American History Quiz

Nixon pursued a policy of easing tensions with the Soviet Union. This is known as ____.

• intensification
• escalation
• detente
• aggravation

This increased female participation in sports.

• Decreased funding for women's sports
• Promoting gender stereotypes
• Title IX

• Limiting opportunities for female athletes

Her book, Silent Spring, inspired the modern environmental movement.

• Rachel Carson
• Jane Austen
• Emily Dickinson
• Maya Angelou

The Nixon Administration added this agency to protect the environment.

• Eco-Friendly Regulatory Commission
• Green Protection Bureau
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Environmental Conservation Agency

This scandal forced Richard Nixon to resign.

• Iran-Contra scandal
• Monica Lewinsky scandal
• Teapot Dome scandal
• Watergate scandal

What was a result of Nixon's resignation?

• No man is above the law

• Loss of trust in government

• The president became more popular

• He started the Nike shoe company.

Gerald Ford ____ Richard Nixon to move on from Watergate.

• pardoned
• convicted
• acquitted
• exonerated

The ____ Accords brought peace to Egypt and Israel.

• Versailles
• Camp David
• Geneva
• Oslo

Trouble in the Middle East led to increased ____ prices in the 1970s.

• gold
• cotton
• oil
• wheat

The hostage situation in this country hurt Carter's reelection campaign.

• Germany

• Iran

• Canada

• China