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- 1. No legal action was taken against former President Nixon after the
- Watergate scandal because:
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- (A) the conviction of Watergate burglars insured that White House officials
- would be free from prosecution
- (B) former President Nixon received a blanket pardon from President Ford
- in 1974
- (C) President Nixon resigned from office voluntarily
- (D) the White House tapes were lost
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- (B) Ford gave Nixon a blanket pardon.
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- 2. The government of South Vietnam became Communist in:
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- (A) 1952
- (B) 1961
- (C) 1969
- (D) 1971
- (E) 1975
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- (E) Early in 1975, the government run by American allies in South Vietnam and
- Cambodia collapsed. The North Vietnamese invaded South Vietnam, remaining
- Americans quickly departed, and the United States lost all power in Indochina.
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- 3. The constitutional amendment that enabled women to vote in all elections
- was ratified:
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- (A) just before World War I
- (B) just before World War II
- (C) soon after World War I
- (D) soon after World War II
- (E) in 1924
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- (C) World War I ended in 1919. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified,
- giving women the right to vote in all states and in all elections.
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- 4. How were the decade after World War I and the decade after the Civil War
- similar?
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- (A) There was an increase in social reform in both periods.
- (B) In both periods, wartime controls of the economy continued.
- (C) Both periods saw an increase in public debt and taxes.
- (D) Both periods were characterized by political and financial corruption.
- (E) In both periods, the U. S. took part in international arbitration.
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- (D) Both were times of corruption.
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- 5. Which of the following may be regarded as a characteristic of both the
- decade following World War I and the decade following World War II?
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- (A) U. S. participation in international organizations created to maintain
- world peace
- (B) isolationist administrations
- (C) Red Scares
- (D) an upsurge of feminist activities
- (E) rapid inflation followed by sharp deflation
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- (C) Red Scares followed both World War I and World War II.
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- 6. The elections of 1800 and 1824 were alike in that:
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- (A) Southerners were elected President in both cases
- (B) Republican Presidents were elected in both cases
- (C) the House of Representatives chose the President in both cases
- (D) the Vice President soon became President in both cases
- (E) the losing candidates received popular pluralities in both cases
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- (C) Both elections were determined by the House of Representatives.
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- 7. The first military draft law was enacted during:
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- (A) the American Revolution
- (B) the War of 1812
- (C) the Mexican War
- (D) the Civil War
- (E) World War I
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- (D) The draft was used for the first time during the Civil War. Objections to
- the new law, the Conscription Act of 1863, contributed to the famous Draft
- Riots of 1863 in New York City.
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- 8. The redrawing of legislative districts for partisan purposes is commonly
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- (A) log-rolling
- (B) gerrymandering
- (C) quartering
- (D) court-packing
- (E) filibustering
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- (B) The practice of gerrymandering is a partisan attempt to redraw legislative
- districts so that nominees from a particular political party will be successful
- in as many districts as possible.
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