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The Nixon Presidency - WIP

Question 1 of 65

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What political party was Nixon?

Select one of the following:

  • Republican

  • Democrat

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Question 2 of 65

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Who did Nixon choose as his running mate? (Vice President)

Select one of the following:

  • Edmund Muskie

  • Spiro Agnew

Explanation

Question 3 of 65

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Who was Nixon running against in the Presidential Election?

Select one of the following:

  • Hubert Humphrey

  • Barry Goldwater

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Question 4 of 65

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By the early 1960s many felt that Nixon was a spent political force. He had lost the 1960 Presidential race to Kennedy, and also lost the 1962 gubernatorial (governor) race in ( California, Florida ) to Pat Brown. He left politics for a brief period before returning in 1964 to campaign for ( Barry Goldwater, Nelson Rockefeller ), despite believing he couldn't win.

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Question 5 of 65

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The Democrats entered the 1968 election divided - they were mostly divided over the issue of ( Vietnam, The Great Society ). There were also notable riots in the aftermath of Johnson's ( civil rights, economic ) legislation, and his social policy had been criticised. Johnson won the first primary narrowly over ( Eugene McCarthy, Bobby Kennedy ), however announced he would not be running for nomination.

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Question 6 of 65

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Bobby Kennedy emerged as the Democratic frontrunner, but was assassinated when he won the California primary. Who killed him?

Select one of the following:

  • Lee Harvey Oswald

  • James Earl Ray

  • Sirhan Sirhan

Explanation

Question 7 of 65

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The motivation behind Bobby Kennedy's assassination was American support for Israel.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 8 of 65

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The Democrats held their convention in in Chicago. Hubert Humphrey had won the nomination and mayor was determined that the convention would occur smoothly. This led to an increased police presence.
Around protesters went to Chicago, they were from a variety of groups including Yippies (the Youth International Party) and .
They were determined to shut down the convention and police attempted to break up a protest rally on . The resulting images were broadcast across the nation and were damaging to the Democrats.

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    August
    June
    September
    Richard Daley
    Orval Faubus
    10,000
    2,000
    6,000
    Anti-War groups
    feminist groups
    civil rights protesters
    August 28th
    August 12th
    September 4th

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Question 9 of 65

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Nixon rose to a double digit lead in the polls after the Democratic convention protests.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 10 of 65

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Nixon debated with Humphrey on television, and came across as having the upper hand.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 65

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What was Nixon's promise regarding Vietnam?

Select one of the following:

  • To escalate involvement, like Johnson had.

  • To bring "peace with honour."

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Question 12 of 65

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Which of the following were Nixon's promises and policies?

Select one or more of the following:

  • To bring "peace with honour" in Vietnam

  • To try and bring an end to "white flight"

  • To restore law and order in the cities

  • Less and cheaper government

  • Implied he would dismantle the welfare state

  • Increase taxes on the richest sector of American society

Explanation

Question 13 of 65

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Nixon deliberately targeted his campaign at appealing to "Middle America" - those who earned $5000-15000 a year.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 65

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The group that Nixon called the were the typical "Middle America" that he targeted his campaign at. They were the Americans who were not poor, but existed fairly close to the poverty line, and who felt they were being taxed too heavily.

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Question 15 of 65

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Nixon recognised the increasing importance of the "sun belt." This was the region from North Carolina to . The north-east had typically been the powerhouse of the US (states like New York and Washington) however the 40s and 50s saw the population of the sun belt . Nixon therefore decided to appeal to voters in this area in particular for a number of reasons.

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    California
    Utah
    double
    triple

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Question 16 of 65

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On what grounds did Nixon appeal to voters in the sun belt?

Select one or more of the following:

  • By advocating a progressive stance on civil rights

  • Proposing "New Federalism" - a change in power dynamic between the states and federal government.

  • People in the sun belt were social conservatives and disliked liberal north-eastern intellectuals

  • Promised to slow down the pace of civil rights change.

Explanation

Question 17 of 65

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Nixon repeated his strategy from the 1960 election, campaigning in every state.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 65

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Nixon's vice-president Spiro Agnew had a media profile that was not great, making him a surprising choice.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 19 of 65

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

The key figure in foreign policy was .

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Question 20 of 65

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Nixon saw foreign policy as the most interesting and important presidential task.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 65

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How many federal judges did Nixon appoint?

