US History

America in the 1970s

All videos will be beneficial, but the 20 minute, first video is probably the most important. If you do poorly, try watching the other videos as well.

Multiple Choice

The first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab country.

• SALT I

• Iran Contra Affair

• Camp David Accords

• Helsinki Accords

Multiple Choice

Why did Iranian revolutionaries take Americans hostage?

• Perceived U.S support of the Shah

• American Marines sent to Lebanon

• U.S. arms sold to Israel

• Money funneled to the Contras

Multiple Choice

Which event did not contribute to the Credibility Gap?

• Watergate

• Iran Contra Affair

• Camp David Accords

• Iran Hostage Crisis

Multiple Choice

What overturned the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

• Selective Service Act

• Espionage Act

• War Powers Act

• Freedom of Information Act

Multiple Choice

Students have the right to protest under the 1st Amendment

• Wisconsin v Yoder

• Miranda v Arizona

• Hernandez v Texas

• Tinker v Des Moines

Multiple Choice

18-20 years old can vote.

• 19th Amendment

• 26th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 24th Amendment

Multiple Choice

The President led a conspiracy to hide the truth.

• Iran Contra Affair

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Watergate

• OPEC Oil embargo

Multiple Choice

What agency protects the environment from pollution?

• EPA

• SALT

• HUD

• National Parks Service

Multiple Choice

What was one result of the opening of China in the 1970s?

• End of the Vietnam War

• SALT I treaty with the Soviet Union

• Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt

• Watergate scandal

Multiple Choice

What limited the nuclear arms race between the USA and USSR?

• Camp David Accords

• SALT I Treaty

• Moon landing

• War Powers Act

Multiple Choice

Which group, led by Jerry Falwell, described itself as a political organization with religious goals?

• the Black Panthers
• the Great Society
• the Moral Majority
• the United Nations

Multiple Choice

Why did gasoline prices spike during the 1970s and early 1980s?

• A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil.
• Congress imposed new regulations on foreign energy companies.
• Conflicts in Middle East disrupted the distribution of oil.
• Congress introduced new legislation to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles.

Multiple Choice

What type of energy did Jimmy Carter want the US to use after suffering the oil embargo?

• Coal-based energy

• Renewable Energy

• Nuclear energy

• Domestic Oil Energy

Multiple Choice

What happened to the 52 captives of the Iran Hostage Crisis?

• They were given to the Soviet Union and returned in 1987

• They disappeared and were never seen from again

• They were publicly executed in 1981 in Tehran

• They were returned to the US 444 days

Multiple Choice

What was the response in Tehran to the US helping the former Shah of Iran in 1979?

• The new government of Iran declared war on the U.S.

• The embassy was attacked and 52 people were taken hostage

• The Shah of Iran was put back in power

• Iran invaded Israel and Iraq who were US allies

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• It creates and enforces regulations for pollution in the US

• It researches diseases and health in the US

• It manages an emergency oil supply in the United States

• It oversees the National Parks Service

Multiple Choice

How did the oil embargo effect the U.S. during the 1970s?

• The U.S. used its own energy reserves to fight the embargo

• Prices of everything increased and gas shortages happened

• The U.S. was forced to abandon Israel as prices went down

• It caused the stagflation outbreak in the U.S.

Multiple Choice

What was OPEC's response to the U.S. assisting Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War?

• It's member nations declared war on the United States

• It imposed economic sanction on the US through the UN

• It enacted an oil embargo, cutting off trade to the U.S.

• It increased the sales of oil to enemies of the US like Iran

Multiple Choice

This international organization took control of oil prices and oil supply in the 1970s

• International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

• International Petroleum Confederation

Multiple Choice

During the 1970s this hit the U.S. economy when high unemployment and high inflation happened

• Great Recession

• Great Inflation

• Staglfation

• Hyper Inflation

Multiple Choice

Who succeeded Nixon as President after his resignation on August 8, 1974?

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• George H.W. Bush

Multiple Choice

What did Nixon do after his cover up of Watergate was discovered after U.S. v Nixon?

• Nixon was impeached by Congress on August 8, 1974

• Nixon was removed from office by the Supreme Court

• Nixon pardoned himself from crimes he did during Watergate

• Nixon resigned on August 8, 1974 to avoid being impeached

Multiple Choice

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. v Nixon about Executive Privilege?

• Nixon could not use it to hide the Watergate Tapes

• Nixon was able to keep the Watergate tapes classified

• Nixon, as President, was above the law while in office

• Nixon could use it to classify the Pentagon Papers

Multiple Choice

When the President hides information for national security reasons- used by Nixon in Watergate

• Executive Order

• Executive Action

• Veto Power

• Executive Privilege

Multiple Choice

Which describes the Watergate scandal (1972)?

• The President was having an affair with a White House intern

• The U.S. sold weapons to Iran and gave money to the Contras

• Nixon ordered a break-in at the Democratic HQ and a cover up

• The President secretly ordered Cambodia bombed

Multiple Choice

Nixon's efforts to ease tensions with the Soviet Union was called-

• Cooling the Cold War

• Detente

• Strategic Negotiation

• Ceasefire

Multiple Choice

What was the outcome of the SALT I talks?

• It created a ceasefire between the U.S. and North Vietnam

• The US and USSR reduced how many ballistic missiles they had

• The U.S. and China opened a trading treaty

• Communist China was admitted as a full member of the U.N.

Multiple Choice

Which communist country did Richard Nixon open relations with in the early 70s?

• Cuba

• China

• Soviet Union

• North Korea