Question 1

Which of the following is true about Henry Kissinger?
A) He believed that human nature was basically good and that people would do the right thing if left alone.
B) He believed in Realpolitik .
C) He came to his foreign-policy post in Washington with little knowledge of international relations.
D) He served as the president's national security adviser but failed to become secretary of state because he lacked the willingness to act ruthlessly when opponents placed obstacles in his path.

Accepted Answer

Henry Kissinger was known for his Realpolitik approach in foreign policy, which emphasizes the importance of power and self-interest in international relations. He was also a national security adviser and later became the secretary of state under President Nixon and Ford. Thus, options A, C, and D are incorrect.

Question 2

Which of the following did Richard Nixon not do early in his presidency?
A) reduce the regulatory powers of the federal government.
B) institute wage and price controls.
C) inaugurate affirmative action policies.
D) approve the vote for 18 year olds.
E) begin the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam.

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon did not reduce the regulatory powers of the federal government early in his presidency. In fact, he expanded them through initiatives like the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Question 3

What was the cause of the 1973-1974 oil embargo?
A) The United States was providing Israel with military equipment to repel the attack by Syria and Egypt.
B) Western Europe refused to agree to new OPEC price increases.
C) The Palestine Liberation Organization attempted to establish an independent Arab-Palestinian nation.
D) Egypt abandoned its alliance with Moscow and forge an alliance with Washington.
E) The United States refused to withdraw missiles from Turkey in exchange for Soviet withdrawal of missiles from Cuba

Accepted Answer

The oil embargo was in retaliation for the United States providing military equipment to Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which was fought against Syria and Egypt.

Question 4

Which of the following did not occur during the Nixon presidency?
A) Congress established the Environmental Protection Agency.
B) Environmentalists sponsored the first Earth Day.
C) The government initiated the Interstate Highway System.
D) Nixon proposed the Family Assistance Program.
E) Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Accepted Answer

The establishment of the Interstate Highway System occurred during the Eisenhower presidency in the 1950s, before Nixon's presidency in the 1970s.

Question 5

Richard Nixon's foreign-policy accomplishments included all of the following except
A) beginning negotiations to end the war in Vietnam.
B) checking Soviet expansionism.
C) limiting the nuclear-arms race.
D) overthrowing the communist government of Red China.
E) détente.

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon's foreign-policy accomplishments included beginning negotiations to end the war in Vietnam, checking Soviet expansionism, limiting the nuclear-arms race, and achieving détente with the Soviet Union. However, Nixon did not overthrow the communist government of Red China; in fact, he is known for his historic visit to China in 1972 and for opening up diplomatic relations with the Chinese government.

Question 6

If you were in San Francisco in 1966, what would you have found if you went to Haight Street?
A) The army recruiting office.
B) The headquarters of the Democratic National Committee.
C) Macrobiotic food, LSD, and psychedelic music.
D) The headquarters of Young Americans for Freedom.
E) Students for a Democratic Society's main branch.

Accepted Answer

Haight Street was the epicenter of the counterculture movement in San Francisco during the 1960s. It was known for its hippie culture, which included the use of LSD, psychedelic music, and alternative foods like macrobiotic diets. Options A, B, D, and E are not related to the counterculture movement or the culture of Haight Street during this time period.

Question 7

What percentage of the American population was under the age of 30 in the 1960s?
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 30%
D) 40%
E) 50%

Accepted Answer

In the 1960s, approximately 50% of the American population was under the age of 30, reflecting the post-World War II baby boom.

Question 8

In Roe v. Wade , the Supreme Court ruled that
A) busing should be used to desegregate schools.
B) racial quotas are only applicable under limited circumstances.
C) school-sponsored prayer is unconstitutional.
D) states could not restrict women's constitutional right to abortion in the first trimester of a pregnancy.
E) the death penalty was unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that states could not restrict women's constitutional right to abortion in the first trimester of a pregnancy. This decision has been controversial and continues to be a subject of debate and political discourse.

Question 9

Which of the following did not contribute to the "sexual revolution" during the 1960s?
A) The elimination of all state laws infringing on a woman's right to an abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy.
B) The waning fear of unwanted pregnancy because of the availability of contraceptives, particularly the Pill.
C) Greater permissiveness and openness about sexual activity.
D) The counterculture's "do your own thing" attitude.
E) New attitudes toward cohabitation and open marriage.

