Nixon 1970s

Which of these terms describes the easing of tensions between two countries?

• Brinkmanship
• Detente
• Containment
• SALT

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 one of the Acts Congress passed after Nixon's presidency as a result of the Vietnam War?

• War Powers Act
• Prohibition
• Operation Rolling Thunder
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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

Affirmative action is a policy that

• provides additional opportunities for minority groups
• allows majority groups to maintain control of government operations
• removes tax penalties for those that cannot afford to pay it
• prevents prisons from becoming overcrowded

Which communist country is Nixon successful in opening diplomatic ties with?

• Vietnam
• North Korea
• China
• Soviet Union

Which war did Nixon's foreign policies help to end?

• Korean War
• Gulf War
• Chinese Revolution
• Vietnam War

What is the legacy of the Vietnam War for the U.S.?

• It was the longest and least successful war in American history
• It was long and hard, but did contain communism
• our soldiers were welcomed home as heroes
• The Soviets slowed their efforts to spread communism

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