Richard Nixon

What was Watergate?

• A nice hotel in Washington, DC

• The code name for a secret informant

• A dam in Washington, DC

• The Republican's headquarters for the 1972 election

True or False:
Nixon was impeached from presedency. 

• True
• False

Which statement most accurately depicts why president Nixon had to resign from office in 1974?

• He had an affair with an intern
• He pulled troops out of Vietnam in 1973
• He opened relations with China and the Soviet Union
• He led a criminal conspiracy from the White House, which mislead the nation

What were the so-called "SALT 1" talks about?

• increasing mineral trade between the U.S. and Soviet Union

• reducing nuclear weapons/missile

• improving the taste of bland foods

• learning how to store nuclear waste in salt domes

Who were the reporters who leaked the information that prompted an investigation into the Watergate break-in?

• Sacco and Vanzetti

• Richards and Cox

• Woodward and Bernstein

• Ethel and Julius Rosenburg

Who became President immediately after Nixon left office?

• Jimmy Carter

• Lyndon Johnson

• Gerald Ford

• Ronald Reagan

According to the graph, when was Richard Nixon’s highest approval rating?

• November 1972

• May 1973

• November 1973

• May 1974

What is the main idea of this cartoon from the Watergate era?

• The Supreme Court presides over a presidential impeachment trial.

• Congress has to obey the Constitution.

• The president has the final word involving constitutional issues.

• No person or group is above the law.

When Richard Nixon opened the door to China he also brought the US and USSR closer together.

• True

• False