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Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Richard Nixon helped to build better relations between the US and the two largest communist countries

a)

Syria and Africa

b)

Soviet Union and Japan

c)

Soviet Union and China

d)

Soviet Union and France

2.
What new foreign policy did Nixon adopt to ease tensions with the Soviet Union?
a)
Detente
b)
triangulation
c)
brinkmanship
d)
mutually assured destruction
3.

What was the purpose of SALT 1?

a)

To increase the production of nuclear weapons

b)

To decrease production of ICBM's

c)

To limit peace talks between the United States and China

d)

To end the Vietnam War for a limited period

4.

To normalize relations with the USSR Nixon went to what country first?

a)

Iran

b)

Victoria, Texas

c)

China

d)

Israel

5.

What actions did the U.S government take in order to oversee environmental issues?

a)

Community Reinvestment Act & Clean Air Act

b)

Clean Water Act, S.A.L.T, & Camp David Accords

c)

Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, & Clean Air Act

d)

Clean Air Act, Peace through Strength, & Clean Water Act

6.
The right of the president and other high-ranking executive officers to refuse to testify before Congress or a court
a)
Executive Privilege
b)
Executive Order
c)
Executive Agreement
d)
Impound
7.

The cutting back of federal regulation of industry

a)

environmental protection agency

b)

strategic defense industry

c)

raeganomics

d)

deregulation

8.

Nixon won the support of the southern democrats in 1968 by promising to what?

a)

Calm Americans about the cold war

b)

Appoint a Southerner to the Supreme Court

c)

issuing more government bonds

d)

By increasing the two things that you cant avoid, taxes and death

9.
This region is known as the ________________due to a decline in manufacturing
a)
Wheat Belt
b)
Sun Belt
c)
Cotton Belt
d)
Rust Belt
10.

Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Lyndon B. Johnson

11.
Former CIA agents were caught breaking in to the Democratic Party Headquarters in Washington, D.C. leading to the resignation of Pres. Nixon
a)
Iran Hostage Crisis
b)
Watergate Scandal
c)
Star Wars
d)
Camp David Accords
12.

In 1970 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created by the government. Why?

a)

To save the United States from WWIII

b)

To set emissions standard for all cars in the United States

c)

To establish and enforce pollution standards

d)

To save the rains in Africa

13.

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

14.

Opening diplomatic relations with China by Nixon, influenced the Soviet Union signing-

a)

Iran Hostage Crisis

b)

Camp David Accords

c)

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (S.A.L.T)

d)

Entente

15.

Migration patterns in the U.S in the 20th century shifted from-

a)

Midwest to Northeast

b)

West to North

c)

Northeast to West

d)

Midwest to the South

16.

What was the name of the documents released by the New York Times implementing the government was lying about Vietnam?

a)

Watergate

b)

Pentagon Papers

c)

Deep State

d)

Los Alamos

17.
What new foreign policy did Nixon adopt to ease tensions with the Soviet Union?
a)
Detente
b)
triangulation
c)
brinkmanship
d)
mutually assured destruction
18.

Which form of music, popularized in the 1970s and generally associated with the culture of the American South, blends genres of gospel, jazz, blues, and folk?

a)

Disco

b)

Hip Hop

c)

Trance

d)

Country and Western

19.
What building was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?
a)
The Capitol Building
b)
The White House
c)
Republican Headquarters
d)
Democratic Headquarters
20.
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
21.

In 1969, Nixon/Kissinger believed lowering tensions between the United States and Soviet Union would be in our best interest. As a result, the U.S. reached out to the Soviets to try to ease tensions. The lowering of tensions was known as _________________.

a)

lowering the temperature

b)

détente

c)

brinkmanship

d)

relaxation

22.

Determined that this could only be used when national security was threatened.

a)

Executive Privilege

b)

Judicial Review

c)

Legislative Review

d)

Due process