Accepted Answer

The elimination of state laws infringing on a woman's right to an abortion occurred during the 1970s, not the 1960s, and therefore did not contribute to the "sexual revolution" during that decade.

Question 10

Which music festival came to symbolize the 1960s counterculture?
A) Haight-Ashbury
B) Greenwich
C) Woodstock
D) Castle Rock
E) Carnegie Hall

Accepted Answer

Woodstock was a music festival held in Bethel, New York in August 1969 that came to symbolize the counterculture movement of the 1960s. It attracted hundreds of thousands of young people who were drawn to the music, free-spirited atmosphere, and anti-war sentiment. The festival was a defining moment in American cultural history and is now widely regarded as a defining symbol of the era.

Question 11

What did the experiences of late 1960s communes demonstrate?
A) Attempting to go against the Establishment led communal residents to drugs, venereal disease, and crime.
B) Most Americans would have accepted the communal ethic if the news media had portrayed it favorably.
C) Countercultures in the United States never can succeed or gain much following because of the power of the American ideology of family and sharing.
D) Groups that try to live a life of sharing closer to nature on rural communes will inevitably turn an urban neighborhood into an overcrowded, over-commercialized slum.
E) Some people sought to escape the urban-corporate world and live more naturally, but most communes were short-lived.

Accepted Answer

The experiences of late 1960s communes demonstrated that some people sought to escape the urban-corporate world and live more naturally, but most communes were short-lived. Many of these communes were established in rural areas, but even these tended to be short-lived due to factors such as internal disagreements, financial strain, and the difficulty of living off the land. While some communes did have issues with drugs and other negative elements, this was not necessarily true of all communes and cannot be applied universally. Likewise, the notion that communes would have been more widely accepted if the media had portrayed them differently is largely speculative. The idea that countercultures can never succeed or gain much following is also demonstrably false, given the many different subcultures and movements that have emerged throughout American history. The idea that communes would turn an urban neighborhood into a slum is likewise not applicable, as most communes were not established in urban areas.

Question 12

Which of the following statements accurately describes the "Yippies"?
A) They were second highest grossing band from Great Britain in the 1960s.
B) They were a group of hippies who lived in a commune in New Mexico that practiced free love.
C) They part of the counterculture movement that wished to disrupt the Democratic Convention in Chicago.
D) They were a group of Nixon supporters who attempted to infiltrate the anti-war protest movement.
E) They were the remnants of a once proud Native American tribe that called for their independence from the United States.

Accepted Answer

The Yippies were a youth-oriented countercultural group in the United States who were active in the 1960s and sought to undermine what they saw as the oppressive systems of government and authority through the use of humor, pranks, and street theater. They were particularly known for their efforts to disrupt the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Question 13

Which of the following statements correctly summarizes Richard Nixon's foreign policy toward the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China?
A) He opened up new initiatives with the Soviet Union in an effort to isolate the People's Republic, capitalizing on the Sino-Soviet split.
B) He listened to his hard-line anticommunist advisers and initiated a new and more hostile era of the Cold War against both powers.
C) He capitalized on their widening split by playing one power off against the other.
D) He attempted to improve relations with each country by offering to pull out of Vietnam.
E) He had ICBM missile bases built around the globe, within striking range of both t he Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon's foreign policy was based on the idea of triangular diplomacy, where he attempted to improve relations with both the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China by playing one off against the other. He used the widening split between the countries to his advantage and sought closer ties with China as a way to pressure the Soviet Union.

Question 14

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique was ground-breaking because the book
A) argued that women were superior to men.
B) claimed that women should have more opportunities than only being a housewife.
C) asserted that women should be able express their sexuality freely and openly.
D) proposed that marriage as a legal institution be abolished.
E) challenged the Supreme Court's ruling that the birth control pill should only be made available to married women.

Accepted Answer

The Feminine Mystique argued that women should have more opportunities than just being a housewife, challenging the widely held belief that a woman's sole purpose in life was to be a wife and mother. This book sparked the second wave of feminism and is credited with changing public perception of women's role in society.

