NIxon, Ford, Carter, Reagan

This French word means "an easing of tensions"

• guerre

• detente

• amour

• deja vu

The cartoon above was published in May 1973. With which event was this cartoon associated?

• Teapot Dome Scandal

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Watergate Scandal

• Iran-Contra Affair

Nixon and the Soviet Union singed SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) to

• make the United States military stronger

• establish diplomatic relations

• limit the race for oil production

• limit the arms race

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

Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

• Lyndon B. Johnson

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

• China

• North Vietnam

• Korea

• Cambodia

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

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

A diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for over a year.

• Iranian Revolution

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Camp David Accords

• Iraq Hostage Crisis