A Troubled Nation Test: Nixon, Ford, & Carter

Nixon realized that détente would work only if it were based on what?

• balance of power among naitons
• embargo against Arab nations
• shuttle diplomacy between Israel & Egypt
• fighting the spread of communism in Latin America

The vice president who was forced to resign because of a bribery scandal.

• Gerald Ford
• Spiro Agnew

Which country did President Carter condemn for its policy of apartheid?

• Egypt
• South Africa
• Kenya
• Sudan

President Carter turned control of a canal in Central America over to what country?

• Chile
• Columbia
• Panama
• Mexico

American hostages were held captive by students in what country?

• Iraq
• Syria
• Egypt
• Iran

Where did the Yom Kippur War take place?

• Middle East
• Central Asia
• Europe
• Southern Africa

With the help of the CIA, the government of which country was overthrown?

• Mexico
• Chile
• Columbia
• Venezuela

Which scandal forced President Nixon to resign?

• Spiro Agnew Scandal
• Watergate Scandal
• Vietnam Scandal
• Inflation Scandal

Who succeeded President Nixon when he resigned?

• Spiro Agnew
• Gerald Ford
• Ronald Reagan
• John F. Kennedy

What did President Ford offer to men who had illegally avoided military service during the Vietnam War?

• detente
• amnesty
• embargo
• deficit