Ch. 30 QUIZ

_______________ served as Richard Nixon's Secretary of State during the Vietnam War. a. Henry Kissinger b. Jack Kerouac c. Gerald Ford d. Eugene McCarthy

a. Henry Kissinger

The Watergate Scandal basically concerned _________________. a. President Nixon covering up his knowledge of a break-in of Democratic Party headquarters by some of his supporters b. the Nixon Administration's wiretapping of Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court c. President Nixon personally profiting from defense company contracts during the Vietnam War d. members of the Nixon Administration bribing members of Congress

a. President Nixon covering up his knowledge of a break-in of Democratic Party headquarters by some of his supporters

In the 1972 election, ________________________. a. Richard Nixon was overwhelmingly re-elected b. Richard Nixon was narrowly defeated c. third-party candidate George Wallace outperformed the Democratic Party nominee George McGovern d. Richard Nixon's running mate was replaced in the middle of the campaign with Gerald Ford

a. Richard Nixon was overwhelmingly re-elected

What happened at Kent State University in 1970? a. four college students were killed by National Guardsmen during an anti-Vietnam War protest b. a riot took place after the assassination of Martin Luther King c. a student attempted to shoot Vice President Spiro Agnew d. Vietnamese agents infiltrated the college and attacked campus police

a. four college students were killed by National Guardsmen during an anti-Vietnam War protest

Hurting Gerald Ford's re-election chances in 1976 was his decision to _________________. a. pardon Richard Nixon b. name Ronald Reagan as his running mate c. avoid all presidential debates d. ask Democrat Ted Kennedy to be his running mate

a. pardon Richard Nixon

As a result of the Watergate Scandal, Richard Nixon: a. resigned the presidency and vice president Gerald Ford became president b. was convicted of crimes and thrown in prison c. failed to win reelection against Jimmy Carter d. was impeached and removed from office by Congress

a. resigned the presidency and vice president Gerald Ford became president

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein gained fame as journalists who _________________. a. wrote articles that slowly revealed the Watergate scandal b. revealed the role of the CIA in the overthrow of Chile's government c. spied for the U.S. while covering news stories in China d. none of these is correct

a. wrote articles that slowly revealed the Watergate scandal

Under terms of the ____________________ passed in 1973, the president was supposed to inform Congress within 48 hours of an overseas deployment of troops likely to involve combat and Congress reserved the right to have the troops withdrawn within 60 days. a. Camp David Accords b. War Powers Act c. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution d. Eagleton Act

b. War Powers Act

In 1975, South Vietnam finally went communist as a direct result of: a. the communists' successful Tet Offensive b. an invasion of South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese army c. a successful takeover of the South Vietnamese government by Viet Cong rebels d. the forced surrender of a huge American army after an extended battle

b. an invasion of South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese army

Spiro Agnew_________________. a. was appointed special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate Break-in b. became the first vice president in American history to resign c. was the leader of the Watergate burglars d. was Richard Nixon's Chief of Staff who turned over vital evidence to congressional investigators

b. became the first vice president in American history to resign

__________________ was killed in the "Saturday Night Massacre." a. Spiro Agnew b. no one c. Viet Cong supporters d. Black Panthers

b. no one

Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge regime ______________________. a. successfully kept Cambodia free of communist control throughout the 1970s b. receive aid from the Vietnamese communists until the death and despair brought to over two million Cambodians led the Vietnamese to invade Cambodia and overthrow the regime c. invaded and successfully seized portions of Vietnam and Laos during the 1970s d. signed a formal military alliance with the United States

b. receive aid from the Vietnamese communists until the death and despair brought to over two million Cambodians led the Vietnamese to invade Cambodia and overthrow the regime

After the 1973 overthrow of Salvador Allende's socialist government in Chile, _______________. a. Cuba invade Chile to restore Allende to power b. democracy was restored to the country c. General Augustín Pinochet established a non-communist military dictatorship d. none of these is correct

c. General Augustín Pinochet established a non-communist military dictatorship

In San Francisco, ________________ became the first openly-gay officeholder in the country when he won election to the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors. a. Richard Simmons b. Huey Newton c. Harvey Milk d. Russell Means

c. Harvey Milk

The 1973 Energy Crisis was caused by ____________________. a. low American oil production b. rampant speculation of oil futures on the commodities exchanges c. a boycott of oil sold to the U.S. by the OPEC nations over America's support for Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War d. increased oil consumption by Russia and China

c. a boycott of oil sold to the U.S. by the OPEC nations over America's support for Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War

"Boat people" were the _________________. a. South Vietnamese rebels aided by the CIA who attempted to disrupt life in South Vietnam after the communist takeover b. Viet Cong infiltrators whose raids into South Vietnam weakened the government to the point that the South Vietnamese Army could not sustain effective control of the country c. refugees attempting to flee the country after the end of the Vietnam War d. none of these is correct

c. refugees attempting to flee the country after the end of the Vietnam War

Operation Menu involved the secret bombing of possible enemy positions in ________________. a. southern China b. Cuba c. the Philippines d. Cambodia

d. Cambodia

The efforts by the Soviet Union and the United States at détente, or warmer relations between the two superpowers, during the 1970s began to take place as a result of ____________________. a. Richard Nixon's threat to launch a nuclear attack on Cuba b. the accidental detonation of an atomic weapon aboard a Russian bomber flying over international air space c. Jimmy Carter's allowing Russians free passage through the Panama Canal d. Richard Nixon's visit to China and his recognition of the People's Republic of China

d. Richard Nixon's visit to China and his recognition of the People's Republic of China

Of the following, which was a major economic concern of the Nixon Administration during the early 1970s? a. declining stock market prices b. declining construction activity c. low consumer purchases d. inflation

d. inflation

The "Pentagon Papers" were leaked secret documents that ____________________. a. outlined a proposed peace deal with the North Vietnamese b. detailed a CIA plot to kill Ho Chi Minh c. detailed a CIA plot to kill Ngo Dinh Diem d. showed how the U.S. government was often less-than-truthful in what it told the public about the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and the escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam

d. showed how the U.S. government was often less-than-truthful in what it told the public about the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and the escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietname