US History Ch. 28 Worksheets

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1 Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement. 1. bills, an important element of President Nixon s New Federalism, granted federal funds to state and local agencies. 2. President Nixon s policy of turning the responsibility for South Vietnam s defense over to the South Vietnamese military was known as. 3. While President Nixon and his national security adviser, Henry, both wanted to continue to contain communism, they believed that engagement and negotiation with Communist powers offered a better way for the United States to achieve its international goals. 4. President Nixon s policy of profoundly eased tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. 5. In May 1972, President Nixon and the Soviets signed the first Treaty, also known as SALT I, a plan to limit nuclear arms. Powered by Cognero Page 1

2 Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 6. In 1969, President Richard Nixon announced that the United States would now expect its allies to take care of their own defense, a policy known as a. détente. b. the Nixon Doctrine. c. Vietnamization. d. the New Federalism. 7. President Nixon dismantled a number of federal programs and gave more control to state and local governments, a policy he called a. the New Federalism. b. détente. c. States Rights. d. the Nixon Doctrine. 8. Which of the following was one purpose of President Nixon s trip to China? a. confronting the Chinese government about its human rights violations b. negotiating an arms limitation treaty with the Chinese government c. encouraging the Soviets to pursue diplomacy more actively d. negotiating an alliance with China against the Soviet Union 9. Shortly after the public learned of U.S. negotiations with China, the Soviet Union proposed an American-Soviet high-level diplomatic meeting, or a. détente. b. revenue sharing. c. summit. d. limitation treaty. 10. President Nixon once expressed the hope that a competent cabinet of advisers could run the country, which would allow him to focus his energies on a. writing his memoirs. b. negotiating treaties. c. empowering the states. d. foreign affairs. 11. What led investigators to conclude that the burglars who broke in to Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate building in 1972 were connected to President Richard Nixon s administration? a. G.Gordon Liddy was an assistant to the vice president. b. President Nixon admitted involvement to the special prosecutor in May c. The security guard who reported the break-in saw White House badges on the burglars. d. James McCord was a member of the Committee for the Re-election of the President. Powered by Cognero Page 2

3 12. In June 1973, John Dean testified that the Watergate break-in had been ordered by a. Attorney General John Mitchell. b. President Nixon. c. Alexander Butterfield. d. Vice President Spiro Agnew. 13. President Nixon argued that recordings of White House conversations should remain confidential to protect national security, a principle known as a. self-incrimination. b. independent counsel. c. cover-up. d. executive privilege. 14. Vice President Spiro Agnew was forced to resign in disgrace when investigators discovered that he had a. destroyed evidence. b. accepted bribes. c. spied on the Democrats. d. lied to Congress. 15. The House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon, or a. force him to resign. b. send him to prison. c. charge him with misconduct. d. investigate his actions. Match each item with the correct statement below. a. John Dean b. Federal Campaign Act Amendments c. George McGovern d. independent counsel e. Archibald Cox 16. after Watergate, could be appointed to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing by high government officials 17. member of President Nixon s inner circle who leveled accusations against the president 18. limited campaign contributions and established an independent agency to administer stricter election laws 19. took Nixon to court to make him give up the Watergate tapes and was eventually fired at the president s request 20. President Nixon s Democratic opponent in the 1972 presidential election Powered by Cognero Page 3

4 Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 21. American manufacturing was in decline by the 1970s, in large part because a. taxes on U.S. industries were prohibitively high. b. prices on imported oil began to rise dramatically. c. U.S. manufacturing plants were old and inefficient. d. the manufacturing industry had been deregulated. 22. In 1973, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries announced that its members would impose an of petroleum to countries that supported Israel. a. inflation b. deregulation c. embargo d. restriction 23. In August 1975, President Gerald Ford met with leaders of NATO and the Warsaw Pact to sign the a. Helsinki Accords. b. Camp David Accords. c. WIN plan. d. Nixon pardon. 24. President Jimmy Carter felt that the most serious problem related to the U.S. economy was the nation s dependence on a. coal. b. foreign oil. c. the federal government. d. the defense industry. 25. After inflation surged in 1978, President Carter responded by reducing the money supply and a. cutting taxes. b. increasing government spending. c. increasing taxes. d. raising interest rates. Powered by Cognero Page 4

