Nixon/Ford/Carter

The biggest foreign policy failure during the presidency of Jimmy Carter was...

• granting a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon
• the fall of China to communism under Mao Zedong
• his inability to negotiate the release of US hostages in Iran
• the near nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba

Public confidence in Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter declined during the 1970s because...

• they failed to bring an end to growing stagflation
• they were unable to bring peace to the Middle East, especially between Jews and Muslims
• they participated in the Watergate break-in and cover-up scandal
• they used brinkmanship and relied on nuclear weapons during the Cold War

The main purpose of President Nixon's policy of detente was to...

• ease tensions between the US and the Soviet Union
• expand US military involvement in SE Asia
• assure an adequate supply of oil from the Middle East
• maintain a favorable balance of trade with Cina

In the Camp David Accords (1978), President Jimmy Carter succeeded in...

• returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
• suspending grain sales to the Soviet Union and China
• freeing hostages being held in Iran
• providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

Which situation in the 1970s caused the US to reconsider its dependence on foreign energy resources?

• meetins with teh Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons
• oil embargo by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• war in Afghanistan
• free-trade agreements with Canada and Mexico

The main goal of affirmative action programs is to...

• help gain equal voting rights for African Americans
• provide affordable child care for poor and dependent mothers
• promote economic and educational opportunities for minorities
• enforce racial segregation laws

One similarity between the 1930s and the 1970s was that both decades were characterized by..

• American troops sent to fight in an unpopular war
• the massive growth of American suburbs
• the acquisition of large overseas territories
• weak economies with high unemployment

Which event led to the investigations that resulted in the resignation of President Nixon?

• an oil embargo by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• a break-in at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee
• a presidential decision to freeze wages and prices
• a decision to escalate the war in Vietnam

The cartoonist is commenting on the foreign policy actions of which US president?

• Dwight Eisenhower
• John F. Kennedy
• Richard Nixon
• Harry Truman

Which US foreign policy decision most clearly reflects the relationship shown in the cartoon?

• negotiation of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT)
• issuance of the Truman Doctrine
• support of the South Vietnamese against the Vietcong
• quarantine of Cuba