QUIZIZZ: 1970s Nixon, Ford, Carter Questions

Nixon visited the Peoples Republic of China to establish __________ relations.

• foreign

• domestic

• diplomatic

• allies

This French word means "an easing of tensions"

• guerre

• detente

• amour

• deja vu

Nixon and the Soviet Union singed SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) to

• make the United States military stronger

• establish diplomatic relations

• limit the race for oil production

• limit the arms race

Former CIA agents broke into Democratic headquarters. Nixon tried to cover up the burglary. He was forced by the Supreme Court to hand over his tapes of White House conversations. These showed that Nixon had lied about the cover-up. This was known as?

• Lewinsky scandal

• Watergate scandal

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Teapot Dome

Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Why did the Arab members of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) raise their oil prices leading to a gas shortage?

• the United States and other countries were trading with Israel during the Arab-Israeli War of 1973

• the United States and other countries were trading with Palestine during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

• the United States was facing high unemployment rates

• the United States planned on boycotting the purchasing of oil from the Middle East

Under Ford's Presidency in 1975, South Vietnam fell to what country

• China

• North Vietnam

• Korea

• Cambodia

The photograph above shows a newspaper being read at a gasoline service center in January 1974. Its headline states: "Gas Rationing Set Monday". What was the primary cause of the shortages shown in the photograph?

• A war in Afghanistan had cut oil supplies from Central Asia

• The Mexican government had nationalized its petroleum industry

• Arab members of OPEC had placed an oil embargo on the United States

• Iran had halted its oil exports after the former Shah was admitted into America

This US President who pledged honest and moral policies was

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

The photograph above shows foreign leaders meeting with President Carter at Camp David in 1978. What was the outcome of this meeting?

• The United States and its allies halted grain sales to the Soviet Union

• The United States persuaded Egypt and Israel to sign a future peace treaty

• The United States signed a treaty promising the return of the Panama Canal Zone

• The United States successfully rescued hostages held by Iranian students in Tehran