Chapter 27 Self-Quiz 1

. All of the following are true of American corporations during the 1970's EXCEPT

they kept their corporate headquarters in the United States but transferred much of their production of goods abroad.

were partially responsible for the weak American economy in the 1970s.

developed because the government invested heavily in defense industries at the expense of the private sector.

did not put much money into research and development.

. All of the following caused a boom in the American "Sunbelt" during the 1970s except

oil and natural gas reserves.

high-technology industries.

expansion of traditional steel and auto industries.

military spending.

. All of the following refer to foreign policy changes in the Nixon administration except:

The United States would continue to support "free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures."

Tensions eased between the United States and the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.

American forces began gradually withdrawing from South Vietnam.

The United States would still provide a nuclear umbrella for its friends and allies.

. President Nixon's "Vietnamization" plan included

secretly bombing neutral Cambodia in 1969.

sending South Vietnamese but not American troops into Cambodia to disrupt enemy bases there.

refusing to contact the leaders of North Vietnam and insisting that talks should take place only between North and South Vietnamese envoys.

withdrawing U.S. ground forces into strongly fortified bases along the coast of South Vietnam and ceasing further offensive operations.

. In order to bolster the U.S. economy, the Nixon Administration enacted

deregulation and laissez-faire economics

the abolishment of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

abolishment of the Environmental Protection Agency

government controlled wage and price freezes to slow the growth of inflation.

. The Supreme Court in Regents of the University of California v. Allan Bakke ruled that

universities could set their own criteria for admission of students.

a white applicant who had higher grades and test scores than some minority applicants accepted by the institution must be also admitted.

universities could not use race as a criterion for admitting students.

institutions could not seek diversity in hiring or enrollments.

. School "busing" in Boston in 1974 — 1975

was vigorously opposed by many whites

proceeded without many problems

had the support of the Nixon Administration

Relied on private busing firms

. In the 1968 election and during the Nixon administration, the expression "silent majority" was used in referring to

those who secretly wished for withdrawal from Vietnam.

those who were too apathetic to vote.

those whose hopes for the Great Society were being crushed by the war in Vietnam.

the average, hardworking, nonprotesting, white American.

. In 1972 the presidential election demonstrated that.

The war in Vietnam had faded as a serious campaign issue

the traditional Democratic coalition was breaking up

Richard Nixon was deeply unpopular

George McGovern was deeply unpopular

. President Nixon claimed "executive privilege" when he was ordered to

release previously impounded funds for public works projects.

remove Attorney General John Newton Mitchell from the Cabinet.

turn over tapes of conversations that he held in the Oval Office after the Watergate break-in.

explain the payment of "hush money" to Watergate conspirators.

. The "smoking gun" in the Nixon case was

the announcement that Republican senators would no longer defend Nixon in a trial of impeachment.

a tape recording which showed that the president had participated in the Watergate cover-up but not necessarily the break-in.

the approval of three articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives.

Vice President Ford's recommendation that Nixon step down for Watergate-related matters.

. What was the public's reaction to Ford's pardon of Nixon?

Generally supportive.

Initially opposed but then accepting.

Skeptical and opposed.

None of the above.

. Jimmy Carter's greatest asset in the 1976 campaign was his

"outsider" status.

long experience as governor of Georgia.

name recognition.

charisma.

. President Carter achieved his greatest foreign policy success in

the breakthrough in disarmament negotiations with the Soviet Union.

halting Soviet aggression in Afghanistan.

persuading South Africa to begin modifying its policy of apartheid.

initiating a peace process in the Middle East.

. The photograph of a burned American helicopter destroyed while trying to free American hostages from Iran in April 1980 symbolized

weaknesses of the United States at the end of the 1970s.

the failure of President Carter's administration.

The limits of American power.

All of the above.

. The nation's economic decline in the 1970s was made worse by an energy crisis.

TRUE

FALSE

. The "Sunbelt" became the cutting edge of emerging technologies in the 1970s.

TRUE

FALSE

. President Nixon's ultimate foreign policy concern was keeping Communist China and the Soviet Union from forming some sort of alliance.

TRUE

FALSE

. A welfare reform plan supported by President Nixon and future Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan would have so increased social spending that it was overwhelmingly rejected by Congress.

TRUE

FALSE

. The affirmative vow of "gay power" first surfaced at a bar in New York's Greenwich Village in 1969.

TRUE

FALSE

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