question and answer

Please read the book about chapter26 carefully, and then choose the best answers to each question.

1. What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in the case Milliken v. Bradley?

It prohibited the city of Detroit from taking property taxes from its white suburban school districts to finance its less affluent school districts

It forced the city of Detroit to integrate its white suburban schools districts with its districts with predominantly minority populations

It prohibited the city of Detroit from integrating its white suburban schools districts with its districts with predominantly minority populations

It forced the city of Detroit to take property taxes from its white suburban school districts to finance its less affluent school districts

2.As a result of the Vietnam War

1 to 2 million Vietnamese died

3 to 4 million Vietnamese died

Up to 1 million Vietnamese died

2 to3 million Vietnamese died

3.The major political fallout of Nixon’s fall after the Watergate scandal was

A renewed trust in the courts and Congress and their ability to protect liberty

A weakening of liberalism and the idea that the federal government could protect liberty

A weakening of conservatism and its idea that the federal government could not be trusted to protect liberty

A strengthening of liberalism and the idea that, in the hands of Democrats, the federal government could protect liberty

4.The major economic crisis of the 1970s took the form of stagflation,

Falling consumer prices combined with high unemployment

Falling consumer prices combined with negative economic growth

Rising consumer prices combined with stagnant economic growth

Rising consumer prices combined with low unemployment

5.“Reaganomics,” also known as supply-side economics, produced

Long-term economic growth, combined with a more equal distribution of income

Prolonged economic depression, but also a more equal distribution of income

Prolonged economic depression, combined with increasing income inequality

Long-term economic growth, but also increasing income inequality

6.As part of his Cold War strategy, President Reagan

Directly intervened with the military in several Central American countries to stop communism

Reduced American support for brutal anti-communist movements in Central America

Stepped up American support for brutal anti-communist movements in Central America

Stepped up American support for non-violent anti-communist movements in Central America