped more by:

A)a need to be selective in its commitments abroad.
B)realism and American interests.
C)the effort to reshape the world in our own image.
D)the needs of the domestic economy.
E)the desires of our allies.

Question 54

The Vietnam settlement signed on January 27,1973:

A)ensured the survival of South Vietnam.
B)brought lasting peace to Vietnam.
C)was followed by massive bombings of North Vietnam a few months later.
D)left 150,000 Communist troops in South Vietnam.
E)got Nixon reelected.

Question 55

Senator George McGovern of South Dakota:

A)was the Democratic nominee for president in 1972.
B)resigned from the Senate.
C)ran for governor in South Dakota.
D)was Nixon's secretary of defense.
E)led U.S.troops in Vietnam.

Question 56

Discuss the various aspects of President Nixon's Vietnam policy.How was Nixon's policy different from those of his predecessors?

Question 57

Discuss the election of 1972 and its implication for the future.

Question 58

As the 1972 election approached,the biggest threat to Nixon's reelection seemed to be:

A)George Wallace's potential to drain away conservative votes from the Republicans.
B)the massive popularity of Democratic nominee George McGovern.
C)public disapproval of Nixon's efforts to ease tensions with the Chinese and the Russians.
D)revelations concerning the Watergate break-in.
E)the continuing appeal of 1960s-style social liberalism.

Question 59

Detail the New Left movement in America during the 1960s.Who were the participants,and what issues were at the core of their organization?

Question 60

Nixon's trip to the Soviet Union resulted in:

A)the end of the cold war.
B)some limits on future missile construction.
C)Soviet withdrawal from Eastern Europe.
D)intensification of the nuclear arms race.
E)the end of the new relationship with China.

Question 61

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
Tom Hayden

A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded the National Organization for Women
D)founded Students for a Democratic Society and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)gave testimony before the Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)resigned as vice president in 1973
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)prime minister of China during Nixon's visit

Question 62

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
John Dean

A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded the National Organization for Women
D)founded Students for a Democratic Society and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)gave testimony before the Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)resigned as vice president in 1973
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)prime minister of China during Nixon's visit

Question 63

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
Zhou Enlai

A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded the National Organization for Women
D)founded Students for a Democratic Society and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)gave testimony before the Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)resigned as vice president in 1973
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)prime minister of China during Nixon's visit

Question 64

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
Gerald Ford

A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded the National Organization for Women
D)founded Students for a Democratic Society and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)gave testimony before the Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)resigned as vice president in 1973
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)prime minister of China during Nixon's visit

Question 65

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
Henry Kissinger

A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded the National Organization for Women
D)founded Students for a Democratic Society and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)gave testimony before the Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)resigned as vice president in 1973
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)prime minister of China during Nixon's visit

Question 66

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
Leon Jaworski

A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded the National Organization for Women
D)founded Students for a Democratic Society and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)gave testimony before the Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)resigned as vice president in 1973
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)prime minister of China during Nixon's visit

Question 67

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
Daniel Ellsberg

A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded the National Organization for Women
D)founded Students for a Democratic Society and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)gave testimony before the Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)resigned as vice president in 1973
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)prime minister of China during Nixon's visit

Question 68

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
Betty Friedan

A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded the National Organization for Women
D)founded Students for a Democratic Society and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)gave testimony before the Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)resigned as vice president in 1973
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)prime minister of China during Nixon's visit

Question 69

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
Spiro Agnew

A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded the National Organization for Women
D)founded Students for a Democratic Society and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)gave testimony before the Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)resigned as vice president in 1973
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)prime minister of China during Nixon's visit

Question 70

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the descriptions below.
George Wallace

A)was shot and left paralyzed in 1972
B)was secretary of state in 1975
C)founded the National Organization for Women
D)founded Students for a Democratic Society and wrote the Port Huron Statement
E)replaced Archibald Cox as special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation
F)gave testimony before the Senate committee that linked Nixon directly to the Watergate cover-up
G)leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
H)resigned as vice president in 1973
I)lost the presidential election of 1976
J)prime minister of China during Nixon's visit