Part I) Which statement is false?
A) Cesar Chavez organized farm workers in California.
B) Betty Friedan, in The Feminine Mystique, argued that women are trapped by the societal belief that they can only be happy as mothers and wives.
C) Title IX, which promotes female participation in sports, was something that NOW would have supported.
D) Thurgood Marshall was a leading figure of the Black Panther Party.
Part II) Which statement is false?
A) Nixon & Kissinger promoted detente with the Soviet Union in the belief that the Soviets would contain themselves through sticks & carrots.
B) Reagan challenged the Soviet Union with a massive military buildup an SDI.
C) The hostages at the American embassy in Iran were seized while Reagan was president, which is why he became involved in the Iran-Contra Affair.
D) Reagan promised lower taxes & less government regulation of the economy.
Part III) Title IX sought to increase female participation in sports at the high school and college level by requiring funding for both male and female athletics.
A) True
B) False
Part IV) Here's a bit of irony: Mendez v. Westminster clearly was about race, but the plaintiffs lawyer was careful not to frame it in terms of race since the SCOTUS had already ruled that separate but equal was constitutional, a decision which had been followed by lower courts.
A) True
B) False
Part V) Nixon & Kissinger's detente arguably sought to make the Soviet Union a partner in maintaining the global system and it sought to compel the Soviets to contain themselves through carrots and sticks.
A) True
B) False
Part VI) President Kennedy chose to embargo Cuba to prevent the further movement of nuclear weapons there in 1963; thankfully, this peaceful move worked.
A) True
B) False
Part VII) Which statement is false re: George W Bush (the younger Bush) and Saddam Hussein?
A) His invasion of Iraq was viewed by some as a preemptive attack.
B) The Bush administration arguably failed to make adequate plans for Iraq after the toppling of Saddam.
C) George W garnered less international support for his invasion of Iraq than his father.
D) Saddam Hussein complied with all UN requirements re: weapons development and inspection.
Part VIII) Some parents increasingly turned to the advice of "experts" to better raise their children during the 1950s, and some women came to think of themselves as professional homemakers.
A) True
B) False
Part IX) Which statement is false regarding the 1970s?
A) The energy crisis illustrated the pressure that OPEC could exert on the industrialized nations through its oil embargo.
B) The Pentagon Papers and Watergate Scandal created distrust of the government amongst some Americans.
C) The fall of South Vietnam was viewed by some Americans as a war that the United States lost.
D) Richard Nixon advocated for what he called The Great Society, or a society that would respect traditional American values and free market principles.
Please answer part 1 through 9 with one sentence of explanation! Thank you so much!
