In "The Fraud of the Equal Rights Amendment" (Document 188), Phyllis Schlafly claimed that women would be foolish to accept mere "equal rights" when they already enjoyed a superior status before the law -- "special privilege

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In "The Fraud of the Equal Rights Amendment" (Document 188), Phyllis Schlafly claimed that women would be foolish to accept mere "equal rights" when they already enjoyed a superior status before the law -- "special privilege."

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Deindustrialization in the 1970s led to all of the following, EXCEPT:

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A population shift to the "Sunbelt" states of the South and West.

 

A decline in union membership in the U.S.

 

A decline in manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

 

The election of Richard Nixon.

 

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Question 3

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Barry Commoner's The Closing Circle (Document 184) was an attempt to understand which crisis of the 1970s?

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The Iran hostage crisis

 

The impeachment of Richard Nixon

 

Stagflation

 

The environmental crisis

 

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Question 4

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According to the "Brochure on the Equal Rights Amendment" (Document 183) published by the National Organization for Women, the proposed Equal Rights Amendment would all of the following, EXCEPT:

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Expand the rights of married women, including owning a business and establishing her own credit.

 

Outlaw discrimination on the basis of sex and mandate equal pay for equal work.

 

Make it easier for women to join the military and to enjoy equal rights therein.

 

Eliminate the institutions of marriage and motherhood.

 

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Before the fall of the Soviet Union, communist regimes fell in all of the following countries, EXCEPT:

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Romania

 

Poland

 

South Africa

 

East Germany

 

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Who were the "Silent Majority"?

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African American supporters of Richard Nixon.

 

Conservative, white Americans who voted for Hubert Humphrey in 1968 as a protest against Richard Nixon.

 

Conservative, white Americans who voted for Richard Nixon in 1968 as a backlash against the radicalism of the 1960s.

 

Women who supported the equal rights Amendment but were afraid to speak out publicly.

 

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Reagan-era tax cuts disproportionately benefitted the wealthy.

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False

 

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In his Inaugural Address (Document 190), Ronald Reagan announced his intention to:

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Increase the federal government's role in the economy.

 

Shrink the federal government and limit its influence in American life.

 

Launch a Second New Deal.

 

Re-introduce the Gold Standard.

 

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Question 9

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In "Listen, America" (Document 187), Jerry Falwell criticized all the following aspects of American society, EXCEPT:

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The over-involvement of Christians in political life and the excessive role that religion plays in American politics and government.

 

The Equal Rights Amendment, the feminist revolution, and the homosexual revolution.

 

Antiwar protests and the nation's lack of patriotism.

 

A lack of hard work and an over-reliance on welfare.

 

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Question 10

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The New Right coalition that elected Ronald Reagan included all of the following groups, except:

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Carter Republicans

 

Neoconservatives and Supply-Side Economists

 

The Religious Right

 

Reagan Democrats