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1 | | President Gerald Ford's popularity with the American public fell dramatically as a result of his |
| | A) | pardon of Richard Nixon. |
| | B) | handling of the "Mayaguez" incident. |
| | C) | vetoes of large numbers of congressional enactments. |
| | D) | appointment of Nelson Rockefeller as vice president. |
| | E) | policies on the economic problems. |
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2 | | Ford's foreign policy included support for four of the following. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | the SALT II agreement |
| | B) | the Helsinki agreement on European boundaries |
| | C) | the continued rapprochement with China after the death of Mao Zedong |
| | D) | the abandonment of U.S. mediation efforts in the Middle East |
| | E) | a new accord between Israel and Egypt |
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3 | | Jimmy Carter's success in the election of 1976 resulted in large part because |
| | A) | Ford refused to choose a running mate who appealed to the Republican Right. |
| | B) | Carter's considerable service in Washington assured voters of an experienced administrator. |
| | C) | Ford's acerbic personality had generated an atmosphere of bitterness and acrimony in Washington. |
| | D) | the country was still angry over Ford's pardon of Nixon. |
| | E) | Carter seemed to possess honesty, piety, and an outsider's skepticism of the federal government. |
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4 | | Which of the following best describes the nation's economy during Carter's final two years in office? |
| | A) | modest inflation and stable interest rates |
| | B) | modest inflation and declining interest rates |
| | C) | rapid inflation and record high interest rates |
| | D) | rapid inflation and stable interest rates |
| | E) | rapid inflation and declining interest rates |
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5 | | Carter had hoped to base American foreign policy on increased attention to |
| | A) | flexible military response whenever democratic governments were challenged. |
| | B) | expansion of American economic interests overseas. |
| | C) | reduction of American responsibility for involvement in world conflicts. |
| | D) | the issue of how nations respect human rights. |
| | E) | reduction of American military presence around the world. |
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6 | | The Camp David summit, hosted by President Carter, was a meeting between the leaders of Israel and |
| | A) | Egypt. |
| | B) | Libya. |
| | C) | Lebanon. |
| | D) | the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
| | E) | Syria. |
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7 | | All but one of the following were significant features of Carter's foreign policy in the early years of his administration. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | abandoning SALT II as futile |
| | B) | completing negotiations to transfer the canal zone to Panama |
| | C) | using diplomatic pressure to promote human rights in other countries |
| | D) | continuing progress toward improving relations with China |
| | E) | negotiating a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt |
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8 | | In November 1979, Iranian militants took over the U.S. embassy in Teheran and held fifty-three embassy personnel hostage for more than a year. The immediate provocation for their act was the fact that the Carter administration |
| | A) | began to support Iraq in its war with Iran. |
| | B) | refused to recognize Iran's new regime. |
| | C) | attempted to restore the pro-American Shah to power in Iran. |
| | D) | allowed the exiled former Shah of Iran to enter the United States. |
| | E) | halted any peace negotiations with Arab nations. |
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9 | | The rapid population growth in the "Sunbelt" shifted political power to the region and tended to strengthen which political viewpoint? |
| | A) | conservative, antigovernment |
| | B) | liberal, government activist |
| | C) | moderate, middle-of-the-road |
| | D) | basically neutral |
| | E) | liberal, antigovernment |
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10 | | Which of the following is a common thread of evangelical Christianity? |
| | A) | belief in the joining of church and state |
| | B) | conservative, right-wing politics, especially on social welfare issues |
| | C) | belief in the literal, inerrant interpretation of the Bible, especially on evolution |
| | D) | belief in a liberal, loose interpretation of the Bible, especially on abortion |
| | E) | belief in personal conversion through direct communication with God |
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11 | | The tax revolt |
| | A) | was used by conservatives as a means of reversing the growth of the federal government. |
| | B) | was a less effective strategy than attacking government programs directly. |
| | C) | had its public beginnings in the Sunbelt. |
| | D) | began after Reagan took office. |
| | E) | was led by Pat Robertson. |
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12 | | Ronald Reagan and his administration received strong support from four of the following groups. Which is the exception? |
| | A) | neo-conservatives |
| | B) | New Right |
| | C) | feminists and civil-rights activists |
| | D) | conservative business leaders |
| | E) | evangelical Christians |
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13 | | President Reagan |
| | A) | retained little control of most of the day-to-day operations of the federal government. |
| | B) | struggled to convey his message to the American people. |
| | C) | used a highly nationalist rhetoric to gain support for his proposals. |
| | D) | was one of the youngest men ever to serve as president. |
| | E) | struggled to free the hostages in Iran. |
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14 | | The "supply-side" economic theory that President Reagan sought to implement early in his administration called for |
| | A) | increasing government spending to stimulate consumption. |
| | B) | maintaining high interest rates to control inflation. |
| | C) | cutting taxes to encourage new investment. |
| | D) | raising taxes to stimulate the economy. |
| | E) | lowering interest rates to encourage spending. |
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15 | | During the Reagan administration, the federal budget |
| | A) | experienced severe deficits. |
| | B) | noticeably declined. |
| | C) | shifted from reliance on the income tax to a national sales tax. |
| | D) | rose markedly in domestic spending but remained flat on defense. |
| | E) | experienced a brief deficit. |
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16 | | In response to concerns about the federal budget, the Reagan administration |
| | A) | raised income taxes. |
| | B) | cut defense spending. |
| | C) | cut the budgets for "discretionary" domestic programs. |
| | D) | raised interest rates. |
| | E) | raised income taxes and interest rates. |
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17 | | With respect to the civil war in El Salvador, the Reagan administration |
| | A) | maintained a strictly neutral position. |
| | B) | sent in a peacekeeping force of American combat troops. |
| | C) | supported the existing military regime with money and material. |
| | D) | supported the revolutionaries, who were seeking to overthrow the military regime. |
| | E) | encouraged the United Nations to take a more active role in safeguarding civilians. |
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18 | | In Nicaragua, the Sandinistas were |
| | A) | pro-American forces. |
| | B) | anti-American forces. |
| | C) | essentially the same as the Contras in Honduras. |
| | D) | supporters of the former Somoza regime. |
| | E) | anti-communist forces. |
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19 | | Reagan's policy toward Lebanon involved |
| | A) | supporting Lebanon with military aid for its border conflict with Saudi Arabia. |
| | B) | supporting Lebanon to gain back territories lost to Israel. |
| | C) | backing Israel in the United Nations in its effort to make Lebanon part of the Left Bank area controlled by Israel. |
| | D) | backing Israel financially so the country could arm itself. |
| | E) | sending in American marines as a peacekeeping force following Israeli-PLO clashes but removing them after over 200 were killed in a terrorist attack. |
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20 | | In the national elections of 1984, the Democrats made electoral history by, for the first time, nominating a vice presidential candidate who was |
| | A) | Jewish. |
| | B) | female. |
| | C) | African American. |
| | D) | Hispanic. |
| | E) | Latino. |
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21 | | In the election of 1984, |
| | A) | President Reagan won re-election in a close contest with Walter Mondale. |
| | B) | President Reagan won 49 out of 50 states. |
| | C) | President Reagan led the Republican Party in a successful effort to regain control of both houses of Congress. |
| | D) | President Reagan won the first presidential election of the post-Cold War era. |
| | E) | President Reagan did not win the popular vote. |
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22 | | Which of the following did NOT occur during the presidency of George H. W. Bush? |
| | A) | the Gulf War |
| | B) | the 1990 recession |
| | C) | the Beirut bombings |
| | D) | Tiananmen Square |
| | E) | the fall of the Berlin wall |
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