Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush

Former CIA agents broke into Democratic headquarters. Nixon tried to cover up the burglary. He was forced by the Supreme Court to hand over his tapes of White House conversations. These showed that Nixon had lied about the cover-up. This was known as?

• Lewinsky scandal

• Watergate scandal

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Teapot Dome

What was the significance of President Nixon's Communist China in 1972?

• it led to reunification of Taiwan with Communist China

• it persuaded Chinese leaders to introduce capitalism into the marketplace

• it showed that the Cold War between the "Free World" and Communism was over

• it opened the way for China's entry into the United Nations and trade with the United States

Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Why did the Arab members of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) raise their oil prices leading to a gas shortage?

• the United States and other countries were trading with Israel during the Arab-Israeli War of 1973

• the United States and other countries were trading with Palestine during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

• the United States was facing high unemployment rates

• the United States planned on boycotting the purchasing of oil from the Middle East

What was one effect of the fuel shortages during Ford's administration?

• unemployment went down

• gas lines become a problem

• more Americans bought smaller Japanese and European cars

• more Americans bought American cars

Under Ford's Presidency in 1975, South Vietnam fell to what country

• China

• North Vietnam

• Korea

• Cambodia

President Ford's greatest success was

• "detente"

• Helsinki Accords

• Camp David Accords

• the end of the Vietnam War

The photograph above shows a newspaper being read at a gasoline service center in January 1974. Its headline states: "Gas Rationing Set Monday". What was the primary cause of the shortages shown in the photograph?

• A war in Afghanistan had cut oil supplies from Central Asia

• The Mexican government had nationalized its petroleum industry

• Arab members of OPEC had placed an oil embargo on the United States

• Iran had halted its oil exports after the former Shah was admitted into America

This US President who pledged honest and moral policies was

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

Carter signed the _________________ promising to return the canal to Panama

• Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

• Panama Canal Treaty

• Panama Canal

• Torrijos-Carter Treaty