U.S. History 70's test

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which is not an agency created or act passed under the Nixon administration

office economic opportunity

the twenty- six amendment:

Gave 18 year olds the right to vote

in the presidential election of 1976:

Ronald Reagan won every southern state except Virginia

the handling of the Iranians hostage crisis

Made jimmy carter appear weak and inept

the student demonstrations at Kent State University that resulted in the deaths of four students were a response to:

The incursion into Cambodia

president carter's crowning foreign policy achievement was the

Arrangement of a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt

the historic move in 1972 president Nixon opened diplomatic relations with

China

Nixon's Vietnam policy included all of the following statements except:

Continued buildup of American armed forces in Vietnam

As President, Jimmy Carter

Created new cabinet level departments of energy and education

Nixon's policy of Vietnamization involved:

Gradually reducing the number of American troops in Vietnam

the figure who most influenced Nixon's foreign policy was:

Henry Kissinger

Nixon's Watergate related downfall game with revelation brag he had:

Ordered a cover up of the Original watergate break in.

president carter said American foreign policy should be based on:

The defense of human rights

When they were arrested the burglar at the Watergate apartment complex. Wee breaking into

The demo part headquarters

The economic conditions known as stagflation caused by

Stagnant economic growth and high inflation

Nixon's new relationship with China was made possible by

The American public's more favorable attitude toward communism.

In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which:

banned gender discrimination in higher education

affirmations action was

first pursued and then abandoned by the nixon administration

when President carter sent American commanders to rescue the American hostages in Iran:

Helicopter failures forced the mission abortion

president Carter foreign policy empathize

Human rights as a diplomatic priority

Richard Nixon appointment to the Supreme Court were intended to:

Lead the court in a conservative direction

in the presidential election of 1972

Nixon won by the largest majority ever for a Republican candidate

one of the loudest opponents of equal rights amendment was

Phyllis scholarly

In 1976 jimmy carter won the presidential race in part because he

Promised never to Lie to Americans

the economic Malaise during Nixon's administration was caused by all of the following except:

Rapid contraction of the money supply

The so-called Pentagon Papers

Revealed that congress and there American people had not been told the full story of the Tonkin Gulf Incident

the environmental protection agency, the occupational safety and health administration and the national transportation safety board were all established during

Richard Nixon

In response to the Watergate revelations , Congress passes several pieces of legislation designed to curb executive power. This legislation included all of the following except:

The presidential pardon act

Nixon's trip to the Soviet Union resulted in:

US wheat sales to the soviets

In the early 1970 which commodity did Americans have to wait long lines to purchase

gasoline

During the 1970s

the age at which Americans married increased and divorce rates rose

What were the results of the us invasion of neutral Cambodia in 1970

the invasion destabilize the nation and ushered in murderous regime

SALT Agreement

Set limits on certain types of nuclear weapons

president carter's crowning failure was his:

Inability to end the hostage crisis

Saturday Night Massacre

Involved the firing of Archibald Cox, special prosecutor for the Watergate case

the camp David accords involved

Israel return of the Sinai to Egypt

in 1972, the Christmas bombings and the mining of north Vietnam harbors:

Aroused worldwide protest

The three mile island nuclear plant

Brought a halt to the nuclear energy industry expansion

Silent Spring

Was written by Rachel Carson

in 1975 the Vietnam war include

as the only war lost by the u.s


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