Chapter 28: Test A

Richard Nixon approved of the Supreme Court rulings that expanded the rights of accused criminals.

• True

• False

Richard Nixon left office after the Senate impeached and convicted him.

• True

• False

In University of California Regents v. Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action programs were unconstitutional.

• True

• False

President Nixon’s aides, without his knowledge, compiled an "enemies list" of the president's opponents.

• True

• False

During the 1970s, residents of Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania learned that their community sat on top of a decades-old toxic waste dump.

• True

• False

As part of his Southern strategy, Nixon took steps to

• increase school funding.

• slow desegregation.

• balance the budget.

• support prices for farm products.

What was one purpose of Nixon’s trip to China?

• confronting the Chinese government about its human rights violations

• negotiating an arms limitation treaty with the Chinese government

• encouraging the Soviets to more actively pursue diplomacy

• negotiating a treaty of alliance with China against the Soviet Union

At Love Canal, residents experienced health problems because of

• a radiation leak.

• toxic waste from local factories.

• lead paint in many homes.

• underground toxic waste leaking.

An interpretation of détente, as it is used here, could be .

• a pact of nuclear disarmament.

• a relaxation of international tensions.
• an assertion of superiority.

• a policy of aggression.

Affirmative action was initially proposed to improve the economic status of

• women

• African Americans

• people with disabilities

• Native Americans