American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 30: THE CRISIS OF AUTHORITY

True or False Quiz

1
The New Left movement drew strength from the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War mood of many Americans.
A)True
B)False
2
The counterculture movement and the "hippies" of the 1960s had virtually no effect on the overt behavior of broader society.
A)True
B)False
3
The avowed goal of the American Indian movement was to break down tribal allegiance and encourage Native Americans to assimilate into the mainstream of middle-class values.
A)True
B)False
4
A major result of the gay liberation movement was that homosexuals became more willing to make their sexual preference known publicly and unapologetically.
A)True
B)False
5
Betty Friedan's 1963 book The Feminine Mystique helped launch the women's liberation movement by showing that many college-educated women were frustrated by their limited opportunities.
A)True
B)False
6
The Equal Right Amendment (ERA) became part of the U.S. Constitution in 1972 when Georgia became the thirty-eighth state to ratify it.
A)True
B)False
7
The Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court used the "right to privacy" as the basis for ruling that states could not ban all abortions.
A)True
B)False
8
President Nixon's policy of "Vietnamization" involved an effort to get the South Vietnamese military to take an increasingly large portion of the burden of combat so that the United States could reduce its ground forces involved in the war.
A)True
B)False
9
The outpouring of patriotism that accompanied the invasion of Cambodia by U.S. troops in 1970 temporarily quieted the anti-Vietnam War protest movement.
A)True
B)False
10
The Department of Defense documents released in the so-called Pentagon Papers revealed that the U.S. government had been less than fully honest in reporting to the American people about the military progress of the war.
A)True
B)False
11
According to President Nixon, the "Christmas bombings" of 1972 forced the North Vietnamese to agree to a cease-fire.
A)True
B)False
12
Henry Kissinger convinced Richard Nixon to take a bipolar vision of the world in which the United States stood essentially alone against communism everywhere it surfaced.
A)True
B)False
13
Although President Nixon began the process of opening up U.S. contact with mainland China, he was not willing to allow the mainland government to replace Taiwan in the United Nations and on the Security Council.
A)True
B)False
14
The Nixon administration faced the problem of dealing with the inflationary pressures caused by an ever-increasing proportion of the American work force being employed in high-paid, skilled jobs in manufacturing.
A)True
B)False
15
Using the justification of protecting "national security," President Nixon fostered an attitude in the members of his administration that led to efforts to stifle dissent and undermine political opposition.
A)True
B)False
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