U.S. History 70's test
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