Chapter 28 Test

Shortly after the public learned of U.S. negotiations with China, the Soviet Union proposed an American-Soviet high-level diplomatic meeting, or

• limitation treaty

• détente

• summit.

• revenue sharing

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, one of the most controversial and influential books of the 1960s, assailed the increasing use of

• pesticides.

• toxic wastes

• nuclear energy

• fossil fuels

The Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 recognized the legitimacy of local reservation law and guaranteed reservation residents the protections of

• affirmative action.

• the National Guard

• the Bill of Rights

• the Bureau of Indian Affairs

limited campaign contributions and established an independent agency to administer stricter election laws

• John Dean

• Federal Campaign Act Amendments

• George McGovern

• independent counsel

• Archibald Cox

President Nixon’s Democratic opponent in the 1972 presidential election

• John Dean

• Federal Campaign Act Amendments

• George McGovern

• independent counsel

• Archibald Cox

took Nixon to court to make him give up the Watergate tapes and was eventually fired at the president’s request

• John Dean

• Federal Campaign Act Amendments

• George McGovern

• independent counsel

• Archibald Cox

after Watergate, could be appointed to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing by high government officials

• John Dean

• Federal Campaign Act Amendments

• George McGovern

• independent counsel

• Archibald Cox

member of President Nixon’s inner circle who leveled accusations against the president

• John Dean

• Federal Campaign Act Amendments

• George McGovern

• independent counsel

• Archibald Cox

The _________________________ Act of 1973 prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities by any federally funded program

• rehabilitation

• Federal Campaign Act Amendments

• Title IX

• independent counsel

• Water

President Jimmy Carter felt that the most serious problem related to the U.S. economy was the nation’s dependence on

• the defense industry

• coal.

• the federal government

• foreign oil.