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In 1971, the 26th Amendment was passed giving the right to vote to people of what age and older?
18
16
14
13
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The 70s in America were economically volatile times because of the Arab Oil Embargo that was put in place to punish Western nations for supporting what country in the Yom Kippur War?
India
Pakistan
Egypt
Israel
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In 1970, the iconic radio program American Top 40 launched with what legendary D.J. as its host?
Casey Kasem
Wolfman Jack
Vincent Price
Carter Loy
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What man led America through the first half of the 1970s until he resigned in disgrace?
Gerald Ford
Dwight Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
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What was the name of Nixon's vice president who resigned in shame foreshadowing Richard Nixon's later departure from office?
Christopher Dane
Walter Mondale
Spiro Agnew
Nelson Rockefeller
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What is the common name given to the scandal that would force Richard Nixon from office?
The XYZ Affair
The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair
The Watergate Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal
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In 1977, what American musical superstar passed away in his estate of Graceland?
Elvis Presley
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Bruce Hornsby
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The Three Mile Island Accident in the 1970s proved to be one of the worst nuclear disasters to ever happen on American soil. In what state did this incident occur?
Alabama
Oregon
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
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The 1970s saw a revived interest in passing what piece of legislation that would have guaranteed that the Constitution applied to all American citizens regardless of sex?
The Civic Equality Amendment
The Due Process Amendment
The Ronsted Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment
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In the 1970s, America officially ended its involvement in what major war?
World War Two
The Vietnam War
The Korean War
The Persian Gulf War
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What 1973 treaty ended America's direct involvement in the Vietnam War?
The Treaty of Greenville
The Paris Peace Accords
The Treaty of Versailles
The Camp David Accords
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What 1975 Steven Spielberg film about a killer shark arguably became the first blockbuster movie?
Deep Blue Sea
Open Water
Jaws
The Deep
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What man became President of the United States after Richard Nixon resigned?
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
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In the 1971 Supreme Court case New York Times Co. v. United States, it was ruled that the newspaper publishing what damning leaked report was entirely legal?
The Panama Papers
The Pentagon Papers
The Zimmerman Note
The Schlieffen Plan
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Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison all died during the 70s at what age?
24
27
30
33
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In 1978, the American government voted to return control of what major canal to its local government?
The Panama Canal
The Suez Canal
The Nile Canal
The Guadalajara Canal
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April 22nd, 1970, was the first observation of what holiday in America?
Arbor Day
Veterans' Day
Earth Day
Flag Day
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On May 4th, 1970, national guardsmen killed four protestors on what college's campus?
Kent State
Virginia Tech
Stanford
Oxhurst
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In 1972, Richard Nixon met with what leader of communist China in order to establish diplomatic relations between them and America?
Xi Jinping
Kim Il Sung
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping
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In 1974, President Gerald Ford caused a national outrage when he pardoned which of the following individuals for the crimes they committed?
Ted Kaczynski
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
Spiro Agnew
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The 1970s saw the rise and fall of what quirky music trend led by bands like the Bee Gees and KC and the Sunshine Band? (Hint: roller skates were also optional attire for dancers to this kind of music.)
Disco
Rockabilly
House music
Trance
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1978 saw the tragic group suicide of practitioners who followed what monstrous cult leader?
Jim Jones
Aldous Birke
Roger A. Clark
Theodore Redrick
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In 1973, the United States Supreme Court upheld the legal status of abortion after hearing what landmark case?
Kayman v. Alberts
Loving v. Virginia
Texas v. Johnson
Roe v. Wade
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What film directed by George Lucas would shatter box office records and spawn a pop culture phenomenon when it hit theaters in 1977?
Star Trek
Lost in Space
Star Wars
Alien
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What man replaced Gerald Ford as President of the United States?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
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In 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz Incident saw an American spacecraft dock successfully for the first time with a spacecraft of what other country's design?
France
Great Britain
Mexico
The U.S.S.R.
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The Camp David Accords saw President Jimmy Carter help to mend relations between Israel and what other country?
Palestine
Egypt
Afghanistan
Morocco
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In 1970, what mission to the moon failed to the point that its captain Jim Lovell had to use a gravitational slingshot to bring his crew back to Earth safely?
Apollo 13
Apollo 16
Challenger I
Columbia 1
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In 1977, what major American city experienced a 25-hour blackout during which crime and looting skyrocketed?
Chicago
New York City
Boston
Des Moines
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At the end of the Seventies, Americans were taken hostage in what foreign country's American embassy after Muslim radicals took that country over?
Azerbaijan
Cuba
North Korea
Iran
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