Select one of the following:

  • 130

  • 231

  • 188

  • 201

Explanation

Question 22 of 65

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Nixon's true personality can be characterised as paranoid, vindictive and cynical.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 65

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What were Nixon's main domestic policy aims?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Protest movements

  • Stabilising the economy

  • Poverty

  • Racial inequality

  • Tackling the breakdown of law and order

  • Increasing taxes on the richest sector of US society

Explanation

Question 24 of 65

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Nixon agreed with Johnson that the Great Society programme was of great use to American society.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 65

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How did Nixon back up his Great Society related rhetoric with action?

Select one or more of the following:

  • He closed 59 Job Corps centres.

  • He opened 59 Job Corps centres.

  • He successfully shrunk the OEO

  • He successfully expanded the OEO

  • He cut federal funding for housing

  • He increased federal funding for housing.

Explanation

Question 26 of 65

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Nixon wanted to reform the welfare system. Opinion polls showed of Americans believed those on welfare could get a job if they wanted. Nixon wanted to extend the Food Stamps programme and renamed the

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    80%
    25%
    65%
    Family Assistance Programme (FAP)
    Food Bank Programme (FBP)
    Family Welfare Office (FWO)

Explanation

Question 27 of 65

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The FAP wanted to replace programmes such as food stamps with cash payments to those in need.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 65

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Why was the FAP programme criticised?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The payments were thought to be too generous at $3000 per year for a family of four.

  • Unions saw it as a threat to the minumum wage.

  • Payments to the working poor would raise the welfare bill.

  • Conservatives thought it was a guaranteed income for workshy people.

  • The payments were thought to be too small at $1600 for a family of four.

Explanation

Question 29 of 65

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The Bill (FAP) passed through Congress in 1972.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 30 of 65

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What was the 1971 Child Development Act and was it successful?

Select one of the following:

  • It increased spending on enrichment activities for young children within schools - Nixon vetoed it.

  • It increased spending on enrichment activities for young children within schools - Nixon supported it.

  • It provided free childcare so poor mothers could work - Nixon vetoed it.

  • It provided free childcare so poor mothers could work - Nixon supported it.

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Question 31 of 65

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Nixon vetoed the Child Development Act because he thought it smacked of Communism.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 32 of 65

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Did spending on welfare rise or fall under Nixon?

Select one of the following:

  • Rise

  • Fall

Explanation

Question 33 of 65

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The Nixon years saw the introduction of Supplementary Security Income (SSI.) This provided guaranteed The Nixon years also saw an increase in social security, benefits.

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    income for the elderly/disabled.
    income for families in poverty.
    Medicare and Medicaid
    and disability

Explanation

Question 34 of 65

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Which of these were real Acts passed under Nixon?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Marine Mammal Protection Act

  • Safe Drinking Water Act

  • Environmental Protection Agency set up.

  • Unfair Employment Act

  • Noise Control Act

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration set up.

  • Endangered Species Act

Explanation

Question 35 of 65

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When Nixon became President, the relationship between the federal government and the civil rights movement was fractured.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 36 of 65

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

The Report (1968) had stressed the need to prevent de facto economic segregation from replacing de jure segregation in the South.

Explanation

Question 37 of 65

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De facto segregation =
De jure segregation =

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    "segregation of the heart"
    segregation by law.

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Question 38 of 65

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The Black Power movement thrived under Nixon.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 39 of 65

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For what reasons did the Black Panthers in particular decline?

Select one or more of the following:

  • The group had begun launching assassination attempts on white opposition group leaders.

  • COINTELPRO launched a "dirty tricks" campaign against the Black Panthers.

  • The FBI forged Black Panther letters containing death threats to government officials.

  • Women objected to Cleaver (a convicted rapist) having a prominent role in the group.

  • By 1970 many of the leaders were either dead or in jail.

Explanation

Question 40 of 65

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Liberal sympathy for the Black Power movement was limited following the ghetto riots

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    1964-68
    1962-63
    1966-69

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Question 41 of 65

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SNCC and CORE began expelling white members.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 42 of 65

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Which of the two organisations ceased to exist in 1973?

Select one of the following:

  • SNCC

  • CORE

Explanation

Question 43 of 65

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became the new focus of the civil rights campaign.

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    Busing
    Having more black figures in government
    Anti-KKK campaigning
    Improving conditions in black schools

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Question 44 of 65

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Busing involved sending students from one neighbourhood to a school in a different area to prevent the ( de facto, de jure ) segregation of schools

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Question 45 of 65

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The was a particular area of focus for the busing campaign.

