Chapter 26

In a historic move, in 1972 President Nixon opened diplomatic relations with:

China

What were the results of the U.S. invasion of neutral Cambodia in 1970?

The invasion destabilized the nation and ushered in a murderous regime.

When he assumed the presidency, Richard Nixon announced a new policy regarding the Vietnam War known as:

Vietnamization.

In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, which:

banned gender discrimination in higher education.

Under the Nixon administration, the United States:

continued to undermine Third World governments.

Domestically, President Gerald Ford:

failed to revive the economy.

The Moral Majority:

feared family values were being undermined.

Affirmative action was:

first pursued and then abandoned by the Nixon administration.

President Carter's foreign policy emphasized:

human rights as a diplomatic priority.

During the 1970s, conservatives:

insisted on more local control and resisted the power of the federal government.

Nixon's Family Assistance Plan:

proposed to guarantee a minimum income for all Americans.

The opponents of the ERA defined freedom for women as:

residing in the roles of wife and mother.

Reagan's economic policies:

resulted in a rise in economic inequality.

During the 1970s, evangelical Christians:

significantly increased in number, as they became more vocal.

The economic condition known as stagflation was caused by:

stagnant economic growth and high inflation.

Ronald Reagan's economic policy focused on:

tax cuts

The Church Committee revealed that since the beginning of the Cold War:

the CIA and FBI had engaged in abusive actions.

When they were arrested, the burglars at the Watergate apartment complex were breaking into:

the Democratic Party headquarters.

The 1971 ruling Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education led to the:

use of busing as a tool to achieve school integration.

The Iran-Contra affair:

was the greatest scandal of the Reagan administration.