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Give Me Liberty Chapter 26 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
A major initiative of the Carter administration was the - answer✔Panama Canal treaty.
Tom Wolfe dubbed the 1970s, a time in which "lifestyle" emerged in depoliticized form, the -
answer✔"Me Decade."
Evangelical Christians of the Religious Right believe that, too often, American culture seems to
trivialize religion and promote immorality, and demanded the Supreme Court reverse decisions
in all of the following, except - answer✔the overly easy access to divorce.
Which of the following issues was not a focus of political conflict during the Seventies? -
answer✔federal programs addressing acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS
Which was not a reason that Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) rolls expanded
rapidly during the 1960s? - answer✔The federal government quintupled AFDC payments to
individual recipients.
What was the name for the plan by which, beginning in 1969, President Nixon gradually drew
down the number of American troops in Vietnam, saying they would be replaced by South
Vietnamese soldiers? - answer✔"Vietnamization"
Which was not one of President Nixon's apparent motivations in the context of his
administration's Philadelphia Plan, and its promotion of "affirmative action"? - answer✔He
sought to garner the support of white working class voters for the Republican Party in initiating
the Philadelphia Plan.
What was 1978 Supreme Court decision that rejected the idea of fixed affirmative action quotas,
but allowed that institutions of higher learning could use race as one factor among many in
admissions decisions? - answer✔Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
"Stagflation" refers to - answer✔stagnant economic growth and high inflation.
Which was not one of the conservative ideas that informed Barry Goldwater's campaign for the
presidency in 1964, and shaped conservatism for years thereafter? - answer✔a call for expansion
of governmental regulations
Give Me Liberty Chapter 26 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
A major initiative of the Carter administration was the - answer✔Panama Canal treaty.
Tom Wolfe dubbed the 1970s, a time in which "lifestyle" emerged in depoliticized form, the -
answer✔"Me Decade."
Evangelical Christians of the Religious Right believe that, too often, American culture seems to
trivialize religion and promote immorality, and demanded the Supreme Court reverse decisions
in all of the following, except - answer✔the overly easy access to divorce.
Which of the following issues was not a focus of political conflict during the Seventies? -
answer✔federal programs addressing acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS
Which was not a reason that Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) rolls expanded
rapidly during the 1960s? - answer✔The federal government quintupled AFDC payments to
individual recipients.
What was the name for the plan by which, beginning in 1969, President Nixon gradually drew
down the number of American troops in Vietnam, saying they would be replaced by South
Vietnamese soldiers? - answer✔"Vietnamization"
Which was not one of President Nixon's apparent motivations in the context of his
administration's Philadelphia Plan, and its promotion of "affirmative action"? - answer✔He
sought to garner the support of white working class voters for the Republican Party in initiating
the Philadelphia Plan.
What was 1978 Supreme Court decision that rejected the idea of fixed affirmative action quotas,
but allowed that institutions of higher learning could use race as one factor among many in
admissions decisions? - answer✔Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
"Stagflation" refers to - answer✔stagnant economic growth and high inflation.
Which was not one of the conservative ideas that informed Barry Goldwater's campaign for the
presidency in 1964, and shaped conservatism for years thereafter? - answer✔a call for expansion
of governmental regulations
