US History ➤ Nixon's First Term

Who was Richard Nixon’s first vice president?

• Spiro Agnew

• John Mitchell 

• Henry Kissinger

• Warren Burger

The system of disbursing part of federal tax revenues to state and local governments for their use?

• Revenue sharing

• Allocation

• Impounding

• Rebating

Who was Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor in 1968?

• Richard Kleindienst

• William Rogers

• Henry Kissinger

• Howard Dean

“First, the United States will keep all of its treaty commitments.  Second, we shall provide a shield if a nuclear power threatens the freedom of a nation allied with us or of a nation whose survival we consider vital to our security.  Third, in cases involving other types of aggression, we shall furnish military and economic assistance when requested in accordance with our treaty commitments. But we shall look to the nation directly threatened to assume the primary responsibility of providing the manpower for its defense.”

• Detente Doctrine

• Escalation of Defense Doctrine

• Shared Defense Doctrine

• Nixon Doctrine

Nixon’s practice of refusing to release funds that Congress had appropriated for programs he didn’t agree with (which the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional)?

• Withholding

• Impounding

• Obstructing

• Confiscating

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when Nixon was elected?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Yuri Andropov

What do the letters SALT stand for?

• Strategic American Leadership Team

• Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

• Students Against the Leaders of Travesty

• Senators Against Leaving Taiwan

Who was the leader of China when Nixon was elected?

• Jiang Zemin 

• Hu Jintao

• Mao Zedong

• Xi Jinping

Richard Nixon promised South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond several things to earn his support in the 1968 presidential election.  Which of the following was not one of them?

• Withdrawing American troops from Vietnam

• Opposing court-ordered busing

• Appointing only conservative judges to the federal bench

• Appointing a Southerner to the Supreme Court

Nixon won the 1968 election with what percentage of the total votes?

• 43.4%

• 50.1%

• 63.2%

• 71.6%