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1. Which of the following did NOT play a role in the counterculture that developed in the 1960s?

a. Sexual freedom

b. Drugs

c. A renewed importance on marriage

d. Music

2. The Moral Majority, a major political lobbying group, supported all of the following EXCEPT:

a. tough laws against homosexuality and pornography.

b. decreases in government services such as welfare support.

c. increases in government spending on national defense.

d. public school integration.

3. In 1970, what government agency was created to oversee environmental factors such as pollution, destruction of natural resources, and protect endangered species?

a. CIA

b. EPA

c. NRA

d. FHA

4. Supply-side economics, which became known as Reaganomics, emphasized:

a. moderate tax cuts and increases in government spending.

b. simultaneous tax cuts and reductions in government spending.

c. the absence of either tax cuts or a change in government spending.

d. simultaneous increases in both taxes and government spending.

5. The Brown Berets were part of which movement?

a. Black Power

b. Women's Liberation

c. Gay Liberation

d. The Chicano Rebellion

6. Which of the following was NOT established during Johnson's Great Society?

a. Job Corps

b. Peace Corps

c. Neighborhood Youth Corps

d. Legal Services Program

7. In his corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, Carter asserted the right of the U.S. to use military force if necessary to protect its interests in which region of the world?

a. Latin America

b. The Caribbean

c. China

d. The Persian Gulf

8. In 1965, Congress established which measure to provide basic health care for the aged?

a. Medicare

b. Medicaid

c. FDA

d. FHA

9. What effect did Roe v. Wade have on America?

a. It legalized abortion.

b. It desegregated public schools.

c. It established the constitutionality of the Equal Rights Amendment.

d. It appeased the New Left with its strong emphasis on traditional family values.

10. The Johnson administration adopted what strategy in response to Vietnam?

a. To fight a primarily defensive war and only confront the enemy when directly attacked

b. To fight primarily a ground war where U.S. troops were placed in hand to hand conflict with guerilla soldiers

c. To wear down the resources and resolve of the Vietnamese through an intensive campaign of bombing

d. To provide resources to the Vietnamese but not to directly involve American troops in the conflict

11. Describe the fall of the communist bloc in Eastern Europe and especially in the Soviet Union. What developments of the 1980s contributed to this fall and how?

12. What was the War on Poverty? Who instituted it? Ultimately, was this a success or an economic drain on America? Were there any measures not taken that could have added to the success of the program?

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