Nixon Foreign and Domestic Policy

What caused riots in Boston in 1974?

• enforcment of segregation

• opposition to the Vietnam War

• bussing to desegregate schools

• the Democratic National Convention

Nixon nominated Warren Burger to the Supreme Court in order to make the court more

Nixon's idea for how the Federal and State governments should share power was called

Nixon used _______ to help implement New Federalism.

• block grants

• spying on the states

• new laws

• the military

A stagnated economy has which of the following? (Choose all that apply.)

• falling unemployment

• rising inflation

• rising unemployment

• falling inflation

• high economic growth

What caused an energy crisis in the 1970s?

• the Vietnam War

• the Cold War

• USA's support of Isreal in the Middle East

• USA's support of Western German in Europe

Which of Nixon's policies supported giving preference to a group of people for jobs, education, and housing in order to make up for past oppression?

• affirmative action

• shuttle diplomacy

• New Federalism

• deficit spending

Who was President Nixon's National Security Advisor and Secretary of State?

• Spiro Agnew

• Henry Kissinger

• Gerald Ford

• Lyndon Johnson

An example of Realpolitik in action was

• supporting Egypt in the Yom Kippur War

• withdrawing troops from Vietnam

• supporting the expansion of Nuclear weapons

• ending the Gold Standard for money

An easing of tensions between the USA, USSR and China is called