Question 15

From 1966 to 1968, students on campuses across America
A) transformed campus protests for curricular reform, less restrictive rules and freedom of speech into mass social movements.
B) shifted from protest to resistance.
C) demonstrated against the war and racism.
D) inspired protests among students in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico and South Korea.
E) All of these choices.

Accepted Answer

From 1966 to 1968, students on campuses across America transformed campus protests for curricular reform, less restrictive rules and freedom of speech into mass social movements. They shifted from protest to resistance and demonstrated against the war and racism. Their actions also inspired protests among students in France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and South Korea. Therefore, all of these choices are correct.

Question 16

Which of the following was not one of the approaches President Nixon took in an attempt to solve the nation's economic problems?
A) He expanded deficit spending.
B) He tried to reduce government expenditures.
C) He increased interest rates.
D) He imposed wage-and-price controls.
E) He implemented a huge corporate tax cut.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following was not one...

Question 17

Which of the following issues was not on the agenda of the National Organization for Women in the late 1960s and early 1970s?
A) Women should have equal employment opportunities.
B) Child care needed to be regulated and more readily available.
C) Abortion rights should be legalized.
D) Government programs should make it easier for women to remain at home with their children.
E) All of these were part of NOW's agenda.

Accepted Answer

Government programs making it easier for women to remain at home with their children was not part of NOW's agenda. NOW aimed to combat gender discrimination in employment, promote reproductive rights, and advocate for affordable and accessible childcare.

Question 18

What did the SALT I agreement do?
A) It arranged for the Soviet Union's purchase of at least $750 million in American grain over a three-year period.
B) It brought about the end of the OPEC oil embargo.
C) It called for a phased withdrawal of American missiles and troops in Europe, in exchange for a comparable Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.
D) It banned all chemical and biological weapons.
E) It froze each side's offensive nuclear missiles for five years.

Accepted Answer

The SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) agreement, signed in 1972, froze each side's offensive nuclear missiles for five years. This was the first significant agreement between the United States and Soviet Union to limit their nuclear arms race, and it helped to ease tensions between the two superpowers.

Question 19

John Mitchell, E. Howard Hunt, and G. Gordon Liddy arranged the break-in at the Watergate complex in order to
A) find information about Daniel Ellsberg that would discredit him in the eyes of the peace movement.
B) destroy the Democratic National Committee's files of potential campaign contributors.
C) wiretap the telephone of the Democratic National Committee.
D) play a harmless prank on their political rivals.
E) retrieve evidence that Spiro Agnew had had an affair with an intern.

Accepted Answer

John Mitchell, E. Howard Hunt, and G. Gordon Liddy arranged the break-in at the Watergate complex in order to wiretap the telephone of the Democratic National Committee.

Question 20

Which of the following events did not occur in 1968?
A) The nomination of an antiwar Democratic candidate for president
B) The assassination of a prominent civil-rights leader
C) Violence at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
D) A political comeback by a Republican politician
E) The assassination of a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which of the following events did not...

Quiz 29: A Time of Upheaval

Which of the following is true about Henry Kissinger?

Which of the following did Richard Nixon not do early in his presidency?

What was the cause of the 1973-1974 oil embargo?

Which of the following did not occur during the Nixon presidency?

Richard Nixon's foreign-policy accomplishments included all of the following except

If you were in San Francisco in 1966, what would you have found if you went to Haight Street?

What percentage of the American population was under the age of 30 in the 1960s?

In Roe v. Wade , the Supreme Court ruled that

Which of the following did not contribute to the "sexual revolution" during the 1960s?

Which music festival came to symbolize the 1960s counterculture?

What did the experiences of late 1960s communes demonstrate?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the "Yippies"?

Which of the following statements correctly summarizes Richard Nixon's foreign policy toward the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China?

Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique was ground-breaking because the book

From 1966 to 1968, students on campuses across America

Which of the following was not one of the approaches President Nixon took in an attempt to solve the nation's economic problems?

Which of the following issues was not on the agenda of the National Organization for Women in the late 1960s and early 1970s?

What did the SALT I agreement do?

John Mitchell, E. Howard Hunt, and G. Gordon Liddy arranged the break-in at the Watergate complex in order to

Which of the following events did not occur in 1968?