Nixon Presidency-Social Change

What building was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?

• The Capitol Building
• The White House
• Republican Headquarters
• Democratic Headquarters

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

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

Which word means, "easing/lessening of tension?"

• Inflation
• Detente
• Stagflation
• Constipation 

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

The Pentagon Papers demonstrated that _____.

• the American government engaged in a policy of torture during the Korean War

• successive presidential administrations had misled the public with regard to the Vietnam War

• the Department of Defense was wasting taxpayer money

• Russian spies had infiltrated the U.S. government