Chapter 24 Study Guide
1. The main goal of President Richard Nixon’s New Federalism was to:
2. _____ allowed state and local governments to spend their federal tax dollars however they saw fit with only a few restrictions.
3. Who promoted Nixon’s “law and order” policies but later resigned after charges of bribery were made against him?
4. The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Warren Burger was:
5. This term refers to the dual problems of rising unemployment and
inflation encountered during the Nixon years.
6. What caused the poor economy during the 1970s?
7. During the 1970s the United States had a heavy dependency ______.
8. OPEC had an ______on the United Statesafter the U.S. supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War ultimately leading to long gas lines in the United States.
9. President Nixon’s attempts to combat stagflation were :
10. President Nixon’s number one foreign policy priority:
11. As President Nixon’s advisor for national security affairs and later as
Secretary of State, this man was the chief architect of Nixon’s foreign
policy.
12. What was the name of President Nixon’s new foreign policy called?
13. What did Henry Kissinger believe should be the main consideration of the
United States when conducting relations with another nation?
14. ______refers the easing of Cold War tensions during the Nixon
administration.
15. American ping-pong players were the first official American visitors to
communist China when they participated in an international ping-pong
tournament. This visit became known as:
16. President Nixon was the first American President to visit both ______
and ______.
17. Most Americans ______of President Nixon visiting
communist countries
18. Why is the SALT I Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union
historically significant?
19. ______centered on the Nixon administration’s attempt to cover up the
burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
20. What was the nickname of Nixon’s small, loyal group of advisors who, like
Nixon, felt they were above the law?
21. In the 1972 the ______were caught breaking into the offices the
Democratic National Committee.
22. ______and ______broke the Watergate scandal for the
Washington Post.
23. During the trial of the Watergate burglars Judge John Sirica made it
clear that he believed that:
24. During the Senate investigation of Watergate, who revealed that
President Nixon had been deeply involved in the cover-up of the Watergate break-in?
25. Presidential aid Alexander Butterfield stunned the Senate Committee
investigating Watergate when he revealed that:
26. When Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire
special prosecutor Archibald Cox, the events that followed became
known as ______.
27. Who is famous for saying “…I am not a crook.”?
28. To prove his truthfulness with respect to Watergate, President Nixon
______transcripts of the tapes
29. Why was President Nixon forced to give Congress all of the taped
Presidential conversations?
30. A conversation on the tapes revealed that President Nixon:
31. ______became the first and only American President to resign
from office.
32. Because of Watergate, the majority of Americans today are cynical about
______.
33. In 2005 the secret identity of ______was finally revealed to be Mark
Felt.
______
37. Gerald Ford is the only President in American history who:
A. was never elected as President or Vice-President
B. was a former president of a car company
C. pardoned someone while in office
D. all of the above
38. In order to move the country past Watergate and focus on his own
administration, President Ford:
A. made sure that Nixon received the maximum sentence for his crimes
B. pardoned Nixon
C. pardoned all the “President’s Men”
D. both B and C
39. President Ford’s “Whip Inflation Now” (WIN) was successful in improving
the American economy in the 1970s.
A. true
B. false
40. Which of the following was the focus of President Ford’s foreign policy?
A. human rights
B. continuation of détente
C. a return to containment
D. becoming less dependent on foreign oil
41. Why did Jimmy Carter defeat Gerald Ford in the Presidential election of
1976?
A. Carter was a Washington outsider
B. Carter’s personality and sense of morality
C. the poor economy
D. all of the above
42. The most important domestic issue for President Jimmy Carter was:
- the energy crisis
- human rights
- civil rights
- the poor economy
43. Carter had difficulty getting his domestic agenda passed by Congress.
A. true
B. false
44. What was a result of Carter’s National Energy Act?
- more fuel efficient cars and home heating systems
- dependence on foreign oil increased slightly
- there was a gas shortage in the United States
- increased oil drilling in Alaska
- What long-term economic trend emerged in the 1970s?
A. decline of manufacturing jobs in the United States
B. decline of service jobs in the United States
C. U.S. was losing out more to foreign competition
D. both A and C
- Western Pennsylvania was part of the “rustbelt” of the 1970s.
A. true
B. false
- Because of President Carter’s inability to improve the economy, his popularity rating actually dropped lower than President Nixon’s lowest popularity rating.
A. true
B. false
- In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke(1976), the Supreme Court ruled:
A. to extend affirmative action
B. against affirmative action
C. that schools could bus students to end defacto segregation
D. that Carter’s civil rights policies were unconstitutional
- Which of the following was the basis of President Carter’s foreign policy?
A. realpolitik
B. détente
C. containment
D. human rights
- Because of Carter’s foreign policy the UnitedState’s relationship
with communist countries, like the Soviet Union and China, continued to improve.
A. true
B. false
- Because of an agreement signed during Carter’s presidency, as of December 31, 1999, what country (or countries) owns the American-built Panama Canal?
A. United States
B. Panama
C. both A and B
D. members of NATO
- President Carter was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his
efforts in forging peace between what two nations in the Camp David
Accords?
A. Soviet Union and the United States
B. Egypt and the United States
C. Egypt and Israel
D. Israel and the Soviet Union
53. In 1979, why did armed students seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran,
Iran, and take 53 Americans hostage? Because:
A. of U.S. support of Israel
B. the U.S. boycotted oil sold by OPEC
C. Carter allowed the Shah to come to the U.S. for cancer treatment
D. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered them to
54. The American hostages in the Iranian Hostage Crisis were released
while President Carter was still in office.
A. true
B. false
- On April 22, 1970, thousands of communities, schools, and colleges
celebrated the first ______by hosting some type of environmental
awareness activity.
- Rachel Carson Day
- Silent Spring Day
- Earth Day
- Environmentalist Action Day
- What was created in 1970 (and still exists today) that was given the
power to set and enforce pollution standards, to conduct environmental research, and to assist state and local governments in pollution control?
A. Environmental Protection Agency
B. Clean Air Act
C. Rachel Carson Foundation
D. Pollution Protection Agency
- In the 1970s, in what state did the federal government have to
balance the need for oil with the need to protect the environment?
A. Texas
B. Oklahoma
C. Alaska
D. Pennsylvania
- Because of the heavy dependence on foreign oil, some Americans
in the 1970s felt that ______would be an attractive alternative.
A. fossil fuels
B. wind energy
C. solar energy
D. nuclear energy
- The worst nuclear disaster in American history was:
A. Three Mile Island
B. Chernobyl
C. Roswell
D. Shippingport
- Mrs. Snavely (and Mr. Karenbauer for periods 2, 5, 6, and 8)
was born in the 1970s.
A. true
You survived (I hope) your last chapter test. Do you have
enough guts to disco(in front of the class) as we look at the
lifestyle of the 1970s? After the final exam, your journey
through history will end with a little of the 80s and 90s. And
then . . . Forrest Gump will review everything for you.
Run Forrest, run!