US History Unit 12 Review

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What was the purpose of President Richard Nixon's 1972 trip to China?

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to improve diplomatic relations with China

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Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" led to the creation of the...

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Environmental Protection Agency.

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Why was the National Organization for Women (NOW) founded in the 1970s? Options: to fight for women’s suffrage, to work toward women’s equality, to fight for the civil rights movement, to work toward temperance

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to work toward women’s equality

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What was the central assumption that the Reagan administration's supply-side economic policies depended on?

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that providing tax relief to the rich would lead to increased spending and investment, stimulating economic growth

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The Camp David Accords were meant to broker peace between which countries?

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Israel and Egypt

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Which statement about the space race is correct? Options: It led to direct military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. It helped the international community recover from an economic depression. It contributed to a period of international peace that followed World War II. It was part of the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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It was part of the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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How did television coverage of the Vietnam War affect public opinion of the war in the United States?

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Support for the war fell due to the graphic videos of fighting and wounded servicemen.

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Why did the United States commit military forces to Korea beginning in 1950?

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As part of its containment policy, the United States sent forces to prevent communist North Korea from taking control of the whole Korean Peninsula.

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How did Congress help soldiers returning from fighting in World War II integrate into the domestic economy without causing an unemployment crisis?

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by creating the GI Bill of Rights

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How did the US government respond to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik 1?

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by increasing funding for science and math education