American Journeys: Chapter 16, America in the 1970s

Nixon followed a policy of _____

• detente

• balance of power

• embargo

• technology

Detente means

• To relax international relations

• To declare war

• To share a border

• Scientific tools

How did the US combat President Allende in Chile?

• Promoted workman strikes

• gave money to his political opponents

• used the CIA to overthrow his government

• All of the above

Affirmative Action means...

• giving job preference to minorities who were previously excluded

• practical politics

• greater government spending than revenue

• fighting ones enemies

A deficit means a government...

• spends more than it makes

• makes more than it spends

• is deaf to its citizens complaints

• Buys materials for war from another country

How did Gerald Ford become president?

• The vice president resigned

• Elected

• The president was assassinated

• He took over the White House

What was Nixon's Watergate Scandal?

What was the result of Watergate?

• Nixon was impeached

• Nixon resigned as president

• Nixon became president

• The Democrats won the election

President Carter's position on Nuclear energy was

• that it should continue because it provided a lot of energy

• That it violated human rights

• it was too dangerous for people to use

• that it would lead to a weakened economy

What part did human rights play in Carter's foreign policies?

• They were the central focus

• He didn't care about them

• He focused only on protecting Americans

• He never mentioned them