Nixon/Watergate, Ford & Carter

What critical event affected both the Ford and Carter presidencies?

• Watergate

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• the Energy Crisis

• Rise of Sandinistas in Nicaragua

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 medical treatment

• American air strikes against Iran's ally, Libya

• Carter's involvement in arranging the Camp David accords between the Egyptians and the Israelis

• 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

• becoming the first unelected president of the United States

• his ineffective WIN campaign against inflation

• his pardon of Richard Nixon

The combination of high inflation with a stagnant economy and high unemployment was referred to as

• stagflation

• a depression

• demand-side economics

• Keynesianism

What was the purpose of the Camp David Accords led by President Carter?

• to maintain good relations with the Shah

• to broker peace between Egypt and Israel

• to end the Iranian hostage crisis

• to find a way to end the economic recession

What was a result of Nixon’s resignation?

• Spiro Agnew became president of the United States.

• Americans questioned the system of checks and balances.

• Nixon was put on trial for his crimes at the United Nations.

• Many Americans lost trust in government officials.

What incident on the morning of June 17, 1972, began the Watergate scandal?

• The CIA became embroiled in a massive cover-up.

• Bob Woodward published his book, All the President's Men.

• Five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters.

• President Nixon resigned from office.

The biggest foreign policy failure during the presidency of Jimmy Carter was...

• granting a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon

• the fall of China to communism under Mao Zedong

• the near nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba

• his inability to negotiate the release of US hostages in Iran

What role did the Nixon tapes play in discovering the truth about the Watergate scandal? 

• The tapes revealed that President Nixon had nothing to do with the cover-up. 

• Nixon refused to hand over the tapes, which told of how he was covering up the break-in. 

• Because Nixon was President he did NOT have to turn over the tapes to the Supreme Court. 

• Nixon told his vice-President to take the blame for the break-in. 

The 25th Amendment allowed Gerald Ford to become President after the resignation of Richard Nixon

• True

• False