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WorksheetsUSH Chapter 24
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
President elected in 1968 and was involved in the Watergate Scandal
a)
Ronald Reagan
b)
Lyndon Johnson
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Jimmy Carter
2.
President Nixon's and Ford's foreign policy advisor
a)
John Sirica
b)
Carl Bernstein
c)
Richard Kleindienst
d)
Henry Kissinger
3.
President Nixon's plan to distribute a portion of federal power to state and local government.
a)
New Federalism
b)
Old Federalism
c)
New Deal
d)
The Great Society
4.
This would allow state and local governments to spend federal dollars however they saw fit within certain limits.
a)
Medicaid
b)
Family Assistance Plan
c)
Southern Strategy
d)
Revenue Sharing
5.
Nixon's plan in 1969 in which every family of four with no outside income would receive federal payments of $1600/year with a provision to earn up to $4000/year.
a)
Family Assistance Plan
b)
New Federalism
c)
Welfare
d)
Revenue Sharing
6.
President Nixon enhanced programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and food stamps. However, he used impoundment to halt several other programs.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Withholding necessary funds for programs thus halting their implementation.
a)
Revenue Sharing
b)
Impoundment
c)
New Federalism
d)
Family Assistance Plan
8.
Nixon's plan to attract Southern conservative democrats by appealing to their unhappiness with federal desegregation policies and the liberal supreme court.
a)
Southern Salvation
b)
Family Assistance Plan
c)
New Federalism
d)
Southern Strategy
9.
President Nixon opposed integration through busing and tried to reverse several civil rights policies.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Which Supreme Court justice did President Nixon appoint?
a)
John Roberts
b)
John Jay
c)
Warren Burger
d)
Earl Warren
11.
During Nixon's presidency, stagflation helped the economy grow.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
High inflation and high unemployment experienced during Nixon's presidency.
a)
Depression
b)
Revenue Sharing
c)
Deficit Spending
d)
Stagflation
13.
The U.S. was heavily dependent on foreign oil and were subject to OPEC's oil prices during the 1970s.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger's foreign policy that said policy should be based only on consideration of power, not ideas or morals.
a)
Human Rights
b)
Containment
c)
Realpolitik
d)
Imperialism
15.
A policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions, used by President Nixon.
a)
Detente
b)
Containment
c)
Human Rights
d)
Imperialism
16.
President Nixon visited China and the Soviet Union to better relations and promote cooperation.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
While visiting the Soviet Union, President Nixon signed which agreement limiting the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine missiles to the 1972 levels.
a)
SALT-1
b)
SALT-2
c)
SALT-3
d)
Helsinki Accords
18.
The first man to walk on the moon in 1969.
a)
Neil Armstrong
b)
John Glenn
c)
Alan Shepard
d)
Gordon Cooper
19.
Which amendment extended voting rights to Americans 18 years and older.
a)
19th Amendment
b)
21st Amendment
c)
26th Amendment
d)
24th Amendment
20.
By the time Richard Nixon became president, the executive branch (presidency) had taken on an air of supreme authority, the "imperial presidency".
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Who was NOT part of President Nixon's small, loyal group of followers who believed they were "above the law"?
a)
H.R. Haldeman
b)
John Sirica
c)
John Mitchell
d)
John Ehrlichman
22.
An attempt to steal information found in the DNC headquarters during Richard Nixon's presidency.
a)
Teapot Dome Scandal
b)
The Pentagon Papers
c)
Iran-Contra Affair
d)
Watergate Scandal
23.
Former CIA agent who was soon discovered as the leader of the 5 men caught breaking into the Watergate complex. He also worked for the Committee to Reelect the President.
a)
H.R. Haldeman
b)
Carl Bernstein
c)
James McCord
d)
John Sirica
24.
The White House was NOT involved in the cover-up of the Watergate Scandal.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Two reporters at the Washington Post who continued to investigate into the Watergate burglary and linked President Nixon to the break-in.
a)
Sirica and Bernstein
b)
Mitchel and McCord
c)
McCord and Berstein
d)
Woodward and Bernstein
26.
The Watergate trial's presiding judge who believed the men had not acted alone.
a)
John Sirica
b)
Carl Bernstein
c)
James McCord
d)
John Mitchell
27.
President Nixon admitted from the beginning that he had been involved in the planning and cover-up of the Watergate Scandal
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Americans became more interested in the scandal after McCord's and Dean's confession about White House involvement.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
The presidential aid who revealed that President Nixon had taped all of his presidential conversations.
a)
Archibald Cox
b)
Samuel Ervin
c)
Spiro Agnew
d)
Alexander Butterfield
30.
In efforts to get President Nixon's tapes, many were fired or resigned. What was this event known as.
a)
Saturday Nigh Massacre
b)
Monday Night Massacre
c)
Sunday Night Showdown
d)
Tuesday Morning Spectacle
31.
Who was President Nixon's Vice President?
a)
James McCord
b)
Spiro Agnew
c)
Alexander Butterfield
d)
John Dean
32.
