Author Question: According to policies that came to be called the Nixon Doctrine, the United States would A. None ... (Read 81 times)

RRMR · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

After President Richard Nixon had appointed four new justices, the Supreme Court

A. became decidedly more conservative in its rulings.

B. more closely reflected the president's own political beliefs.

C. actually increased its commitment to social reform.

D. attempted to overturn the Warren Court decision in Roe v. Wade.

E. became decidedly less active.

Question 2

President Richard Nixon's appointments to the Supreme Court

A. both included the first nomination of a female justice, and were twice rejected by the Senate.

B. included the first nomination of a female justice.

C. were twice rejected by the Senate.

D. culminated in the successful appointment of G. Harrold Carswell to the Court.

E. All these answers are correct.

Question 3

President Richard Nixon's proposed Family Assistance Plan included

A. a maximum six-year participation in the federal welfare system.

B. free medical care to all Americans over the age of seventy.

C. federal support for parental leave following the birth of a child.

D. a program to replace Social Security with private retirement vouchers.

E. a guaranteed annual income for all Americans.

Question 4

As part of his domestic agenda, President Richard Nixon

A. dismantled many Great Society programs.

B. All these answers are correct.

C. abolished the Office of Economic Opportunity.

D. tried to overhaul the nation's welfare system by creating a guaranteed annual income.

E. tried to end the forced busing of students to desegregate schools.

Question 5

According to policies that came to be called the Nixon Doctrine, the United States would

A. None of these answers is correct.

B. both assist in the development of friendly nations, and assume a basic responsibility for the future of friendly nations.

C. increase Third World contributions to shake up the status quo.

D. assume a basic responsibility for the future of friendly nations.

E. assist in the development of friendly nations.