Crash Course Test

What building was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?

• The Capitol Building
• The White House
• Republican Headquarters
• Democratic Headquarters

What communist nations did president Nixon extend relations to during his Administration?

• Cuba
• China
• Soviet Union
• Both China and Soviet Union

Which word means, "easing/lessening of tension?"

• Inflation
• Detente
• Stagflation
• Constipation 

Which statement most accurately depicts why president Nixon had to resign from office in 1974?

• He had an affair with an intern
• He pulled troops out of Vietnam in 1973
• He opened relations with China and the Soviet Union
• He led a criminal conspiracy from the White House, which mislead the nation

During the investigation, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to hand over what piece of incriminating evidence?

• Tape recordings
• Transcripts of his conversations
• Contracts of different CREEP members
• Receipts of the hotels Nixon had stayed

In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?

• Resign
• Die while in office
• Flee the country
• Own a cat

What was the name of the hotel that Nixon allegedly sent people to break in to and spy on the DNC?

• Waterfront
• Watergate
• Wyndgate
• Waterfall

After the U.S. got out of Vietnam in 1973, what happened to the country two years later?

• The South Vietnamese won thanks to Nixon's bombing of Cambodia
• The country remained divided at the 17th parallel and still remains divided today
• The North Vietnamese won and made the entire country communist
• The U.S. re-entered the war and helped the South Vietnamese defeat the north

Nixon’s personality influenced his staff.  Nixon would only hire people who

• had a great sense of humor
• were absolutely honest with reporters and other outsiders
• were deeply concerned about civil rights
• were absolutely loyal and supportive of his ideas

The most important agreement between President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev was: 

• Cooperation in exploration of space
• A limit to offensive nuclear weapons
• German re-unification 
• Lessening trade limits