Nixon

What is the name of the scandal Nixon was involved in?

Which principle was the most weakened as a result of the Watergate controversy?

• Judicial review

• Executive privilege

• State's rights

• Congressional immunity

What were the so-called "SALT 1" talks about?

• increasing mineral trade between the U.S. and Soviet Union

• reducing nuclear weapons/missile

• improving the taste of bland foods

• learning how to store nuclear waste in salt domes

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

• He pardoned Nixon

• He asked Congress to impeach Nixon

• He declined to run for re-election

• He declared a new war on urban poverty

Richard Nixon helped to build better relations between the US and the two largest communist countries

• Syria and Africa

• Soviet Union and Japan

• Soviet Union and China

• Soviet Union and France

How did most of the nation react to President Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre?

• Many people called for him to be impeached.

• Nixon could not use executive privileged to withhold the Watergate tapes.

• that Nixon had resigned with the understanding that Ford would pardon him.

In United States v. Nixon, the Supreme Court's ruling made it clear that

• Nixon used the new US closeness to China to negotiate the agreement with the Soviet Union.

• the executive branch should not have more power than other branches of government

• the creation of the EPA

Which of the following is the best summary of Gerald Ford's presidency?

• Many people called for him to be impeached.

• resignation

• Ford assumed office after Nixon's resignation, continued many of Nixon's policies, and did not win reelection in 1976.

Which of the following best describes the connection between the United States, China and the SALT I agreement?

• Nixon used the new US closeness to China to negotiate the agreement with the Soviet Union.

• China would export salt to the US

• Russia would didn't agree to anything

President Nixon claimed that ____________________ allowed him to keep phone calls secret.

• The CIA

• Executive Privilege

• his wife