| Question | Answer |
| Which event helped create the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s: | Vietnam War |
| Which defining characteristic of the counterculture provided the foundation for the various rights movements that followed it? | Protest |
| What main demand of Native American advocacy groups was met with the passage of the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 | It granted tribes greater control over resources on reservations |
| What other movement helped restart the women's right movement in the 1960's and 1970s? | The civil rights movement |
| Which President created the EPA and signed laws that protected the air, water and endangered species? | Richard Nixon |
| Which act or agency actively protects rare plants and animals | Endangered Species Act |
| Love Canal and other events involving hazardous waste led Congress to create | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| Why did Betty Friedan write The Feminine Mystique? | She was unhappy with the limited choices in her life |
| Which of the following reflects Nixon's negative attitude toward "big" government? | His proposal for revenue sharing with the states |
| In the case of U.S vs. Nixon, the Supreme Court ruled that: | Nixon had to turn over tapes containing Oval Office conversations |
| President Carter's response to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 was to: | Impose sanctions on the Soviet Union |
| Carter's greatest foreign policy achievement was the | Signing of the Camp David Accords |
| What was an important consequence of the Iran Hostage crisis? | Threats posed by Middle East conflicts became a major foreign policy challenge |
| The Helsinki Accords were endorsed by Ford and which Soviet leader? | Leonid Brezhnev |
| How did President Ford's WIN program try to fix the economy? | It tried to lower inflation through voluntary measures |
| Conservatives gained power in the 1970s in part because: | Many white southerners changed party allegiance in response to the civil rights laws of the 1960s |
| Which of the following resulted from the Economic Recovery Act of 1981? | The wealthiest Americans received the largest tax cuts |
| Gorbachev pursued glasnost and perestroika reforms in part because: | The war in Afghanistan had drained the nation's resources |
| Liberals tend to prefer which of the following in foreign policy? | International cooperation |
| The largest increase in the Federal Budge deficit occurred between which two years? (see graph) | 1980 and 1981 |
| What Reagan policy resulted in an increase in the federal budge deficit? | Increased defense spending |
