USH Nixon, Ford, Carter

In 1973, OPEC announced that its members would impose an _________________ of petroleum to countries that supported Israel

• embargo
• deregulation
• inflation
• restriction

The crisis in Iran that undermined Jimmy Carter’s presidency began in November 1979, when

• the Shah, a monarch supported by the United States, was forced to flee the country
• religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini declared an Islamic republic in Iran
• militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage
• Carter helped broker a historic peace treaty known as the Camp David Accords

The House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon in the summer of 1974, just days after the president

• blocked release of the Watergate tapes
• ordered the Watergate break-in.
• fired the special prosecutor investigating Watergate
• turned over the Watergate tapes

Which of the following was one purpose of President Nixon’s trip to China

• negotiating an arms limitation treaty with the Chinese government
• negotiating an alliance with China against the Soviet Union
• confronting the Chinese government about its human rights violations
• encouraging the Soviets to pursue diplomacy more actively

The economic condition called “stagflation” had its beginnings in the early 1970s, when

• manufacturing declined while prices were rising
• prices for consumer goods began to fall
• the increasing cost of goods took a toll on the economy
• millions of workers lost their jobs

Détente began when President Nixon

• set out to improve relations with China's communist government
• announced his policy of New Federalism
• signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
• attended an American-Soviet summit

This condition in combination with high unemployment produces stagflation

• Inflation
• Detente
• SALT I
• OPEC

Nixon signed this treaty with the Soviet Union

• Inflation
• SALT I
• Detente
• OPEC

This president was proudest of his record on civil rights

• Nixon
• Ford
• Carter
• Kissinger

This man helped Nixon formulate the policy of détente

• Nixon
• Ford
• Carter
• Kissinger