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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT RICHARD NIXON EXAM
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-Guarantee passing score -55 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: What is generally regarded as THE major accomplishment of Pres. Nixon?
Answer:
Détente with the Soviet Union and China Question 2: What did Nixon do that provided temporary relief from stagflation in 1971?
Answer:
Implementation wage and price controls Question 3: Who was Nixon's advisor for national security affairs and later, secretary of state.He was also the chief architect of Nixon's foreign policy?
Answer:
Henry Kissinger
Question 4: Who were the first two astronauts to land on the moon?
Answer:
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
Question 5: When Nixon finally turned over the tapes, what was the problem with them?
Answer:
There were gaps and erasures
Question 6: What did President Nixon's resignation most directly follow?
Answer:
Release of taped presidential conversations Question 7: Who was Nixon's Chief of Staff that was fired by Nixon and then testified before the Senate committee? He was on the "smoking gun" tape that was most damaging to Nixon.
Answer:
H.R. Bob Halderman
Question 8: What did President Nixon authorize the appointment of in 1973?
Answer:
A special prosecutor to investigate Watergate
Question 9: The MAIN goal of President Nixon's New Federalism was to do what?
Answer:
Reduce the power of the federal government Question 10: What was the government agency in charge of setting and enforcing pollution standards called?
Answer:
EPA
Question 11: What product did OPEC cut off the supply of to the US?
Answer:
oil
Question 12: What decision was made in Roe v Wade by the 1973 Supreme Court?
Answer:
To legalize abortion
Question 13: What were some of the things that happened in the 1968 election?
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The Democrats were badly divided, Democrats retained control of congress and Nixon won unanimously in the Electoral College.Question 14: As Nixon's advisor for national security affairs and, later, as secretary of state, he was the chief architect of Nixon's foreign policy.
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Henry Kissenger Question 15: This term refers to Nixon's attempts to attract conservative voters by slowing down or reversing civil rights policies and naming conservative judges to the Supreme Court.
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Southern strategy
Question 16: What was order of Nixon's problems during Watergate?
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The plumbers arrested, Nixon reelected, articles of impeachment adopted, Nixon resigns
Question 17: Who were "the plumbers" most closely connected?
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the White House
Question 18: Who became president when Nixon resigned?
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Gerald ford Question 19: Name the two reporters that originally broke the story of the Watergate scandal.
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Woodward and Bernstein Question 20: What did Henry Kissinger believe should be the main consideration of the US in conducting relations with another nation?
Answer:
That nation's power or benefit.
Question 21: This term refers to the dual problems of rising unemployment and inflation encountered during the Nixon years.
Answer:
Stagflation
Question 22: What offices were "the plumbers" caught breaking into?
Answer:
The Democratic National Convention Question 23: In 1972, the plumbers were caught breaking into the Democratic campaign headquarters that was located in which building?
Answer:
Watergate
Question 24: What did the foreign policy of détente mainly intend to do?
Answer:
Ease cold war tensions
Question 25: Which one of the Nixon appointees escaped the Watergate scandal?
Answer:
Henry Kissinger
Question 26: What were the protest movements during Nixon's first term about?
Answer:
they were against the war in Vietnam Question 27: This term refers to the dual problems of rising unemployment and inflation encountered during the Nixon years?
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Stagflation Question 28: In 1973 which judge gave the burglars maximum sentences hoping that they would identify others?
Answer:
John Sirica
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