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During the Nixon Administration, the Vietnam war spread to a. Thailand b. indonesia c. Communist China d. Cambodia |
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The communist nation that greatly improved its relationship with the US during the 1970's was a. Cuba b. Vietnam c. Red China d. North Korea |
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President Nixon's "new federalism" referred to a. revenue sharing between federal and state gov'ts b. a greater degree of authority in the hands of federal govt c. a return to the economic philospohy of Alexander Hamilton d. The federal gov't's withdrawal from state matters |
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Revelation of the My Lai Massacre a. supported president nixon's order to invade cambodia b. caused the overthrow of the Diem Regime in vietnam c. forced the american public to face the wars moral implications d. solidified support for the containment of communism |
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The first president to visit red china while in office was a. harry truman b. John Kennedy c. Lyndon Johnson d. Richard Nixon |
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Nixon's primary advisor in foreign affairs was a. cyrus vance b. Gerald ford c. william rogers d. Henry Kissinger |
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The Nixon Doctrine declared a. the us would no longer fight communism b. the us would only fight communism in the western hemisphere c. the us would ask other nations to assume more of the responsiblilty to fight communism d. the US would break diplomatic relatioons with all communist states |
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Major riots occured on college campuses in 1970 because a. inflation b. unemployment c. racial tensions d. events in southeast asia |
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d. events in southeast asia |
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The Pentagon Papers a. revealed the govt had been lying about the US successes in vietnam b. established arms limitations with the Soviets c. reveals Nixon had tried to coverup watergate d. sugested the US should pull out of Mideast |
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Presidents are limited in their ability to deploy troops overseas by the a. Truman doctrine b. Nixon Doctrine c. War Powers Act d. Peace Corps |
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The Arab Oil Embargo resulted from the US support of a. Israel b. the PLO c. Red China d. the Soviet Union |
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The communist leader of Chile whom the Nixon administration helped overthrow in 1973 was a. Salvador Allende b. Fidel Castro c. Augusto Pinochet d. Cesar Chavez |
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The Supreme Court decision that ordered busing in 1974 to achieve school segregation was a. the Brown decision b. Plessy v. Ferguson c. Roe v. Wade d. Swann vs. Charlotte Mecklenburg |
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In the 1970s Cesar Chavez headed the a. La Raza Party b. NAACP c. Brown Berets d. United Farm Workers |
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In 1973, Native AMericans seized what site of an 1890 massacre? a. Alcatraz b. Wounded Knee c. Sand Creek d. Staten Island |
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