USHC Unit 7 Section 4 - Wilson HS

What is the term for a relaxation of tensions between two adversaries known as?

• Stalemate

• Armistice

• Globalization

• Detente

During which decade in history would you find the era of detente during the Cold War?

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1990s

What was the name of the 1974 scandal in which there was a break-in at the Democratic National Headquarters, congressional investigations would link President Nixon to this crime, who later resigned as a result of the scandal?

• Watergate Affair

• Whitewater Affair

• Plame Affair

• Wikileaks

Which of the following demonstrates the impact of the Vietnam War and the Watergate Scandal on the American opinion of government in the United States?

• Led to growing distrust of the government

• Led many to believe the United States was the most powerful nation in the world

• Convinced many Americans to support military actions against the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba

• Led to many Americans believing the need to strengthen the government

What was goal of the War Powers Act of 1973?

• Increase presidential war powers

• Decrease Congress' war powers

• Limit presidential war powers

• Increase the Supreme Court's war powers

What is the term for the economic condition created by high inflation combined by stagnant economic growth and high unemployment, which plagued the United States economy in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s?

• Recession

• Stagflation

• Depression

• Supply-Side Economics

What factor contributed the oil embargoes on the United States during the 1970s?

• American support for Israel

• Cold War policies targeting the Soviet Union

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Reaganomics

The Camp David Accords, brokered by President Carter, successfully brokered a peace between what two countries?

• North and South Vietnam

• North and South Korea

• Israel and Egypt

• Japan and China

What is the term used to describe the occurrence in which the public sees evidence of elected officials, military leaders, and others providing false information?

• Yellow Journalism

• Muckraking

• Credibility Gap

• Prior Restraint

What were the leaked documents that were printed in the New York Times that revealed that the American government and the military were being untruthful to the American people about the Vietnam War?

• Federalist Papers

• Pentagon Papers

• Plame Papers

• Climategate