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Nixon and the Seventies

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What building was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?
a)
The Capitol Building
b)
The White House
c)
Republican Headquarters
d)
Democratic Headquarters
2.
True or False:
Nixon was impeached from presedency. 
a)
True
b)
False
3.
What communist nations did president Nixon extend relations to during his Administration?
a)
Cuba
b)
China
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Both China and Soviet Union
4.
Which word means, "easing/lessening of tension?"
a)
Inflation
b)
Detente
c)
Stagflation
d)
Constipation 
5.
Which statement most accurately depicts why president Nixon had to resign from office in 1974?
a)
He had an affair with an intern
b)
He pulled troops out of Vietnam in 1973
c)
He opened relations with China and the Soviet Union
d)
He led a criminal conspiracy from the White House, which mislead the nation
6.
During the investigation, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to hand over what piece of incriminating evidence?
a)
Tape recordings
b)
Transcripts of his conversations
c)
Contracts of different CREEP members
d)
Receipts of the hotels Nixon had stayed
7.
In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?
a)
Resign
b)
Die while in office
c)
Flee the country
d)
Own a cat
8.
After the U.S. got out of Vietnam in 1973, what happened to the country two years later?
a)
The South Vietnamese won thanks to Nixon's bombing of Cambodia
b)
The country remained divided at the 17th parallel and still remains divided today
c)
The North Vietnamese won and made the entire country communist
d)
The U.S. re-entered the war and helped the South Vietnamese defeat the north
9.

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

a)

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

b)

reducing nuclear weapons/missile

c)

improving the taste of bland foods

d)

learning how to store nuclear waste in salt domes

10.

According to the graph, when was Richard Nixon’s highest approval rating?

a)

November 1972

b)

May 1973

c)

November 1973

d)

May 1974

11.

Which of the following government agencies is responsible for the Clean Air Act?

a)

the USGS

b)

the USDA

c)

the EPA

d)

the USDOJ

12.

Which US president created the EPA?

a)

George Bush

b)

John F. Kennedy

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Richard Nixon

13.

A Labor Union formed in 1966 to seek higher wages and better working conditions for Mexican-American farm workers in California.

a)

La Raza Unida

b)

American Indian Movement

c)

United Farm Workers Organizing Committee

d)

Equal Rights Amendment

14.

The belief that women should have economic, political, and social equity with me.

a)

Fascism

b)

Feminism

c)

La Raza Unida

d)

Female Workers Organization

15.

The culture of the young people who rejected mainstream American society in the 1960's seeking to create an alternative society based on peace, love and individual freedom.

a)

Counterculture

b)

Feminism

c)

Woodstock

d)

United Hippie Movement

16.

A free music festival that attracted more that 400,000 young people to a farm in upstate New York in August 1969.

a)

Counterculture

b)

Hippie Parade

c)

Woodstock

d)

La Raza Concerto

17.

A Mexican-American farm worker who's goal was to organize a union in California for Spanish speaking people.

a)

Betty Freidan

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Jimi Hendrix

d)

Janis Joplin

18.

What did the Black Panthers NOT do?

a)

Organise free breakfast clubs

b)

Organise free medical clinics

c)

Patrol the streets

d)

Organise sit-ins

19.
During the Mid- to Late-60s, what generation was entering their teen and college years?
a)
Baby boomers
b)
Greatest Generation
c)
Millenials
d)
Generation X
20.

What piece of legislation prohibited federally funded schools to discriminate against women in its operations and within athletics?

a)

Equal Educational Opportunity Act

b)

Title IX

c)

Educational Amendment Act

d)

Women's Educational Equity Act

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