The American Yawp Chapter 28 – The Unraveling Quiz

The American Yawp Chapter 28 – The Unraveling Quiz 1. How did the United States respond to the independence movement in Vietnam? a. Encouraged independence with the aid of military advisers b. Sent troops to support Vietnamese independence c. Opposed Vietnamese independence and supported French attempts to retain its colonial control d. Avoided the issue because of the spread of isolationism 2. All of the following are true about the Golf of Tonkin incident and the ensuring resolution EXCEPT a. Served as justification for the assassination of the Ngo Diem b. Resulted from a minor naval conflict c. The Johnson administration distorted the incident to provide a pretext for escalating American involvement in Vietnam d. The resolution authorized the president to send bombs and troops into Vietnam 3. What happened at My Lai? a. The Vietnam launched the Tet Offensive b. U.S. troops massacred hundreds of civilians c. An American ship was fired upon, leading to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution d. An American journalist was killed increasing opposition to the war 4. What was the intention of the War Powers Resolution? a. Reform the slective services process to prevent draft dodging b. Reduce the president’s ability to wage war without congressional consent c. Fund military expenditures through raising taxes as a means of preventing deficit spending d. Creating regulation to monitor the Military Industrial Complex, heeding the warnings of President Eisenhower 5. Roe v. Wade, the court case that legalized abortion hinged on what legal idea? a. Community good b. Sexual liberation c. Feminist equality d. Right of privacy 6. The Stonewall incident that catalyzed the gau rights movement occurred when _____ a. A prominent gay politician was murdered in San Francisco b. A gay teenager was tortured and murdered in the Midwest c. Bar patrons in New York City protested a police raid d. Media leaders began to focus on the experience of gay and lesbian Americans 7. Who was the leader of the movement to stop the Equal Rights Amendment? a. Phylis Schlafly b. Jerry Fallwell c. Betty Friedan d. Richard Nixon 8. The Kerner Commission explained urban riots as the result of which of the following a. Poor parenting by African Americans b. The provocation of racist urban police departments c. Black frustration with the hopelessness of urban poverty d. Anger over the failures of the Civil Rights Movement 9. How did the American liberals change their views of poverty during the 1960s? a. More and more saw poverty from the failure of individuals to take full advantage of the American system b. Economists demonstrated how structural flaws in the national economy limited opportunities in the private sector c. Johnson’s Great Society and its imitators cut government-sponsored job training d. The War on Poverty created over a million new jobs under the oversight of the federal government 10. All of the following led to the economic development of the Sun Belt EXCEPT a. Cheap, nonunionized labor, low wages, and lax regulations stole northern away from the Rust Belt b. A resurgence in southern agriculture c. Massive federal subsidies, including military spending created new jobs d. The development of modern air conditioning made the climate more tolerable 11. What was the “Nixon Doctrine?” a. The use of militarized police forces to end urban riots b. A renewed commitment to send American forces to military conflicts c. A military policy of detente d. Commitment to the domino theory 12. What initially sparked the 1973 energy crisis? a. OPEC’s embargo of oil exports to the United States in retaliation for American intervention in the Middle East b. Price manipulation by American oil companies c. Environmental legislation that eliminated old coal-fired power plants d. Public panic over the Watergate scandal 13. What was the primary political issue that Carter used in his presidental campaign? a. The reduction of regulation in hopes of kick-starting the economy b. Continuing the progress of the Civil Rights Movement c. Solving the problems of American poverty with a major new federal program d. Carter’s campaign focused less on issues than on his background as a hardworking, honest, Southern Baptist southerner 14. Which of the following resulted from American commitments to free trade? a. Rising prices on international goods b. Increased diplomatic conflict with other wealthy nations c. Increased dominance of American exports d. The relocation of American manufacturing overseas 15. What was the primary guiding principle of Carte’s foreign policy during his early office? a. Realpolitik b. Human rights c. Domino Theory d. Isolationism