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Nixon, Ford, Carter

Authored by Melanie Eason

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11th Grade

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Nixon, Ford, Carter
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did détente represent a new direction in U.S. foreign policy?

Détente represented the first time since World War II that the U.S. entered the global arena.

Nixon forced the U.S. to admit defeat in the Cold War and open negotiations with China.

Rather than maintaining the defense of U.S. allies, Nixon offered economic aid.

Instead of fighting communism openly, Nixon focused on negotiations with Communist countries.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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What critical event affected both the Ford and Carter presidencies?

Watergate

the energy crisis

Iran hostage crisis

rise of Sandinistas in Nicaragua

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

November 1972

May 1973

November 1973

May 1974

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The secret documents detailing the history of American involvement in Vietnam, which were obtained by Daniel Ellsberg and later printed by the new York Times, were known as the

Watergate tapes

Nixon memoranda

Pentagon Papers

Warren Report

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The American Hostage Crisis in Iran was caused in part by

the American government allowing the deposed Shah of Iran to come to the US for cancer treatment

Carter's involvement in arranging the Camp David accords between the Egyptians and the Israelis

American air strikes against Iran's ally, Libya

American attempts to overthrow the newly emplaced government of Ayatollah Khomeini

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

President Gerald Ford lost the most support from the American public for

allowing the fall of South Vietnam to the Communists

his ineffective WIN campaign against inflation

becoming the first unelected president of the United States

his pardon of Richard Nixon

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.

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