Nixon Administration

What was President Nixon's plan to reduce the size and influence of the federal government?

• New Federalism

• Great Society

• Revenue Sharing

• Family Assistance Plan

What was Nixon's dual promise when he was elected president in 1968?

• To end the war in Vietnam and mend the divisiveness within America that the war had created

• To escalate the war in Vietnam and quell domestic disorder

• To promote greater federal involvement with social problems and increase the size of the federal government

• To reduce the size and influence of the federal government and abolish all social programs

What was Nixon's goal with the Southern Strategy?

• To appeal to southern conservative Democrats

• To increase federal involvement in civil rights

• To promote a more liberal Supreme Court

• To eliminate segregation completely

How did Nixon's Supreme Court appointments affect the ideological direction of the Court?

• They made the Court more liberal

• They made the Court more moderate

• They had no significant effect on the Court's ideology

• They made the Court more conservative

What was President Nixon's unsuccessful attempt to reduce inflation?

• Raising taxes and cutting the budget

• Freezing workers' wages and businesses' prices and fees

• Reducing the amount of money in circulation by raising interest rates

• All of the above