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• Naval Academy graduate

• former Governor of a southern state

• 39th President of the United States

• 2002 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

The person described here is

• Jimmy Carter.

• Bill Clinton.

• Ronald Reagan.

• Dwight Eisenhower.

The "Camp David Accords" was orchestrated by the Carter Administration in order to attempt to

• bring an end to the Cold War.

• end apartheid in South Africa.

• end the era of hostility between Israel and Egypt.

• open a trade relationship with China and the USSR.

"You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe me, I'm innocent. If you don't take my job."

Richard Nixon, 1973

President Nixon made this statement during the investigation of what came to be known as the Watergate Scandal. What was the result of this investigation for President Nixon?

• 
  He was cleared of any wrongdoing.

• 
  Facing impeachment, he resigned from office.

• President Nixon lost his bid for re-election to Jimmy Carter.

• He was impeached, tried in the Senate, and removed from office.

The most damaging evidence against President Nixon in the Watergate impeachment proceedings was the

• Nixon's detailed record of orders to "punish" his enemies.

• John Dean's testimony revealing Nixon's personal involvement .

• discovery of audio tapes of conversations connecting him in attempts to cover up details of the Watergate break-in.

• refusal of the President to take the witness stand in his own defense during the impeachment proceedings in the U.S. Senate.

Jimmy Carter’s victory in the 1976 Presidential Election can be traced to all of the following EXCEPT

• the national disgrace of Watergate.

• the disgrace of the Vietnam War era.

• the fall of the United States embassy to revolutionary groups in Iran.

• a willingness to elect a candidate outside of the Washington establishment.

The Camp David Accords were agreements brokered by President Carter (center) and involved what two countries (whose leaders are to the President's sides)?

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  Israel and Palestine

• Israel and Egypt

• Italy and Libya

• Iran and Iraq