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Chapter 30: Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980

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Chapter 30: Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980

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30-1 §30.1 source ↗

One of the original founders of AIM was ________.
  1. a.
    Patsy Mink
  2. b.
    Dennis Banks
  3. c.
    Jerry Rubin
  4. d.
    Glenn Weiser

Answer

B. Dennis Banks

30-3 §30.1 source ↗

What kinds of values did hippies adopt?

Answer

Although hippie culture was not entirely homogenous, many hippies desired peace, rejected traditional social values, and sought to live a nonmaterialistic existence close to nature. Many also used drugs both recreationally and as a way to achieve greater spiritual insight.

30-5 §30.2 source ↗

The blue-collar workers who Nixon called “the silent majority” ________.
  1. a.
    fled to the suburbs to avoid integration
  2. b.
    wanted to replace existing social institutions with cooperatives
  3. c.
    opposed the war in Vietnam
  4. d.
    believed their opinions were overlooked in the political process

Answer

D. believed their opinions were overlooked in the political process

30-7 §30.3 source ↗

The demonstrations at Kent State University in May 1970 were held to protest what event?
  1. a.
    the My Lai massacre
  2. b.
    the North Vietnamese invasion of Saigon
  3. c.
    the invasion of Cambodia by U.S. forces
  4. d.
    the signing of a peace agreement with North Vietnam

Answer

C. the invasion of Cambodia by U.S. forces

30-9 §30.3 source ↗

According to John Kerry, how did many U.S. soldiers treat Vietnamese civilians?

Answer

According to John Kerry’s testimony, Vietnamese civilians were often subjected to shocking violence. Soldiers raped, mutilated, shot at, and brutally murdered civilians. Troops also intentionally destroyed Vietnamese villages, well beyond the destruction typically wrought by war.

30-11 §30.4 source ↗

Of these figures, who was not indicted following the Watergate break-in and cover-up?
  1. a.
    John Mitchell
  2. b.
    Bob Woodward
  3. c.
    John Ehrlichman
  4. d.
    H.R. Haldeman

Answer

B. Bob Woodward

30-13 §30.5 source ↗

During the 1976 election campaign, Jimmy Carter famously promised ________.
  1. a.
    that he would never start a war
  2. b.
    that he would never be unfaithful to his wife
  3. c.
    that he had never smoked marijuana
  4. d.
    that he would never lie

Answer

D. that he would never lie

30-15 §30.5 source ↗

What were President Carter’s successes in the area of foreign policy?

Answer

Carter succeeded in improving U.S. relations with China and engaged in talks with the Soviet Union regarding limiting nuclear weapons. He called attention to human rights abuses on the parts of foreign governments. Finally, he helped Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat lay the groundwork for a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.

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