27. CONSERVATISM AND ITS CHALLENGERS, 1968

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 27.1 Richard Nixon, Speech Accepting the Republican Nomination for President, August 8, 1968

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 27.1: Richard Nixon, Speech Accepting the Republican Nomination for President, August 8, 1968

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. How was “law and order” used by some leaders to support racist policies?

As an indictment of lynching and racial violence

In reference to the disruptive nature of the civil rights movement

To support the false claim that most criminals were African Americans

To emphasize that only Caucasians should be in law enforcement

2. According to his speech, how did Richard Nixon view African Americans?

As undeserving of advancement

As inferior to whites

As deserving of equality

As superior to whites

3. To what was Nixon referring when he spoke of the past five years of government programs?

The New Deal

The Marshall Plan

The Great Society

Freedom Summer

4. How did Nixon’s platform appeal to traditional conservative ideals?

Its emphasis on free market economics

Its advocacy of equality for all

Its punitive taxes for businesses

Its support for social welfare programs

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