Second AP US Hist Test Unit 26
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Name ______Date______Score ______Quiz #2 Unit 26
Multiple Choices: After reading each question carefully select the best answer for each [3.75 points each].
1. ___Which of the following terms best describes the 7. ___What significant role did President Reagan’s S.D.I. economic condition during President Carter’s missile defense program play in the eventual fall of the Administration in the1970s characterized by sustained Soviet Union? high unemployment and rising prices? A The Soviet Union could not match U.S. military A Inflation spending. B Vietnamization B The U.S. program was not able to obtain full support C Deregulation of the Congress. D Stagflation C The missile defense was responsible for shooting down Soviet nuclear missiles. 2. ___Which group would televangelists and the so- D Most Soviet taxes were wasted on nuclear called Moral Majority most likely have been linked to submarines and sailors. during the 1980s? 8. ___Which military policy implemented by President A Conservatives Nixon is best characterized by the cartoon below? B The New Right C The Silent Majority D Middle America
3. ___To which group of U.S. citizens did Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon most appeal during his presidential campaign in 1968?
A The Silent Majority B Televangelists C Liberal Democrats D Communist sympathizers
4. ___For what reason did President Reagan most likely believe targeted tax cuts on the wealthiest U.S. citizens would stimulate a stagnant economy when he first took office?
A international corporations would seek tariffs B Southern states might create less farms C large companies would hire more workers D Inflation would likely decrease
5. ___Which of the following was a major accomplishment of President Nixon’s triangular diplomacy? A War Powers Act B New Federalism A lower taxes on imports from China C Vietnamization B the S.A.L.T. I agreement was ratified D Army Glasnost C the USSR become more powerful D more nuclear weapons were made 9. ___Which of the following was a major success of 6. ___How did Perestoika contribute to the eventual fall President Nixon related to his triangular diplomacy? of the U.S.S.R.? A decreased trade with the U.S.S.R. A Gorbachev did not want the U.S.S.R. to fail. B establishment of trade with China B Nuclear weapon proliferation shocked the U.S. C increase in funding for nuclear arms C The communist regime became more secretive. D reduced tensions over North Korea D New openness by Soviets welcomed western ideas. 10. ___Where would the events related to President 13. ___According to the excerpt below who was Nixon’s Vietnam War policy most likely be linked to President Nixon most likely addressing? according to the cartoons below? I pledged in my campaign for the Presidency to end the war in a way that we could win the peace. I have initiated a plan of action which will enable me to keep that pledge. The more support I can have from the American people, the sooner that pledge can be redeemed; for the more divided we are at home, the less likely, the enemy is to negotiate at Paris. Let us be united for peace. Let us also be united against defeat. Because let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.
A Middle America B The Silent Majority C The Moral Majority D Televangelists
14. ___Which event spurred the creation of a covert team of operatives called the Plumbers by President Nixon?
A creation of S.D.I. B Watergate Scandal C My Lai Massacre D release of Pentagon Papers
15. ___Which of the following terms best describes the economic trend begun in the 1960s that accelerated in the 1970s under President Carter depicted in the graph below?
A Strategic Defense Initiative B Deregulation of military C Vietnamization D The Pentagon Papers
11. ___Which unintended consequence was a direct result of increased military spending under President Reagan?
A increases in taxes to the rich B enormous cuts to Medicare C massive budget deficits D large decreases in taxes to the poor
12. ___How did tensions between Israel and Arab countries during the early 1970s affect the U.S. economy?
A OPEC’s U.S. oil embargo caused prices to spike. B Terrorism increased dramatically throughout U.S. C President Carter increased tariffs and raised prices. D Egypt forced Israel to suspend trade with the U.S. A Deindustrialization B Deregulation C Stagflation D Inflation 16. ___Which economic condition was most likely 20. ___Which of the following terms was marked by occurring according to the image below during the Carter reduced military tension and best characterized by the Administration? image below?
A Stagflation B Deregulation C Inflation A Deregulation D Reaganomics B Détente C Glasnost 17. ___Which federal legislation was passed in 1973 in D Inflation order to curtail the Commander-in-Chief authority of the president?
A Camp David Accords B War Powers Act C Helsinki Accords D Presidential War Act
18. ___Which event severely damaged the credibility of the U.S. military during 1969 in the Vietnam War?
A Gulf of Tonkin incident B Vietnamization C Stagflation D My Lai Massacre
19. ___Which segment of the U.S. economy has increased in order to compensate for the reduced level of domestic manufacturing?
A service B industrialization C exports D agriculture