AMH2020 Ch. 26 Exam Study Guide.
Richard Nixon's New Federalism: - answersed that a system of block grants be
assigned to states to spend as they saw fit.
The Nixon Administration: - answered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an...
Richard Nixon's New Federalism: - answer✔c.proposed that a system of block grants be
assigned to states to spend as they saw fit.
The Nixon Administration: - answer✔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: - answer✔a.proposed to guarantee a minimum income for all
Americans.
Affirmative action was: - answer✔e.first pursued and then abandoned by the Nixon
administration.
Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court were intended to: - answer✔c.lead the
Court in a conservative direction.
Why did the fight over busing become so violent in Boston in the mid-1970s? - answer✔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? - answer✔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: - answer✔c.
fixed affirmative action quotas were unconstitutional.
Which of the following statements is NOT true of the impact of the sexual revolution? -
answer✔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: -
answer✔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? - answer✔b.Thousands of new civil rights movements encouraged
gays and lesbians to "come out."
Under the Nixon administration, the United States: - answer✔d.continued to undermine Third
World governments.
Which of the following best describes Nixon's foreign policy of "détente"? - answer✔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? - answer✔a.The
country had elected socialist Salvador Allende into office.
"Vietnamization" was: - answer✔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? - answer✔c.The
invasion destabilized the nation and ushered in a murderous regime.
What triggered the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia? - answer✔c.The invasion of U.S.
troops in 1970.
Which of the following statements correctly describes the outcome of the My Lai Massacre? -
answer✔d.One person was found guilty in this killing of 350 civilians, but was released in 1974.
In 1975, the Vietnam War ended: - answer✔a.as the only war lost by the United States.
When they were arrested, the burglars at the Watergate apartment complex were breaking
into: - answer✔c.the Democratic Party headquarters.
What did events surrounding the Watergate break-in and cover-up suggest about Richard
Nixon? - answer✔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: - answer✔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? - answer✔d.Watergate undermined public confidence in the merits of the
federal government.
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