Chapter 24 test

In 1973, Special prosecutor ___, sues the president to obtain the tapes.

Archibald Cox

Nixon's visit to blank in 1942 began normalizing relations was a reversal of previous American policy established in 1949

China

This term refers specifically to the foreign relations policy adopted by the United States during the Nixon administration to ease Cold War tensions.

Détente

Nixon claimed that this would reduce the supervisory role of the government and make welfare recepients responsible for their own lives.

Family Assistance Plan

When Nixon resigned, ___ became president.

Gerald Ford

As Nixon's advisor for national security affairs and, later, as secretary of state, he was the chief architect of Nixon's foreign policy.

Henry Kissinger

What action did Nixon take that provided temporary relief from stagflation in 1971?

Implemented wage and price controls

In 1973, the Senate begins hearings. ___ testifies that Nixon was deeply involved in the cover-up.

John Dean

In 1973, Nixon announces the resignations of ___ and ___, two of his closest advisers.

John Ehrlichman

Nixon's closest advisers include HR Holderman, John Mitchell and blank

John Ehrlichman

In 1973, days before sentencing, ___ writes a letter to the presiding judge, ___, in which he confesses to lying under oath and suggests White House involvement in the burglary.

John Sirica

Which man was not forced out of his job during the Watergate scandal?

Leon Jaworski

This refers to Nixon's plan to limit the size and power of the federal government by distributing a portion of federal power to state and local governments

New Federalism

President Nixon adopted a policy known as blank in order to Reduce the size and power of the federal government

New federalism

This organization of oil producers cut off oil sales to the United States after the United States sent aid to Israel during the Yom Kippur War.

OPEC

In 1973 OPEC nations cut off their supply of blank to the US

Oil

This term refers to a philosphy in which foreign policy should be based solely on consideration of power, not ideals or moral principles.

Realpolitik

This five-year agreement limited the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched missiles to 1972 levels.

SALT I Treaty

This term refers to Nixon's attempts to attract conservative voters by slowing down or reversing civil rights policies and naming conservative judges to the Supreme Court.

Southern Strategy

In the event know as , Nixon ordered attorney general Richardson to fire the special prosecutor investigating the watergate break in.

The Saturday night massacre

In 1972, five men are caught breaking into the Democratic campaign headquarters located in the ___ complex in Washington, D.C.

Watergate

Which of the following techniques was not used by the Nixon administration against perceived enemies in the United States?

arrest without cause

In 1974, Nixon releases ___ of his conversations, but they fail to satisfy investigators, who are searching for hard answers to the questions, "What did the president know, and when did he know it?"

edited transcripts

What was the purpose of Nixon's Southern strategy?

encourage discontented Democrats to vote for Nixon

What was the stated purpose of Nixon's revenue sharing proposal?

give state and local government more control over how federal dollars were spent

Under the philosophy of realpolitik, what was the most important consideration in formulating a relationship with another country?

its power

What has been the most lasting effect of Watergate?

public cynicism about government

This was the basis of a bill that allowed state and local governments to spend their federal dollars however they saw fit within certain limitations.

revenue sharing

This term refers to the dual problems of rising unemployment and inflation encountered during the Nixon years.

stagflation

In 1974, the Supreme Court orders Nixon to surrender ___, and the House Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment. Nixon obeys the court order but, a few days later, resigns without admitting guilt.

unedited tapes