Multiple Choice Quiz #1

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Multiple Choice Quiz #1
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This activity contains 8 questions.

Which of these was NOT a candidate for president in 1968?

Eugene McCarthyJohn MitchellHubert HummphreyRobert F. KennedyGeorge Wallace

In the 1968 election, George C. Wallace

stumped for Hubert Humphrey.won less than 5 million popular votes.urged the re-nomination of President Johnson.reluctantly endorsed Nixon.ran as the American Independent nominee.

In 1971, President Nixon employed what program in an unsuccessful bid to combat inflation?

"jawboning" business to keep prices downfree-market economicsincreased government spendingcalled for voluntary restraints"Whip Inflation Now"

The Environmental Protection Agency was established during whose presidency?

CarterFordJohnsonKennedyNixon

"Vietnamization" refers to

congressional approval of the military-spending bills.encroachment of the communists into South Vietnam.calls for an American military victory in the war.Nixon's plan to turn over most of the fighting to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.communist infiltration of the anti-war movement.

The case United States v. Nixon placed limits upon

breaking and entering.school desegregation.military spending.executive privilege.impoundment.

During the Vietnam War, "doves" objected to all of the following EXCEPT

use of defoliants in the Vietnamese jungles.American attacks on Vietnamese civilians.detente in foreign policy.massive aerial bombings.use of napalm.

Which of these losing presidential candidates polled the strongest popular and electoral vote against his opponent?

Hubert HumphreyGeorge WallaceGeorge McGovernBarry GoldwaterRobert F. Kennedy

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