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    North
    South

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Question 46 of 65

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Why was the North the area of focus for the busing campaign?

Select one of the following:

  • The South was still far too conservative for Nixon to want this to occur.

  • The North had become increasingly separate, as white families had moved to the suburbs.

Explanation

Question 47 of 65

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In which of these rulings in 1971 did the Supreme Court state that busing could be used to achieve a racial balance in schools?

Select one of the following:

  • Sweatt vs Painter

  • Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

  • Brown vs the Board of Education

  • Shelley v. Kraemer

Explanation

Question 48 of 65

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Opinion polls showed busing was supported 2 to 1 by Americans.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 49 of 65

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Nixon attempted to rally behind the busing campaign and motivate people to support it.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 50 of 65

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He wanted to pass a constitutional amendment but this was rejected by Congress.
However, he was able to appoint a number of judges and this had an impact.

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    preventing busing
    making busing mandatory
    conservative
    liberal

Explanation

Question 51 of 65

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In ( Milliken v Bradley, Shelley vs Kraemer, Bowers v. Hardwick, Bragdon v. Abbott ) (( 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 )) the court ruled to stop busing in Detroit on the basis that it shouldn’t cross school district boundaries.
This did much to allow de facto segregation to continue.

Explanation

Question 52 of 65

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Nixon supported busing, both privately and publicly.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 53 of 65

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Nixon's main successes came with the introduction of the first federal programme, despite Nixon calling it . was put into place in in 1970, and it required government contractors to hire minority workers until targets were reached.

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    affirmative action
    anti-discriminatory hiring
    reverse discrimination
    racist
    The Philadelphia Plan
    The Maryland Plan
    The California Plan
    Philadelphia
    California
    Maryland

Explanation

Question 54 of 65

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What was the Supreme Court ruling that upheld The Philadelphia Plan?

Select one of the following:

  • Contractors Association of Eastern Pennsylvania vs Schultz

  • Contractors Association of Eastern Pennsylvania vs Miller

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Question 55 of 65

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Which of these were other developments made on civil rights under Nixon?

Select one or more of the following:

  • A decrease in police brutality against black criminals

  • Increased number of black Americans attending colleges

  • Increased number of Black Studies courses being offered

  • The inner cities had facilities significantly improved to combat White Flight

  • First black woman was elected to Congress.

Explanation

Question 56 of 65

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Which of these were part of Nixon and Kissinger's strategy to minimise anti-war protest at home?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Withdrawing troops from Vietnam

  • Using police armed with tear gas to suppress protests

  • Using speeches questioning the patriotism of anti-war protestors

  • Altering draft criteria

  • Cancelling all future drafts of soldiers

  • Concealing the most damaging realities of the war

Explanation

Question 57 of 65

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Celebrity involvement in anti-war protest boosted its profile.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 58 of 65

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Fill the blank space to complete the text.

The actress Jane Fonda visited the Vietcong in 1972 and earned the nickname

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Question 59 of 65

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Student protest was at the forefront of anti-war protest. Student numbers had been expanding throughout the 1960s and many were keen to get involved.
Significant student protest included...

Radical students blowing up buildings at the because black students' scholarships were frozen

Students at set fire to banks

a pro demonstration set Law School library books on fire.

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    University of Colorado
    University of California
    San Diego
    Florida State University
    Black Panthers
    Nation of Islam
    Yale
    Harvard

Explanation

Question 60 of 65

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On the 4th May 1970 at which university were four students shot dead by the National Guard?

Select one of the following:

  • Philadelphia State University

  • Kent State University

  • The University of Chicago

Explanation

Question 61 of 65

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Americans were overwhelmingly sympathetic to student protestors.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 62 of 65

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Nixon was sympathetic to student protestors.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 63 of 65

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Withdrawing troops from Vietnam reduced protest but Nixon was determined to reduce protest further.

He threatened to end federal scholarships/loans for .
He ordered surveillance of
Prosecuting protestors - in spring 1970, were arrested in Washington.
Nixon and Agnew constantly called them traitors.

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    convicted student criminals
    feminist protestors
    disruptive groups
    all university campuses
    10,000
    1,000

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Question 64 of 65

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Feminists such as Gloria stressed how little the Nixon administration had done for women and tried to persuade his wife, Nixon, to campaign for their cause.

Explanation

Question 65 of 65

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Feminist protest tended to get lost in the larger picture of anti-war protest.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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