Unit 9 quiz 2

What communist nations did president Nixon extend relations to during his Administration?

• Cuba
• China
• Soviet Union
• Both China and Soviet Union

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

In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?

• Resign
• Die while in office
• Flee the country
• Own a cat

What was the name of the hotel that Nixon allegedly sent people to break in to and spy on the DNC?

• Waterfront
• Watergate
• Wyndgate
• Waterfall

What is the legacy of the Vietnam War for the U.S.?

• It was the longest and least successful war in American history
• It was long and hard, but did contain communism
• our soldiers were welcomed home as heroes
• The Soviets slowed their efforts to spread communism

After the U.S. got out of Vietnam in 1973, what happened to the country two years later?

• The South Vietnamese won thanks to Nixon's bombing of Cambodia
• The country remained divided at the 17th parallel and still remains divided today
• The North Vietnamese won and made the entire country communist
• The U.S. re-entered the war and helped the South Vietnamese defeat the north

President Nixon’s policy of reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam allowing South Vietnam to assume more the fighting was known as…

• Vietnamization

• Detente

• Watergate

• Brinkmanship

“We must go forward now together. . . .I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad. In all my public and private acts as your President, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end. My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.”

—Gerald Ford, August 9, 1974

Why do you think Ford made this speech immediately after gaining the presidency?

• Nixon’s scandal shook the public’s trust in government.

• Ford faced criticism for pardoning Nixon.

• Newspaper were not covering economic issues.

• Ford needed to successfully fight inflation.

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