Nixon, Ford, Carter

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Nixon visited the Peoples Republic of China to establish __________ relations.

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diplomatic

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This French word means "an easing of tensions"

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detente

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What do many find Nixon's greatest accomplishment to be? Options: opening of relations with Cuba, opening of relations with Communist China, Watergate, ending the Vietnam War

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opening of relations with Communist China

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The cartoon above was published in May 1973. With which event was this cartoon associated?

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Watergate Scandal

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Nixon and the Soviet Union signed SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) to

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limit the arms race

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What was the scandal involving former CIA agents breaking into Democratic headquarters, Nixon's cover-up, and the Supreme Court's demand for tapes revealing his lies?

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Watergate scandal

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What was the significance of President Nixon's Communist China in 1972?

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it opened the way for China's entry into the United Nations and trade with the United States

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Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?

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Gerald Ford

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Why did the Arab members of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) raise their oil prices leading to a gas shortage?

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the United States and other countries were trading with Israel during the Arab-Israeli War of 1973

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What was the primary cause of the shortages shown in the photograph of a newspaper being read at a gasoline service center in January 1974 with the headline: "Gas Rationing Set Monday"?

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Arab members of OPEC had placed an oil embargo on the United States