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Peterson Test 1 Nik
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the term détente was first used to describe United States foreign policy ion whose term? | Richard M. Nixon 12 |
| what case approved the consideration of race as one factor in an affirmative action policy? | Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 15 |
| The ________ Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30 day withdrawal period. | War powers 16 |
| President Gerald Ford gave the following as his reason for pardoning former President Richard Nixon | he wanted to avoid the divisiveness that a trial would cause in the nation 18 |
| """[Our] decision about energy will test the character of the American people and the President and the Congress . This decision will be the 'moral equivalent of war'—except that we will unit our efforts to build."" The speaker of these words was" | Jimmy Carter 20 |
| The major goal of the deregulation of industry was | to decrease prices. 23 |
| Reagan Democrats were most likely to come from | Working-class white men 24 |
| " ""our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government."" This quotation is representative of the policies of which president" | Ronald Reagan 25 |
| President Ronald Reagan gained unexpected support in Congress for his economic program of spending cuts from | "conservative Southern Democrats. 26 " |
| Popular culture of the 1980s was not characterized by | decline in the influence of marketing. 29 |
| "The major issue that dogged President George H.W. Bush throughout his administration was " | the economy 31 |
| The increasingly urban nature of the United States was caused primarily by | rapid industrialization of the United States. 32 |
| "Those most likely to be living in poverty as defined by the federal government are " | children under the age of 18. 33 |
| Immigrants from _______were the first targets of specific immigration legislation? | China 34 |
| a _______ was part of the populist platform but never became a law over time | "national sales tax. 39 " |
| The theory of conspicuous consumption was developed and applied to the rich in American society by who? | Thorstein Veblen 43 |
| "The primary purpose of the Open Door Policy was " | to ensure equal access to the China trade for the United States. 46 |
| The primary reason for United States' interest in the Russo–Japanese War was | "concern over any interest Japan had in the Philippines. 51 " |
| "All of the following were muckrakers EXCEPT a. Ida Tarbell. b. Ray Stannard Baker. c. Upton Sinclair. d. William Dean Howells. e. Lincoln Steffens. " | "d. William Dean Howells. 52 " |
| "William Howard Taft's administration does not compare favorably with the programs of Theodore Roosevelt in _________ | tariff reduction. 56 |
| Reaction to British disregard of U.S. neutrality at the beginning of the war was muted primarily because | Wilson did not want the Germans to win 58 |
| the ______ did not influence the Great Migration | sharecropping system giveing way to large commercial farms in the South 63 |
| "All of the following were popular entertainers of the 1920s EXCEPT Al Jolson. Amelia Earhart. Duke Ellington. Charlie Chaplin. Bessie Smith. " | Amelia Earhart. 74 |
| the _______was NOT a direct consequence of the advent of the automobile age in the 1920s | Development of the assembly lin 77 |
| The primary reason that Prohibition did not succeed was because | many Americans did not believe in prohibition 79 " |
| John Maynard Keynes would agree with what statement | Cutting taxes, lowering interest rates, and increasing government spending will stimulate the economy. 83 |
| the National Recovery Administration did not | encouraged construction of new factories 85 |
| "The least likely to benefit from Social Security when it was established were African Americans because " | "the law did not cover domestics and tenant farmers. 86 " |
| The New Deal did little to help African Americans because | Roosevelt found it difficult to get around conservative Southern Democrats in Congress. 89 |
| The Nye Commission determined that | "the munitions industry and banking interests had propelled the United States into World War I. 90 " |
| Franklin Roosevelt signed an Executive Order to end discrimination in wartime industries, because | A. Philip Randolph threatened a huge march on Washington to protest discriminatory hiring practices. 97 |
| The Korean and Vietnam Wars were similar in that | "American support for the war shifted as the wars dragged on. 102" |
| Americans' fear that Communists and fellow travelers were infiltrating the U.S. government was a direct consequence of | Allegations of Senator Joseph McCarthy 103 |
| The leading proponent of abstract expressionism was | Jackson Pollock. 106 |
| the ______ was not a consequence of the Bay of Pigs fiasco | removal of Kennedy's staff from decisions involving the Central Intelligence Agency. 111 |
| The election of 1964 was significant, because voters | "gave Johnson a mandate for the Great Society. 113 " |
| A direct consequence of the Immigration Act of 1965 was | a sharp rise in the number of immigrants from Asia and Latin America. 114 |
| Black Power therefore calls for black people to consolidate behind their own, so that they can bargain from a position of strength."" The writer of this quotation is most likely" | Stokely Carmichael. 115 |
| Richard Nixon owed his 1968 election primarily to | Nixon's recognition of the presence of a large group of disaffected white middle-class Americans 119 |
| an important part of Nixon's plan to attract white Southern voters into the Republican Party was | "Opposition to school desegregation through busing 120" |
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