1970's Presidents

Why did students storm the U.S. Embassy in Iran & take hostages in 1979?

• U.S. supported the exiled Shah
• U.S. supported the Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution
• U.S. supported Israel in Yom Kippur War
• Carter Doctrine

What scandal involved the botched break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters & cost Nixon the presidency?

• Watergate
• Teapot Dome
• Spygate
• Travelgate

What new foreign policy did Nixon adopt to ease tensions with the Soviet Union?

• Detente
• triangulation
• brinkmanship
• mutually assured destruction

U.S. actions in the Middle East caused what action by OPEC?

• oil embargo
• free trade agreement
• lowering of oil prices
• declaration of war

Nixon was the first U.S. president to visit this communist country?

• China
• Cuba
• North Korea
• East Germany

President Carter got what 2 countries signed the Camp David Accords?

• Lebanon & Iran
• Egypt & Saudi Arabia
• Jordan & Israel
• Israel & Egypt

The Watergate Scandal had what effect on the American people?

• optimism & happiness
• anger & jealousy
• cynicism & distrust
• elation & trust

Watergate refers to a scandal in which -

• Nixon rewarded government contracts in exchange for bribes
• Nixon sold arms to Iran in exchange for hostages
• Nixon lied under oath about a sexual affair
• Nixon faced impeachment for trying to cover up a crime

Revolutionaries in the country of ___________ held Americans hostage for 444 days to protest U.S. support for their overthrown leader.

• Iraq
• Nicaragua
• Iran
• Israel

As a result of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal, Americans

• have a greater appreciation of the role of the oval office
• have less trust in their government
• have realized the importance of the vote
• receive more of their news from social media than newspapers