Quiz - Ch. 27 - Nixon, Watergate, Carter

He was a skillful negotiator, who won the election of 1968 and became the 27th US President.

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

An effort by the United States to give economic and military aid to freedom fighters around the globe, but not troops for combat.

• National debt

• Three mile island

• Nixon Doctrine

• Embargo

A person or thing competing with another for the same objective, goal, or for superiority.

• Rival

• Inflation

• Deflation

• Nixon Doctrine

An intercontinental ballistic missile that can launch and travel for very long distances.

• Three mile island

• Iranian hostage crisis

• ICBM

• Embargo

An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.

• Embargo

• Inflation

• Deflation

• Watergate

A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

• Inflation

• Deflation

A reduction of the general level of prices in an economy.

• Inflation

• Deflation

The amount of money the federal government has borrowed to cover expenses.

• Embargo

• National debt

• Unemployment

• Rival

Someone who is actively seeking work, but unable to find work.

• Embargo

• National debt

• Unemployment

• Rival

A political scandal in the US involving President Richard Nixon which ultimately led to his resignation.

• Iranian hostage crisis

• Watergate

• Embargo

• Inflation