Cold War Quiz 3 1970s

What policy did President Richard Nixon introduce to remove American troops from South Vietnam without abandoning that country to Communist rule?

• Vietnamization

• Arms for Bases

• Flexible Response

• Operation Rolling Thunder

The policy of détente was used by President Richard Nixon in an effort to

• decrease in tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States

• improve relations with Latin America

• promote democratic government in China

• create stronger ties with Western Europe

What was the significance of President Nixon’s visit to Communist China in 1972?

• It led to the reunification of Taiwan with Communist China

• It persuaded Chinese leaders to introduce capitalism into the marketplace

• It showed that the Cold War between the Free World and Communism was over

• It opened the way for China’s entry into the United Nations and trade with the United States

The main purpose of the War Powers Act of 1973 was to

• expand the power of Congress to declare war

• limit the president’s ability to send troops into combat abroad

• allow people to vote on the issue of United States commitments overseas

• end the Vietnam War on favorable terms

Title IX was passed by Congress in 1972 to

• prohibit gender discrimination in any federally funded education program or activity

• guarantee women equal pay for equal work

• establish quotas for women in government positions

• protect women's access to family planning centers

The Watergate scandal is appropriately described by which statement?

• it concerned the Nixon administration's attempt to cover up a burglary at the Democratic National Committee headquarters

• it involved the illegal establishment of government agencies to set and enforce campaign standards

• it involved the choice of the Reagan administration to secretly supply aid to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua

• it concerned the secret leasing of federally-owned oil rigs to western ranchers

Which event led to the investigations that resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon?

• The release of the Pentagon Papers

• The discovery of the Watergate break-in

• The Iran-Contra affair

• The Teapot Dome scandal

The ratification of the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18, was a result of the:

• participation of the United States in the Vietnam War

• fear of McCarthyism

• reaction to the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union

• reporting of the Watergate scandal

What was the primary reason Richard Nixon resigned his presidency?

• he was convicted of several serious crimes

• he was facing impeachment by the House of Representatives

• his reelection was declared invalid by the Supreme Court

• his actions in Cambodia and Laos were exposed in the Pentagon Papers

Which situation in the 1970s caused the United States to reconsider its dependence on foreign energy resources?

• war in Afghanistan

• oil embargo by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• meetings with the Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons

• Free-trade agreements with Canada and Mexico