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AMH2020 Chapter 26 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct Richard Nixon's New Federalism: - Answers sed that a system of block grants be assigned to states to spend as they saw fit. The Nixon Administration: - Answers ed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Hea...

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Richard Nixon's New Federalism: - Answers c.proposed that a system of block grants be assigned to
states to spend as they saw fit.

The Nixon Administration: - Answers a.created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the National Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB).

Nixon's Family Assistance Plan: - Answers a.proposed to guarantee a minimum income for all Americans.

Affirmative action was: - Answers e.first pursued and then abandoned by the Nixon administration.

Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court were intended to: - Answers c.lead the Court in a
conservative direction.

Why did the fight over busing become so violent in Boston in the mid-1970s? - Answers d.Boston's
tightly knit Irish-American community in South Boston fought integration violently.

What did the Supreme Court rulings San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez and Milliken
v. Bradley suggest? - Answers c.The Court was willing to abandon the idea overturning local control of
schools.

In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled that: - Answers c.fixed
affirmative action quotas were unconstitutional.

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the impact of the sexual revolution? - Answers d.
Divorce rates actually declined during the 1970s, but the number of American women who had never
been married went up.

All of the following are evidence that freedom for women expanded in the 1970s EXCEPT: - Answers e.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.

Why did the gay and lesbian movement become a major concern for members of the political right after
the late 1960s? - Answers b.Thousands of new civil rights movements encouraged gays and lesbians to
"come out."

Under the Nixon administration, the United States: - Answers d.continued to undermine Third World
governments.

Which of the following best describes Nixon's foreign policy of "détente"? - Answers c.As demonstrated
by diplomatic visits to both China and the Soviet Union, Nixon sought a peaceful coexistence with
communist nations.

Why did the CIA seek to destabilize the government of Chile after 1970? - Answers a.The country had
elected socialist Salvador Allende into office.

, "Vietnamization" was: - Answers c.Nixon's Vietnam strategy to have American troops gradually
withdraw and South Vietnamese troops assume more of the fighting.

What were the results of the U.S. invasion of neutral Cambodia in 1970? - Answers c.The invasion
destabilized the nation and ushered in a murderous regime.

What triggered the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia? - Answers c.The invasion of U.S. troops in
1970.

Which of the following statements correctly describes the outcome of the My Lai Massacre? - Answers
d.One person was found guilty in this killing of 350 civilians, but was released in 1974.

In 1975, the Vietnam War ended: - Answers a.as the only war lost by the United States.

When they were arrested, the burglars at the Watergate apartment complex were breaking into: -
Answers c.the Democratic Party headquarters.

What did events surrounding the Watergate break-in and cover-up suggest about Richard Nixon? -
Answers b.He was willing to condone illegal activity if it would silence his political enemies.

The Church Committee revealed that since the beginning of the Cold War: - Answers a.the CIA and FBI
had engaged in abusive actions.

Why had it been premature for liberals to celebrate the downfall of their political adversary Richard
Nixon? - Answers d.Watergate undermined public confidence in the merits of the federal government.

What led to the congressional discovery that the FBI had spied on millions of Americans in the 1960s? -
Answers e.The Church Committee investigations.

The economic condition known as stagflation was caused by: - Answers d.stagnant economic growth and
high inflation.

Which of the following comparisons of wage trends for 1953 to 1973 and 1973 to 1993 is accurate? -
Answers d.Wages increased significantly in the first period but stagnated in the second.

Domestically, President Gerald Ford: - Answers e.failed to revive the economy.

In 1976, Jimmy Carter won the presidential race in part because he: - Answers a.promised never to lie to
Americans.

The Three Mile Island nuclear plant: - Answers c.brought a halt to the nuclear energy industry's
expansion.

President Carter's foreign policy emphasized: - Answers e.human rights as a diplomatic priority.

Why did President Carter cut off aid to Argentina in 1978? - Answers d.A brutal military dictatorship had
emerged there, waging a dirty war against its own citizens.

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