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📝 Answered - Women in Roman society had the right to A. vote in elections. B. run for office. C. own property. D. choose who to marry.

📝 Answered - 11. With the introduction of the birth control pill to the market in 1960, women could for the first time deter pregnancy by their own choice. A. True B. False 12. Organized religions such as the Roman Catholic Church stood firm on their principles that artificial contraceptives were sinful. A. True B. False 13. In 1965, the Supreme Court ruled that states were allowed to prohibit the sale of contraceptives. A. True B. False 14. The Court determined that a fundamental right to privacy exists between the lines of the Constitution, and that laws prohibiting contraceptive choice violated this sacred right. A. True B. False 15. A federal judge refused the right to purchase contraceptives to unmarried minors in 1974. A. True B. False 16. Reports of premarital sex increased dramatically as the "sexual revolution" spread across America. B. False A. True 17. Courts cracked down on the entertainment industry, causing movies and television to pull back from controversially suggestive content. A. True B. False 18. Throughout the 1960s, there was no national standard on abortion regulations, and many states had outlawed the practice. A. True B. False 19. In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that it was constitutionally acceptable for states to ban abortion in the Roe v. Wade Ruling. A. True B. False 20. To amend the Constitution, Congress must propose the amendment by a 2/3 majority in both the House and Senate. A. True B. False 21. After proposal, an amendment must be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures. A. True B. False 22. Career woman and lawyer Phyllis Shlafly, led the "stop ERA"compaign, believing that ERA would actually hurt women by eliminating laws designed to protect them. A. True B. False 23. By 1982, 38 states had voted in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment, and it passed. A. True B. False Multiple Choice: Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement, answers the question, or fits the description given. 24. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about abortion laws? A. After 2 years of hearing evidence, the majority of justices maintained that a right to privacy was implied by the Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments. B. No state could restrict abortions during the first three months of a pregnancy. C. No state was permitted to adopt restrictive laws in accordance with respecting the mother's health during the second trimester. D. The practice could be banned outright during the third trimester. 25. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about the abortion controversy? A. Women's groups were ecstatic. B. The Roman Catholic Church had long criticized abortion as a form of infanticide. C. Fundamentalist Protestant ministers refused to side with the Catholic Church. D. The National Right to Life Committee was formed with the explicit goal of reversing Roe v. Wade. 26. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about the abortion controversy? A. Those who believe that life begins at conception feel that the unborn child deserves the same legal protections as an adult; ending such a life is equivalent to murder. B. Others argue that life begins at birth, and that laws restricting abortion interfere with the right of a woman to decide what is in her own best interest. C. Opponents of abortion use the label "Pro-life." D. Supporters of Roe v. Wade identify themselves as "Pro-life." 27. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about the abortion controversy? A. Pro-life groups began to lobby their Senators and Representatives to propose a Right-to- Life Amendment to the Constitution. B. Pro-choice groups such as the National Abortion Rights Action League fear that a slow erosion of abortion rights has taken place since Roe v. Wade. C. The Hyde Amendment of 1976 allowed the use of federal Medicaid funds to be used for abortions. D. Later Court decisions have upheld the right of states to impose waiting periods and prenotification requirements.

📝 Answered - The North Carolina Regulators were a movement that A. All of the above B. Closed courthouses C. Refused to pay taxes D. Organized an army to defend against the colonial government

📝 Answered - The aspect of the Iran-Contra Affair that most damaged President Reagan's reputation was that A. laws were sidestepped. B. hostages were taken. C. missiles were sold. D. hostages were released.

