The Supreme Court's Bakke decision...

barred the use of racial and ethnic quotas in college admissions.

President Kennedy's main goal in blockading Cuba in 1962 was to...

prevent the Soviet Union from having nuclear missiles in Cuba.

The SALT I agreement...

limited the antiballistic missiles of the USA and the USSR.

The Watergate scandal grew out of the efforts of Nixon's confidants to...

assure the re-election of Nixon in 1972.

Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini's hatred of the U.S. was fueled by...

the C.I.A. putting the Shah in power and training his secret police.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...

gave President Johnson a free hand in making Vietnam policy.

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The Supreme Court's Bakke decision...
barred the use of racial and ethnic quotas in college admissions.
ruled the death penalty unconstitutional.
restricted some of the abortion freedoms granted in the Roe decision.
barred the admission of illegal immigrants to state-funded universities.
2
President Kennedy's main goal in blockading Cuba in 1962 was to...
stop the Soviet Union from sending aid to Cuba.
force the removal of Fidel Castro as Cuba's leader.
prevent the Soviet Union from having nuclear missiles in Cuba.
force the resignation of Nikita Khrushchev.
3
The SALT I agreement...
brought about an end of the OPEC oil embargo.
limited the antiballistic missiles of the USA and the USSR.
allowed U.S. grain shipments to China and the Soviet Union.
called for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
4
The Watergate scandal grew out of the efforts of Nixon's confidants to...
control inflation and eliminate its political consequences in 1972.
control new appointments to the Supreme Court.
assure the re-election of Nixon in 1972.
arrest the growing influence of Henry Kissinger.
5
President Carter called _________ the moral equivalent of war.
poverty in America
the energy issue
deregulation of industry
worldwide poverty
6
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini's hatred of the U.S. was fueled by...
his being targeted for assassination by the CIA.
the U.S. government calling him a communist.
the C.I.A. putting the Shah in power and training his secret police.
his harsh treatment as a grad student in the U.S.
7
Richard Nixon's winning 1968 platform included...
promoting law and order.
promising an immediate end to the Vietnam War.
support for the Anti-war movement.
support for the Civil Rights movement.
8
Gerald Ford's main liability in the 1976 election was...
his party's position on Civil Rights.
his pardon of Richard Nixon
the war in Vietnam.
his support for a national health insurance plan.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution...
gave President Johnson a free hand in making Vietnam policy.
was a Great Society program aimed at providing aid to American cities.
encouraged American energy independence by limiting Middle East imports.
was passed by Congress to limit President Nixon's war-making power.
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Which 1960s movement inspired the goals and tactics of other movements?
Women's Rights
Environmentalism
American Indian Rights
Civil Rights

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