70s/80s US History

Who is the only president in U.S. history to resign the job?

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Richard Nixon

What is one reason the Democratic National Headquarters were broken into at the Watergate Hotel?

• to tap the phones

• to use the restrooms

• to infiltrate the party

• to burn it down

Who ordered Nixon to overturn his secretly recorded Oval Office conversations?

• Supreme Court

• Senate

• the Vice President

• House of Representatives

When the economy experiences inflation, unemployment, and little economic growth.

• inflation

• deflation

• Reaganomics

• stagflation

What was a major economic problem of the 1970s?

• high gas prices

• high food prices

• lack of service industry jobs

• increase in minimum wage jobs

When Gerald Ford replaced Richard Nixon, what did he do in regard to Nixon?

• strongly condemned him

• pardoned him

• called for his arrest

• asked him to be Vice President

After a change in leadership, this country held over 60 Americans hostage in the late 70s.

• Iraq

• Italy

• Afghanistan

• Iran

Liberal/progressive

• democrats

• republicans

conservative/tradtional

• democrats

• republicans

Believe in less gov. involvement and letting the free market control things

• democrats

• republicans