5 Match each item with the correct statements below. a. Shah b. inflation c. Camp David Accords d. stagflation e. Ayatollah Khomeini 26. combination of rising prices and economic stagnation 27. historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, brokered by President Carter 28. name for Iran's monarch 29. rise in the cost of goods 30. Iranian monarch supported by the United States Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement. 31. In the late 1960s and 1970s, busing prompted a wave of opposition in many white communities, where people took their children out of the public schools in what came to be called white. 32. Critics of the affirmative action programs that emerged in the 1970s viewed them as a form of discrimination. 33. Unlike other groups demanding more assimilation into mainstream society, many wanted greater independence from it. 34. The disability rights movement began with the living movement at the University of California at Berkeley. Powered by Cognero Page 5

6 35. The Act of 1973 prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities by any federally funded program. Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 36. In the 1970s, civil rights leaders began to focus on securing for African Americans access to good jobs and a. integrated neighborhoods. b. adequate schools. c. voting rights. d. suburban homes. 37. Although the Supreme Court had ordered an end to segregated public schools in 1954, many schools remained segregated in the early 1970s because a. neighborhoods were still segregated and children went to neighborhood schools. b. many school districts ignored the Brown v. Board of Education decision. c. most African American children attended private schools rather than public schools. d. Congress passed laws supporting the separation of races in public schools. 38. In its 1978 University of California Regents v. Bakke decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a. universities could not use fixed quotas to maintain a diverse student body. b. the University of California had to admit Bakke to its medical program. c. universities could not use race as part of their admissions criteria. d. the University of California had not violated Bakke s civil rights. 39. The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 recognized the legitimacy of local reservation law and guaranteed reservation residents the protections of a. affirmative action. b. the Bureau of Indian Affairs. c. the Bill of Rights. d. the National Guard. 40. Native Americans who viewed the government s efforts to address their problems as too modest formed more militant groups, such as a. People United to Save Humanity b. the Declaration of Indian Purpose. c. Section 504. d. the American Indian Movement. Powered by Cognero Page 6

7 Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, change the identified word(s) to make the statement true. DIRECTION LINE: In the blank, indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F). If false edit the statement to make it a true statement. 41. During the 1960s and 1970s, a growing number of Americans began to examine how their highly industrialized society was affecting the environment, and many were alarmed at what they discovered. 42. Citizen involvement in local environmental groups and long-standing organizations such as the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, and the Wilderness Society declined after the first Earth Day. 43. In 1970, Congress passed and President Richard Nixon signed a new antipollution law that created the Environmental Protection Agency. 44. During the 1970s, residents of Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania learned that their community sat on top of a decades-old toxic waste dump. 45. Opponents of nuclear energy warned of the risks it posed, in particular the potentially devastating consequences of an accidental radiation release into the air. Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 46. Rachel Carson s Silent Spring, one of the most controversial and influential books of the 1960s, assailed the increasing use of a. pesticides. b. fossil fuels. c. nuclear energy. d. toxic wastes. 47. The Environmental Defense Fund was established by a group of scientists to finance a series of legal actions in the late 1960s and early 1970s to halt a. automobile safety violations. b. DDT spraying. c. the Environmental Protection Agency. d. nuclear power. 48. Many observers point to April 1970 and the celebration of as the beginning of the environmental movement. a. the banning of DDT b. Earth Day c. Love Canal d. the Endangered Species Act Powered by Cognero Page 7

8 49. Which of the following established emissions standards for factories and automobiles? a. National Traffic and Motor Vehicles Act b. Environmental Protection Act c. Clean Air Act d. Clean Water Act 50. The incident at Three Mile Island left many people in great doubt about the a. long-term health of the planet. b. healthfulness of the water they drink. c. disposal of toxic waste. d. safety of nuclear energy. Powered by Cognero Page 8

9 Answer Key 1. Revenue-sharing 2. Vietnamization 3. Kissinger 4. détente 5. Strategic Arms Limitation 6. b 7. a 8. c 9. c 10. d 11. d 12. a 13. d 14. b 15. c 16. d 17. a 18. b 19. e 20. c 21. c 22. c 23. a 24. b 25. d 26. d Powered by Cognero Page 9

10 27. c 28. e 29. b 30. a 31. flight 32. reverse 33. Native Americans 34. independent 35. Rehabilitation 36. b 37. a 38. a 39. c 40. d 41. True 42. False - Citizen involvement in local environmental groups and long-standing organizations such as the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, and the Wilderness Society INCREASED after the first Earth Day. 43. True 44. False - During the 1970s, residents of LOVE CANAL IN NEW YORK learned that their community sat on top of a decades-old toxic waste dump. 45. True 46. a 47. b 48. b 49. c 50. d Powered by Cognero Page 10