Nixon/Ford/Carter Review

True or False: The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreements signed during the Nixon administration focused on limiting the development of nuclear weapons.

• True

• False

Which policy, initiated by Richard Nixon, aimed to improve relations with the Soviet Union and China through negotiation and cooperation?

• Containment

• McCarthyism

• Détente

• Brinkmanship

In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?

• Resign
• Die while in office
• Flee the country
• Own a cat

What building was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?

• The Capitol Building
• The White House
• Republican Headquarters
• Democratic Headquarters

Richard Nixon claimed that "I am not a crook," but which of the following best explains his crime?

• Destroying evidence that was on the tapes.

• Covering up illegal activities of his reelection campaign.

• Firing the special prosecutors and his attorney general.

• Lying to the grand jury during the investigation

True or False:
Nixon was impeached from presedency. 

• True
• False

True or False: Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972 marked the first time a U.S. president had visited the country since its communist revolution.

• True

• False

During the investigation, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to hand over what piece of incriminating evidence?

• Tape recordings
• Transcripts of his conversations
• Contracts of different CREEP members
• Receipts of the hotels Nixon had stayed

True or False: Gerald Ford served as Vice President before assuming the presidency following Richard Nixon's resignation.

• True

• False

Which action did President Gerald Ford take in an attempt to end the national controversy over the Watergate affair?

• He declined to run for re-election
• He declared a new war on urban poverty.
• He pardoned Richard Nixon.
• He asked Congress to impeach Richard Nixon.