APUSH - President Nixon
Which court case determined that criminal defendants charged with felonies were entitled to legal counsel even if they were too poor to afford it? a. Gideon v. Wainwright b. Griswold v. Connecticut c. School District of Abington Township v. Schempp d. Roe v. Wade e. Engel v. Vitale
Gideon v. Wainwright
This proclaimed that the United States would honor its existing defense commitments but in the future, Asians and others would have to fight their own wars without the support of large bodies of American troops. a. The Nixon Plan b. The Defense Strategy c. The Nixon Project d. The Nixon Doctrine e. The Department of Defense Plan
The Nixon Doctrine
Nixon's attempt to withdraw troops from Vietnam over an extended period of time was called a. The Withdraw Plan b. Operation Withdraw c. Nixonization d. Vietnamization e. Operation Dixie
Vietnamization
In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled that a. abortion is legal b. the federal government was responsible for bailing out the savings and loan industry c. the president and Congress are required to balance the federal budget d. the government cannot provide economic or military aid to groups that were in open rebellion against their government e. Florida's electoral votes were won by George W. Bush in the 2000 election
abortion is LEGAL
Richard Nixon's vice president, Spiro Agnew, was forced to resign his office because a. he had helped to plan the Watergate break-in b. the press reported that he had been a member of the Klu Klux Klan earlier in his political career c. it was revealed that he had provided the Soviets with nuclear secrets d. as governor of Maryland he had received payoffs from businessmen, which he did not report to the IRS e. Agnew had publicly opposed and criticized Nixon for visiting communist China
as governor of Maryland he had received payoffs from businessmen, which he did not report to the IRS
Another word for "relaxed tension" is a. detente b. pressure c. peking d. stress e. Pentagon
detente
The Philadelphia Plan affected what group of people? a. artists b. employers who were doing federally contracted work c. merchants d. employees e. the minority
employers who were doing federally contracted work
Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union warmed in 1972 as a result of an agreement by the former to sell the latter a. long-range ballistic missiles b. computers c. nonnuclear military supplies d. oil and other petroleum products e. much-needed foodstuffs
much-needed foodstuffs
The policy whereby the United States would honor its current military agreements, but in the future would limit its use of combat troops in its allies' wars is known as a. containment b. rollback c. mutually assured destruction d. Vietnamization e. the Nixon Doctrine
the Nixon Doctrine
The Saturday Night Massacre a. was an event related to the Watergate scandal b. convinced the United States to send troops to Panama to overthrow Manuel Noriega c. was a riot outside the 1968 Democratic party convention in Chicago d. was a turning points in the Vietnam War e. led to the impeachment of President Clinton
was an event related to the Watergate scandal