Nixon, Ford, Carter

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.

What critical event affected both the Ford and Carter presidencies?

• Watergate

• the energy crisis

• Iran hostage crisis

• rise of Sandinistas in Nicaragua

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

• November 1972

• May 1973

• November 1973

• May 1974

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

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

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

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.

The combination of high inflation with a stagnant economy and high unemployment was referred to as

• stagflation

• demand-side economics

• a depression

• Keynesianism

What was the purpose of the Camp David Accords led by President Carter?

• to broker peace between Egypt and Israel

• to end the Iranian hostage crisis

• to maintain good relations with the Shah

• to find a way to end the economic recession

Nixon’s southern strategy involved

• establishing the Environmental Protection Agency.

• placing a 90-day freeze on all wages and prices.

• criticizing court-ordered busing of school children.

• abolishing the Office of Economic Opportunity.