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extra credit Unit 9 part 1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 18mins

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.
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
3.
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
4.
What was the name of the hotel that Nixon allegedly sent people to break in to and spy on the DNC?
a)
Waterfront
b)
Watergate
c)
Wyndgate
d)
Waterfall
5.

Match the following

a)

Soviet Union and China

1.

2 countries Nixon visited

b)

Watergate

2.

Scandal that ended Nixon's career

c)

Woodward and Bernstein

3.

2 Journalists that uncovered the Watergate Scandal

d)

OPEC

4.

Middle Eastern Cartel that controls 60% of the world's oil trade

e)

Stagflation

5.

High Unemployment and High Inflation

6.

Match the following

a)

Camp David Accords

1.

Peace agreement between Israel and Egypt

b)

2nd agreement to limit nuclear weapons

2.

SALT II

c)

Iran Hostage Crisis

3.

Americans taken hostage in Tehran

d)

Panama Canal

4.

President Carter agreed to return this to its country of origin

e)

National Energy Act 1979

5.

Mandated that cars become more fuel efficient and US less dependent on foreign oil

7.

​ (a)   and the ​ (b)   were two big domestic policies during Nixon's presidency.

Choose from the below words
Environmental Protection Act
Endangered Species Act
Child Welfare Act
Affordable Care Act
Patriot Act
Medicaid Act
Civil Rights Act
8.

Match the following president to one of the BIGGEST problems they were facing.

a)

Lyndon Johnson

1.

Vietnam

b)

Richard Nixon

2.

Watergate

c)

John F. Kennedy

3.

Cuba becoming communist

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

4.

Great Depression

9.

Who became President immediately after Nixon left office?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Ronald Reagan

10.
The government says one thing, and media another, this was known as what? 
a)

Credit Check 

b)

Fake News 

c)

Credibility Gap 

d)

Credibility Old Navy 

11.

How did the oil embargo effect the U.S. during the 1970s?

a)

The U.S. used its own energy reserves to fight the embargo

b)

Prices of everything increased and gas shortages happened

c)

The U.S. was forced to abandon Israel as prices went down

d)

It caused the stagflation outbreak in the U.S.

12.

What was the response in Tehran to the US helping the former Shah of Iran in 1979?

a)

The new government of Iran declared war on the U.S.

b)

The embassy was attacked and 52 people were taken hostage

c)

The Shah of Iran was put back in power

d)

Iran invaded Israel and Iraq who were US allies

13.

What happened to the 52 captives of the Iran Hostage Crisis?

a)

They were given to the Soviet Union and returned in 1987

b)

They disappeared and were never seen from again

c)

They were publicly executed in 1981 in Tehran

d)

They were returned to the US 444 days after Reagan swore in as President

14.

The Camp David Accords was-

a)

peace treaty to end the Cold war

b)

agreement between the U.S and Middle eastern nations to lift the oil embargo by OPEC.

c)

peace agreement negotiated by Carter between Israel & Egypt

d)

agreement to protect Middle Eastern countries from Soviet rule

15.
Idea to fix stagflation with massive tax cuts
a)
REAGANOMICS
b)
PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH
c)
BIG STICK DIPLOMACY
d)
INFLATION
16.
When was Ronald Reagan's presidency?
a)
1970-78
b)
1956-64
c)
1981-1989
d)
1940-48
17.

The economic policies of Ronald Reagan: reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free-market activity

a)

"Trickle down economics"/Reaganomics

b)

The New Deal

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Race to the Top

18.

The Iran- Contra scandal sold weapons ILLEGALLY and gave the profits to

a)

The Soviets

b)

Sandinistas

c)

Contras

d)

Veterans

19.

Which of the following is NOT part Reganomics

a)

Budget cuts

b)

Tax cuts

c)

Increased defense spending

d)

decreased defense spending

20.

Which president would most likely agree with Ronald Reagan's trickle-down economic policies?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

John F. Kennedy

21.

When the former Iranian leader - the Shah - was allowed to go to New York City for cancer treatments, it led to the ....

a)

Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

End of the Vietnam War

c)

The Iranian Hostage Crisis

d)

The Watergate Scandal

22.

Lines at gas stations in the 1970s was most likely caused by...

a)

the dissolution of Standard Oil Company

b)

an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico

c)

the construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline

d)

an embargo by OPEC