APUSH_Ford & Carter

Ford lost popularity when he took office and immediately

• got involved in the Watergate Scandal

• pardoned Nixon for any involvement in Watergate

• chose Spiro Agnew as his VP

• began bombing Cambodia to end the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War ended when

• North Vietnam fell to communist rule

• South Vietnam and North Vietnam agreed to remain divided at the 36 parallel

• South Vietnam fell to the enemy and the country was reunited under Communist rule

• South Vietnam fell to the enemy and the country was reunited under Democratic rule

Jimmy Carter's foreign policy was similar to Woodrow Wilson's in that

• both men shared a deep concern for human rights

• both men preferred to remain isolated

• both men supported the League of Nations

• both men were interested in ending the Cold War

A reason for the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979 was

• the U.S. backed Shah had westernized Iran, angering many Iranians, especially a militant Islamic group

• Carter had spied on the Iranians elections

• that Iran was not included in peace talks between Egypt and Israel at the Camp David Accords

• the OPEC embargo on the U.S. and their allies

Nixon's Cold War policy of détente effectively continued under Carter with which communist country?

• China

• Soviet Union

• Greece

• Vietnam

One of the biggest economic problems in the U.S. 1970s was

• depression after war production was slowed

• inflation

• decreasing oil prices as a result of the OPEC embargo

• losing ownership of the Panama Canal

Why didn't the U.S. athletes compete in the 1980 Olympics?

• Because they were held in Iran and the had not yet released the American hostages

• Because they were held in China and Carter refused to continue diplomatic relations with China

• Because they were in Moscow and the Soviet Union did not agree to the conditions of SALT II

• Because they were in Moscow and the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan a year before to prop up their Communist government

Although Carter attempted a plan to rescue the hostages,

• it did not work and they were all killed

• it angered the Iranians even further and led to another OPEC embargo

• it failed and they were not released until after Ronald Reagan became president