Nixon - Carter

This French word means "an easing of tensions"

• guerre

• detente

• amour

• deja vu

What do many find Nixon's greatest accomplishment to be?

• opening of relations with Cuba

• opening of relations with Communist China

• Watergate

• ending the Vietnam War

The cartoon above was published in May 1973. With which event was this cartoon associated?

• Teapot Dome Scandal

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Watergate Scandal

• Iran-Contra Affair

Nixon and the Soviet Union singed SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) to

• make the United States military stronger

• establish diplomatic relations

• limit the race for oil production

• limit the arms race

Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

• Lyndon B. Johnson

What was one effect of the fuel shortages during Ford's administration?

• unemployment went down

• gas lines become a problem

• more Americans bought smaller Japanese and European cars

• more Americans bought American cars

President Ford's greatest success was

• "detente"

• Helsinki Accords

• Camp David Accords

• the end of the Vietnam War

The photograph above shows a newspaper being read at a gasoline service center in January 1974. Its headline states: "Gas Rationing Set Monday". What was the primary cause of the shortages shown in the photograph?

• A war in Afghanistan had cut oil supplies from Central Asia

• The Mexican government had nationalized its petroleum industry

• Arab members of OPEC had placed an oil embargo on the United States

• Iran had halted its oil exports after the former Shah was admitted into America

The photograph above shows foreign leaders meeting with President Carter at Camp David in 1978. What was the outcome of this meeting?

• The United States and its allies halted grain sales to the Soviet Union

• The United States persuaded Egypt and Israel to sign a future peace treaty

• The United States signed a treaty promising the return of the Panama Canal Zone

• The United States successfully rescued hostages held by Iranian students in Tehran

A diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for over a year.

• Iranian Revolution

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Camp David Accords

• Iraq Hostage Crisis