📝 Answered - What was the reason for mass killing in Rwanda? A. Because of ethnic clash B. Because of ethnic propaganda C. The Tutsi's killed the Hutu's president D. The Hutus killed the Tutsi's president

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📝 Answered - Which of the following is a FALSE statement about the Soviet Union? A. The unraveling of the Soviet Bloc began in Poland in June 1989. B. By the fall of 1989, East and West Germans were tearing down the Berlin Wall. C. Communist regimes were ousted in Hungary but not Czechoslovakia. D. Yugoslavia threw off the yoke of communism only to dissolve quickly into a violent civil war. 84. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about the Soviet Union? A. The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania declared independence. B. Talks of similar sentiments were heard in Ukraine, the Caucasus, and the Central Asian states. C. Here Gorbachev refused to maintain the territorial integrity of the Soviet Union, believing in the freedom of individual states. D. In 1991, he proposed a Union Treaty, giving greater autonomy to the Soviet republics while keeping them under central control. 85. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about the Soviet Union? A. That summer, a coup by conservative hardliners took place. B. Gorbachev was placed under house arrest. C. Boris Yeltsin, leader of the Soviet Republic, demanded the hardliners to be released. D. In December 1991, Ukraine, Byelorussia, and Russia itself declared independence and the Soviet Union was dissolved; Gorbachev was a President without a country. 86. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about American reaction? A. No serious discourse on any diplomatic levels in the USSR addressed the likelihood of a Soviet collapse. B. No one really won the Cold War; the U.S. spent trillions of dollars arming themselves for a direct confrontation with the Soviet Union that fortunately never came. C. Most Americans found it difficult to get used to the idea of no Cold War. D. In many ways, facing one superpower was much more complicated than challenging the rogue states and renegade groups sponsoring global terrorism. 87. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about the last decade of the 20th century? A. In the last decade of the 20th century, American diplomats spent the majority of their time battling the Soviet Union. B. In the largest American military operation since the Vietnam War, the U.S. led a multinational force in the liberation of Kuwait. C. The U.S. contributed blue-helmet peacekeeping troops to Bosnia to end ethnic cleansing and committed air support to Kosovar Albanians who faced the same fate. D. American troops were used to provide food to starving civilians in war-torn Somalia, to restore a democratically elected President to Haiti, and bomb suspected terrorist bases in Sudan and Afghanistan. 88. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about the bitter partisanship? A. Voters punished the Republicans by voting against George Bush in 1992. B. After two years of Bill Clinton, voters punished him by turning the House and Senate over to the Republicans. C. A bitter partisan struggle emerged over the personal sexual improprieties of Clinton in 1998, leading to an impeachment vote largely along party lines. D. Disgusted with Clinton's behavior, voters rewarded Republicans by increasing their majority in Congress. 89. How did the 1990s mark a revolution in communications? A. Individual use of the Internet mushroomed from a handful of scientists and professors at the beginning of the decade to becoming widespread by the year 2000. B. Companies regeared their approaches for online commerce, and electronic mail was a common new form of communications. C. Satellite dish networks challenged cable companies for business in telecommunications. D. All of the above 90. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about events in Iraq? A. Saddam Hussein, dictator of Iraq, ordered his army across the border into tiny Kuwait. B. The Iraqi takeover posed an immediate threat to neighboring Saudi Arabia, another major exporter of oil. C. In the last months of 1990, the U.S. participated in the defense of Saudi Arabia in a deployment known Operation Desert Shield. D. Less than 200,000 troops were placed in Saudi Arabia in case of an Iraqi attack on the Saudis. 91. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about Desert Storm? A. Looking westward for support for their dramatic internal changes, the USSR did not block the American plan. B. A small minority of Americans and a minority of Congress supported the President's actions. C. The U.S. issued an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein; leave Kuwait by January 15 or face a full attack. D. January 15 came and went with no response from Iraq, so the next night bombing sorties pummeled Iraq's military targets.

📝 Answered - What factor led to the rise of big business? A. A new belief system called the "Gospel of Success." B. The growth of railroads. C. Efficiency in production and the use of profits. D. All of the answers are correct.

📝 Answered - Read this excerpt from the Constitution. 'The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent... abuse of its powers, that further... restrictive clauses should be added.' According to this excerpt, what was the main purpose of ratifying the Bill of Rights? A. to adopt the Constitution B. to restrict citizens' rights C. to prevent the abuse of power D. to create a convention

📝 Answered - Read this quote, then answer the question: "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." You can tell by the meaning of this quote that this principle was expressed by A. Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier B. Mahatma Gandhi C. Fidel Castro D. Yasser Arafat