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Presidencies of Nixon & Ford Quiz

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  • Q1
    1. One cause of ________________, a time of high unemployment and high inflation, was the US relied to much on oil from the Middle East.
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  • Q2
    2. President Nixon resigned from the presidency to avoid being ________________ for his actions related to the Watergate scandal.
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  • Q3
    3. Unlike after World War 2, ________________ were not celebrated when they returned home from the Vietnam War.
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  • Q4
    4. President Ford gave Richard Nixon a ________________ for the crimes he committed after the Watergate scandal.
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  • Q5
    5. Nixon wanted to develop international relationships with China and the USSR, so he and Henry Kissinger created a policy called ________________ ________________.
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  • Q6
    6. The US and USSR saw tensions between them relax during the time period of ________________.
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  • Q7
    7. Americans began to distrust the US government when the Pentagon Papers revealed the US would only accept North Vietnam’s ________________ in the Vietnam War, which was different from what President Lyndon Johnson had said.
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  • Q8
    8. Nixon’s ________________ plan called for the slow withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam and an increase of fighting by the South Vietnamese Army.
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  • Q9
    9. Nixon wanted to gain Southern Democratic support, so he slowed ________________ of schools and urged Congress to stop busing.
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  • Q10
    10. Nixon tried to ________________, or overrule, decisions made by Congress he did not agree with.
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  • Q11
    11. Ford tried to reverse ________________ with his WIN program, but it was not successful and the US entered the worst ________________ since the Great Depression.
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  • Q12
    12. Why did OPEC place an oil embargo on the US?
    OPEC member countries were upset the US supported North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
    OPEC member countries were upset the US supported South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
    OPEC member countries were upset the US supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
    OPEC member countries were upset the US supported Arab countries during the Yom Kippur War.
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  • Q13
    13. Which of the following statements is false?
    Nixon approved a plan to invade and bomb Cambodia, even though the country was not at war with the US.
    Nixon wanted the federal government to have less power.
    Nixon voted for the War Powers Act to pass.
    Nixon helped cover up the details of the Watergate break-in.
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  • Q14
    14. Which of the following is NOT part of the War Powers Act that was passed in 1973?
    The draft would be used to increase the number of men and women serving in the military.
    The president’s ability to initiate military action in other countries became more limited.
    The president had to inform Congress within 48 hours of sending troops into a hostile environment without a declaration of war.
    US troops could remain in a hostile environment no more than 90 days unless Congress approved the president’s actions or declared war.
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  • Q15
    15. What was one effect of the oil embargo placed on the US?
    The unemployment rate in the US decreased.
    The oil supply increased, and the price of oil decreased.
    The oil supply decreased, and the price of oil increased.
    Only the price of oil was increased by the embargo.
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