1970s

What were the so-called "SALT 1" talks about?

• increasing mineral trade between the U.S. and Soviet Union

• reducing nuclear weapons/missile

• improving the taste of bland foods

• learning how to store nuclear waste in salt domes

Who became President immediately after Nixon left office?

• Jimmy Carter

• Lyndon Johnson

• Gerald Ford

• Ronald Reagan

The Camp David Accords was-

• peace treaty to end the Cold war

• agreement between the U.S and Middle eastern nations to lift the oil embargo by OPEC.

• peace agreement negotiated by Carter between Israel & Egypt

• agreement to protect Middle Eastern countries from Soviet rule

During the 1970s this hit the U.S. economy when high unemployment and high inflation happened

• Great Recession

• Great Inflation

• Staglfation

• Hyper Inflation

What was OPEC's response to the U.S. assisting Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War?

• It's member nations declared war on the United States

• It imposed economic sanction on the US through the UN

• It enacted an oil embargo, cutting off trade to the U.S.

• It increased the sales of oil to enemies of the US like Iran

How did the oil embargo effect the U.S. during the 1970s?

• The U.S. used its own energy reserves to fight the embargo

• Prices of everything increased and gas shortages happened

• The U.S. was forced to abandon Israel as prices went down

• It caused the stagflation outbreak in the U.S.

What was the response in Tehran to the US helping the former Shah of Iran in 1979?

• The new government of Iran declared war on the U.S.

• The embassy was attacked and 52 people were taken hostage

• The Shah of Iran was put back in power

• Iran invaded Israel and Iraq who were US allies

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

Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

• Lyndon B. Johnson

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

• China

• North Vietnam

• Korea

• Cambodia