President Nixon's secretary who "accidentally" erased parts of the conversation on the Watergate tapes.
a)
Lois Gibbs
b)
Rachel Carson
c)
Betty Friedan
d)
Rose Mary Woods
33.
President Nixon resigned before he could be impeached with charges of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, and contempt of Congress.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
He replaced Nixon and seemed to be an honest, likable man. He later pardoned Nixon hoping to put the Watergate Scandal behind America.
a)
Gerald Ford
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
George H.W. Bush
35.
President Ford's plan that asked Americans to cut back on their use of oil and gas and take other energy saving measures. It was unsuccessful because there were no incentives.
a)
Family Assistance Plan
b)
Revenue Sharing
c)
Whip Inflation Now
d)
New Federalism
36.
In 1975, President Ford and 35 other nations signed this document, which was a series of agreements that promised greater cooperation between the nations of Eastern and Western Europe.
a)
Helsinki Accords
b)
SALT-1
c)
SALT-2
d)
The Mayaguez
37.
In 1975, the Communist government of Cambodia seized this U.S. merchant ship. President Ford sent U.S. forces to rescue the crew and lost 41 soldiers in the process.
a)
The Ascension
b)
The Virginian
c)
The Watergate
d)
The Mayaguez
38.
The Democratic candidate who won the 1976 presidential election. He was a soft-spoken peanut farmer from Georgia
a)
Ronald Reagan
b)
Jimmy Carter
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
Gerald Ford
39.
He used fireside chats, and brought a down-to-earth approach to the White House. He alienated Congress by refusing to play the "insider" game of deal making. He promised to restore America's integrity in the presidency.
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Jimmy Carter
40.
Placed a tax on gas-guzzling cars, removed price controls on oil and natural gas produced in the U.S.
a)
Fuel Conservation Act
b)
Anti-OPEC Act
c)
National Energy Act
d)
Gas-Renewal Act
41.
The first African-American to be appointed as a U.S. ambassador to the UN by President Carter.
a)
Andrew Young
b)
Leonid Brezhnev
c)
James McCord
d)
Alexander Butterfield
42.
President Carter's foreign policy which led him to cut off relations to Brazil and Argentina because they abused their own citizens.
a)
Realpolitik
b)
Containment
c)
Human Rights
d)
Detente
43.
During Jimmy Carter's presidency, the U.S. gave-up the Panama Canal.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
Which Soviet leader did Jimmy Carter meet with to sign the SALT-2 agreement?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Leonid Brezhnev
c)
Boris Yeltsin
d)
Vladimir Putin
45.
President Carter's peace negotiations between longtime enemies Egypt and Israel in the United States.
a)
Helsinki Peace Talks
b)
Camp Solomon Accords
c)
Camp David Accords
d)
Washington D.C. Peace Talks
46.
Iranian religious leader who led rebels in 1979 to overthrow the Shah of Iran to establish a religious state based on the Qur'an.
a)
Abolhassan Banisadr
b)
Mohammad-Ali Rajai
c)
Ali Khamene
d)
Ayatollah Khomeini
47.
In 1979, armed students seized the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and took 52 Americans hostage.
a)
Iran-Contra Affair
b)
Three Mile Island
c)
Love Canal
d)
Iranian Hostage Crisis
48.
Who was president when the Iranian hostages were returned?
a)
Richard Nixon
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Ronald Reagan
d)
Jimmy Carter
49.
It had been built to provide hydro electric power for the Niagara Falls area, but chemical companies dumped hazardous waste into it. A school and homes were built nearby.
a)
Three Mile Island
b)
Watergate
c)
Love Canal
d)
Alaskan Pipeline
50.
She investigated Love Canal after her son became sick. She discovered toxic waste and mobilized her community to demand government action.
a)
Lois Gibbs
b)
Rachel Carson
c)
Betty Friedan
d)
Gloria Steinem
51.
A Marine biologist who published the book Silent Spring warning against the growing use of pesticides.
a)
Rachel Carson
b)
Lois Gibbs
c)
Rose Mary Woods
d)
Betty Friedan
52.
What event was celebrated for the first time on April 22, 1970?
a)
Columbus Day
b)
Memorial Day
c)
Earth Day
d)
Veterans Day
53.
Someone who takes an active role in the protection of the environment.
a)
Archaeologist
b)
Environmentalist
c)
Geologist
d)
Historian
54.
It was given the power to set and enforce pollution standards, environmental research, and assist states in pollution control.
a)
Homeland Security
b)
Environmental Protection Agency
c)
Committee to Reelect the President
d)
FEMA
55.
The largest U.S. state which is also the most ecologically sensitive.
a)
California
b)
Texas
c)
Alaska
d)
Montana
56.
Nuclear Power seemed to be an attractive alternative to dependence on foreign oil.
a)
True
b)
False
57.
In 1979, one of the nuclear reactors at this plant in this island overheated and the fear of radiation quickly arose.
a)
Bali Island
b)
Easter Island
c)
Nuclear Island
d)
Three Mile Island
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