70s-80s-90s Test Review

Nixon believed that executive privilege:

• protected him from impeachment proceedings in Congress.

• justified his refusal to turn over his taped conversations.

• allowed him to participate in a coverup

• enabled him to use federal agencies to attack his political enemies.

In the case of United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court ruled that:(

• Nixon had to turn over tapes containing Oval Office conversations

• executive privilege protected Nixon from having to go to trial.

• Nixon had to resign the presidency immediately and go to prison

• the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee should investigate Nixon.

The headlines above are most closely related to the ___.

• military arms race

• decline of Cold War hostilities

• failures of containment

• effectiveness of communism

What was a result of Nixon’s resignation?

• Spiro Agnew became President of the United States

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

• Americans questioned the system of checks and balances.

• Many Americans lost trust in government officials

What was an important consequence of the Iran hostage crisis?

• The Shah of Iran gained control of the nation’s government.

• President Carter successfully won all of the hostages’ release.

• Many Americans became convinced of the nation’s strength in foreign policy

• Threats posed by Middle East conflicts became a major foreign policy challenge.

According to the graph, when was Richard Nixon’s highest approval rating?

• November, 1972

• November, 1973

• May, 1973

• May, 1974

Which events in 1973 caused Nixon’s approval rating to drop further?

• the Watergate break-in of 1973

• Spiro Agnew resigns and Nixon’s secretary destroys the Oval office tapes

• Supreme Court orders Nixon to turn over the tapes and transcripts show Nixon ordered Watergate coverup

• Nixon resigns

“Reaganomics” emphasized:

• tax cuts.

• defense reductions.

• social spending.

• regulation of industry.

All of the following are true about the OPEC oil embargo EXCEPT:

• It demonstrated the difficulty in politically supporting Israel while depending on trade with oil-producing Arab nations

• It caused oil prices to quadruple

• It prompted the creation of alternative fuel technologies

• It highlighted America’s dependence on foreign oil

This political cartoon shows:

• The hesitance of the international community to get involved in Yugoslavia

• How quickly the situation in Yugoslavia escalated before the international community could respond

• The benefits of having international organizations like the UN

• Why NATO was more effective than the UN