Chapter 24 Nixon

Describe Nixon's domestic agenda...

Which parlor game was used to ease tensions with the Chinese during the Nixon Administration?

• table tennis

• billiards

• darts

• backgammon

Describe Nixon's foreign agenda...

What do you think was most damaging to Nixon during Watergate?

• deep cover leak within government

• revelations about Oval Office being wiretapped

• firing people investigating him

• 18 min of erased tape

Explain how the Watergate Scandal could actually inspire someone to have more faith in the government?

Nixon's visit to ___ in 1972 to begin normalizing relations was a reversal of previous American policy established in 1949.

• the Soviet Union

• China

• East Germany

• Vietnam

What role did the Nixon tapes play in discovering the truth about the Watergate scandal? 

• The tapes revealed that President Nixon had nothing to do with the cover-up. 

• Because Nixon was President he did NOT have to turn over the tapes to the Supreme Court. 

• Nixon refused to hand over the tapes, which told of how he was covering up the break-in. 

• Nixon told his vice-President to take the blame for the break-in. 

Nixon signed this treaty with the Soviet Union.

• SALT I

• Camp David Accords

• Helsinki Accords

• Paris Peace Accords

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

Which of the following is NOT true about the Watergate scandal?

• Watergate resulted in the resignation of Nixon in 1974.

• Watergate resulted in the impeachment of Nixon in 1974.

• Watergate was a cover-up of a break-in to the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in 1972.

• Watergate resulted in increased distrust of government and elected officials.