Unit 9: JFK, LBJ, Nixon

What did President Nixon cite as to why he didn't have to give up the white house recordings?

• Because he said so...

• Because he destroyed them all...

• Because he had executive privilege...

• Because he said he's not a crook...

The Immigration Act of 1965 allowed foreigners from both Eastern Europe and Asia (And other nations) to enter the U.S. for the first time in decades...which 1920s Act did this essentially overturn?

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The National Origins Act

• The Truman Doctrine

• The Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Which pair is often known for escalating the U.S. in the Vietnam conflict?

• LBJ and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• JFK and the New Frontier Policy

• Nixon and Vietnamization

• Truman and the Fair Deal

Which president is often compared to FDR due to his Federal spending programs which expanded the role of government in people's lives?

• LBJ

• JFK

• Nixon

• Truman

Which crowning jewel of LBJ that still exists today is designed to aid needy elderly Americans?

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• Food Stamps

• New Frontier

Why did SCOTUS ultimately and unanimously decide to make Nixon give up the tapes that incriminated him in the Watergate Scandal?

• Because he resigned before the case was over and that made him look guilty

• Because he fired his vice president so he wouldn't snitch on him

• Because he made a televised speech and admitted his involvement

• Because his role as president doesn't supersede justice or judicial review

How did many historians say JFK was able to sway the American voters in the 1960 presidential debate against Nixon?

• By reminding them over and over about the Watergate Scandal

• By capitalizing on his calm and confident demeanor on T.V.

• By clearly spelling out his New Frontier plan on the radio

• By promising things he would never do like most politicians do

Which of the following events in the 1960s and 1970s caused many to distrust the Federal Government & it's leaders?

• The Watergate Scandal

• The Tet Offensive

• The Bombing of Cambodia

• The My Lai Massacre

Whom did Nixon plead with during a famous speech to re-unite the nation for the Vietnam War effort and his Vietnamization plan?

• The African-Americans in the south

• The counterculture who were protesting the war

• The Silent Majority who had yet to join the anti-war movement

• The mothers of the soldiers drafted to war

What prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old?

• The 18th Amendment

• The 19th Amendment

• The 22nd Amendment

• The 26th Amendment