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1
During Watergate Nixon's campaign...
Created fake campaign posters
Tried to rig the election so he would lose
Illegally registered voters
Broke into the offices of the Democratic Party
2
After the Supreme Court said that secret recordings made by Nixon could be released....
Nixon resigned
Nixon was voted out of office
Nixon was reelected
Nixon went to Congress to complain
3
All of the following statements are TRUE
about The Pentagon Papers
EXCEPT...
The papers included secret blueprints of the Pentagon
The papers were released by Daniel Ellsberg
They were secret government papers about the U.S. involvement in Vietnam
The papers showed the government lied to the people
4
Watergate is the name of a...
The last name of a vice-president
Building
A reporter
A popular tourist attraction
5
Who did the newspapers insinuate blew up the battleship, The Maine, in 1898?
The Cubans
The French
The British
The Spanish
6
After Watergate and the Pentagon Papers the public trust of the government...
Declined
Increased
Remained the same
Went Up
7
During the Civil Rights Movement, Photos of children being hosed and attacked by dogs led...
To Confused readers
Pres. Kennedy & others to push harder for civil rights for African Am.
To the end of the Civil Rights
To stricter segregation laws
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This is another name for an investigative journalist...
Gatekeeper
Muckraker
Narrowcaster
Broadcaster
9
Newspapers pointed the finger at Spain for blowing up of The Maine because they wanted to...
Start a war
End the Drama
Help the Cuban people
Confuse the readers
10
The Boston Massacre is often referred to as...
An Unjust Look at the Colonists
Magic
The Great Equalizer
The Greatest Piece of Propaganda
11
Yellow Journalism is associated with these two men...
Pulitzer & Woodward
Woodward and Bernstein
Hearst & Pulitzer
Jacobs & Hearst
12
Yellow Journalism is when newspapers ...
Tell Both Sides of the Story
Sensationalize News
Are Unbiased
Promote War
13
America's earliest newspapers were funded by...
All of the Above
Taxes
The Government
Political Parties
14
The Media is often called....
The Fourth Branch of Government
The Puppet of the Government
The Most Important Source of Entertainment
The Leader of the Free World
15
Which of the following
WOULD NOT
be considered PROPAGANDA or BIAS when looking at Paul Revere's engraving?
The Woman and the Dog in the Picture
The shop sign Butcher Hall
The Title
The Birds Flying in the Sky
16
In regards to the Pentagon Papers, The Supreme Court...
Said the newspapers violated the First Amendment
Stopped the publishing of the Pentagon Papers
Said the government had unlimited power
The press is needed to inform citizens & protect the values of democracy
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Today about 90% of the Media is controlled by...
37 Companies
6 Companies
1 Company
90 Companies
