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F&C - Nixon

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which word means, "easing/lessening of tension?"
a)
Inflation
b)
Detente
c)
Stagflation
d)
Constipation 
2.

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

3.
Nixon's secret plan to get the US out of vietnam slowly, while replacing American troops with the S. Vietnamese Army was called...?
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Detente
c)
Containment
d)
the Domino Theory
4.

Nixon/Kissinger believed strict policies such as containment or brinkmanship tied the hands of the President. So, they proposed a new policy, known as _____________. This policy stated that the United States would make each individual foreign policy decision based on the best interests of the United States at that time.

a)

sputnik

b)

blitzkrieg

c)

realpolitik

d)

Armageddon

5.

In response to U.S. support for Israel during the Yom Kippur War, OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), = put an __________________ on the United States. The U.S. was heavily dependent on OPEC oil at the time.

a)

oil embargo

b)

fatwa

c)

nuclear bomb

d)

86 year curse

6.

The ​ (a)   of relations economic and diplomatic relations between China and the United States was a major accomplishment of Nixon's presidency.

Choose from the below words
normalization
détente
accord
treaty
7.

What does impeachment mean?

a)

removal from office

b)

conviction of a crime

c)

formal accusation of wrongdoing

8.

Influenced by Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring", the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created. What was its purpose?

a)

to develop America's natural resources

b)

to reduce air and water pollution and protect the enviroment

c)

to protect Americans from acts of terrorism

d)

to manage the nation's parks and forests

9.
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
10.

The Watergate Scandal was responsible for-

a)

decrease in confidence in the U.S government

b)

the impeachment of President Nixon

c)

major tax cuts under President Reagan

d)

keeping the peace in the middle-east

11.

Revealed that US officials had been lying to the American people about the progress of the Vietnam War for years.

a)

War Powers Act

b)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

Pentagon Papers

d)

Vietnamization

12.

Requires the President to notify Congress when committing armed forces to military action and forbids the use of the military without Congressional authorization or a declaration of war.

a)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

b)

War Powers Act

c)

26th Amendment

d)

Pentagon Papers