The 1970's

Foreign Policy:

• A country's relations with other countries
• Part of a country that is not yet a state
• Group that promotes their views and tries to influence the government

What was the purpose of President Nixon's goal of DETENTE?

• To negotiate the withdrawal of US and Chinese soldiers from Korea.

• To create a military's alliance with China against the Soviet Union.

• To create an agreement limiting Chinese and soviet development of nuclear weapons.

• To normalize relations between the US, China and the Soviet Union.

What was one of President Nixon’s goals for the meeting shown in this photograph?

• To negotiate the withdrawal of U.S. and Chinese soldiers from Korea

• To create a military alliance with China against the Soviet Union

• To create an agreement limiting Chinese and Soviet development of nuclear weapons

• To normalize relations between the United States and China

What were SALT I and SALT II

• the two spacecraft built and manned by the US and Soviet Union in the 1970s

• treaties between the US and Soviet Union that limited the number of nuclear missiles each country had

• "Submarine Alert Long Tone" the system of underwater sensors to detect Soviet submarines approaching the American coastline

• the first two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers built by the Soviet Union

How did the Watergate scandal get its name?

• Watergates opening was a metaphor used for the flood of information and the president's inability to stop it

• People broke into Richard Nixon's office at the Watergate aprtment complex to get information about the election

• Bill Watergate was the director of the FBI in charge of investigating Nixon but he was corrupt

• there was a break-in at the Watergate apartments and office complex in D.C.

To what does the "Saturday Night Massacre" refer?

• Nixon was impeached on a Saturday; unusual that it wasn't on a week day...

• After many refusals to fire people involved with the investigation of the scandal, Nixon started firing many people himself.

• Nixon ordered his attorney general to fire a special prosecutor and attorney general refused to do it; he resigned

• Nixon ordered people to be killed to keep quiet about his illegal activities in office

Which event was a direct result of the Watergate Scandal?

• Nixon's Trip to China

• Nixon's Audio Tapes being released

• Ford's pardon of Nixon

• Camp David Accords

Which domestic policy is associated with the economic phenomenon of high inflation and unemployment that occurred during Jimmy Carter's presidency?

• New Federalism

• Stagflation

• Environmental Movement

• Oil and Gas Crisis

What international agreement was signed during the Ford and Carter administrations that aimed to reduce tension between the Eastern and Western blocs?

• Camp David Accords

• Detente

• Helsinki Accords

• SALT I

Why did gasoline prices spike during the 1970's and early 1980's?

• A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil

• Congress imposed new regulations on foreign energy companies

• Conflicts in the Middle East disrupted the distribution of oil

• Congress introduced new legislation to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles