Matching
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Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each
description. Note: Some letters may not be used at all. Some may be used more than once. (4 points
each)
. a. | Gerald Ford | i. | impoundment | b. | Jimmy
Carter | j. | SALT
I | c. | Richard Nixon | k. | SALT II | d. | Henry Kissinger | l. | Camp David Accords | e. | low
inflation | m. | Helsinki
Accords | f. | OPEC | n. | high
inflation | g. | Elliot Richardson | o. | Spiro Agnew | h. | impeachment |
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This presidential practice of withholding funds for federal programs was
declared unconstitutional
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2.
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Nixon signed this treaty with the Soviet Union
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3.
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This condition in combination with high unemployment produces
stagflation
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4.
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This man would have become the next president after Nixon's resignation
had he not been forced to resign previously over a separate scandal
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5.
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This man's pardon of Nixon might have contributed to his own political
defeat
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6.
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This group had a major impact on oil prices in the United States in the
1970s
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7.
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This agreement was a major foreign policy achievement of Ford's
presidency.
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8.
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This man helped Nixon formulate the policy of dtente
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9.
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This president was proudest of his record on civil rights.
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10.
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This president advocated the Family Assistance Plan
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Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each
description. Note: Some letters may not be used at all. Some may be used more than
once.
a. | OPEC | g. | New Federalism | b. | dtente | h. | revenue sharing | c. | stagflation | i. | Henry Kissinger | d. | realpolitik | j. | Southern strategy | e. | Spiro
Agnew | k. | Family Assistance
Plan | f. | SALT I Treaty | l. | Office of Economic Opportunity |
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11.
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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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12.
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This was the basis of a bill that allowed state and local governments to spend
their federal dollars however they saw fit within certain limitations
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13.
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This term refers to the dual problems of rising unemployment and inflation
encountered during the Nixon years.
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14.
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This refers to Nixon's plan to limit the size and power of the federal
government by distributing a portion of federal power to state and local governments
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15.
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This term refers to a philosphy in which foreign policy should be based solely
on consideration of power, not ideals or moral principles
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16.
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This term refers specifically to the foreign relations policy adopted by the
United States during the Nixon administration to ease Cold War tensions
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17.
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This organization of oil producers cut off oil sales to the United States after
the United States sent aid to Israel during the Yom Kippur War
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18.
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Nixon claimed that this would reduce the supervisory role of the government and
make welfare recepients responsible for their own lives
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19.
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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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20.
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This five-year agreement limited the number of intercontinental ballistic
missiles and submarine-launched missiles to 1972 levels
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Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best completes the
statement.
a. | Watergate | g. | H. R. Haldeman | b. | John
Dean | h. | edited
transcripts | c. | John Sirica | i. | Richard M. Nixon | d. | James McCord | j. | impeachment | e. | unedited
tapes | k. | Archibald
Cox | f. | John Erlichman | l. | John Mitchell |
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In 1974, Nixon releases ___ of his conversations, but they fail to satisfy
investigators, who are searching for hard answers to the questions, "What did the president
know, and when did he know it?"
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22.
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In 1972, five men are caught breaking into the Democratic campaign headquarters
located in the ___ complex in Washington, D.C.
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23.
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In 1973, Special prosecutor ___, sues the president to obtain the tapes
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24.
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In 1973, Nixon announces the resignations of ___ and H.R. Halderman, two of his
closest advisers
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25.
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In 1973, the Senate begins hearings. ___ testifies that Nixon was deeply
involved in the cover-up
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26.
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In 1974, the Supreme Court orders Nixon to surrender ___, and the House
Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment. Nixon obeys the court order but, a few days
later, resigns without admitting guilt.
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In 1973, Days before sentencing,___ writes a letter to the presiding judge,
James McCord, in which he confesses to lying under oath and suggests White House involvement in the
burglary
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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28.
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How many electoral votes did Carter win?
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29.
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What was Carter's margin of victory over Ford in the popular vote?
a. | 39,148,000 | c. | 1,683,000 | b. | 40,831,000 | d. | 1,577,000 |
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By how many electoral votes did Carter win the election?
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Which of the following states did Carter win?
a. | California | c. | Texas | b. | Virginia | d. | New Jersey |
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What is the westernmost state in the 48 contiguous states (not including Alaska
and Hawaii) that Carter won?
a. | Texas | c. | California | b. | Minnesota | d. | Massachusetts |
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By how many percentage points did Ford lose the electoral vote?
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In which region of the country did Ford have the strongest showing?
a. | East | c. | North | b. | West | d. | South |
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Which state had the greatest population in 1976 and therefore the most electoral
votes?
a. | Texas | c. | New York | b. | Pennsylvania | d. | California |
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How many popular votes went to neither Ford nor Carter?
a. | 57 | c. | 1,683,000 | b. | 1 | d. | 1,577,000 |
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What percent of the popular vote did Ford receive?
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38.
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What happened to the number of state and local public sector employees per 1,000
population from 1949 to 1976?
a. | It decreased slightly | c. | It increased slightly | b. | It more than
doubled | d. | It stayed roughly
the same |
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Which category saw the greatest percent change between 1949 and 1976?
a. | federal public sector employees per 1,000 population | c. | state and local public sector
employees | b. | state and local dollar expenditures | d. | federal dollar
expenditures |
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40.
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In 1949, how many federal employees were there for every 1,000 Americans?
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41.
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Of the four major categories of growth shown in the chart, in how many
categories did the state and local total exceed the federal total in 1976?
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Which of the following categories showed the largest percentage change?
a. | total public sector employees in millions | c. | total public sector employees per
1,000 population | b. | total dollar expenditures in billions | d. | total public expenditures as percent of
GDP |
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By what percentage did the federal government's expenditures increase
between 1949 and 1976?
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In 1949, what percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) were the combined
federal, state, and local expenditures?
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Which category saw a decrease from 1949 to 1976?
a. | state and local expenditures as percent of GDP | c. | federal public sector employees per
1,000 people | b. | state and local sector employees per 1,000 people | d. | total public sector
employees |
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What was the total of state and local government expenditures in 1976?
a. | $390.6 billion | c. | $575.6 billion | b. | $185 billion | d. | $59.3 billion |
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What was the total number of employees working in the public sector in
1949?
a. | 3.9 billion | c. | 6 billion | b. | 6 million | d. | 2.1 million |
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Nixon's closest advisers included H. R. Halderman, John Mitchell, and
___.
a. | John Sirica | c. | Gerald Ford | b. | John Ehrlichman | d. | Sam Ervin |
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Nixon's visit to ___ in 1972 to begin normalizing relations was a reversal
of previous American policy established in 1949.
a. | East Germany | c. | Vietnam | b. | China | d. | the Soviet
Union |
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When Nixon resigned, ___ became president.
a. | Gerald Ford | c. | Spiro Agnew | b. | Ronald Reagan | d. | Jimmy Carter |
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President Carter's foreign policy was marked by a commitment to ___.
a. | compromise | c. | free trade | b. | human rights | d. | dtente |
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After the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, the effects
of ___ became an increasing concern to many Americans.
a. | Three Mile Island | c. | pesticides | b. | nuclear weapons | d. | stagflation |
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In the event known as ___, Nixon ordered Attorney General Richardson to fire the
special prosecutor investigating the Watergate break-in.
a. | the Southern strategy | c. | Black Monday | b. | the Saturday Night Massacre | d. | impeachment |
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54.
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The U.S. government established the ___ to set and enforce pollution
standards.
a. | SALT I treaty | c. | Nuclear Regulatory Commission | b. | Environmental
Protection Agency | d. | Helsinki
Accords |
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The Camp David Accords were an agreement between ___ and Israel.
a. | Iran | c. | Syria | b. | Egypt | d. | China |
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56.
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In 1973, the OPEC nations cut off their supply of ___ to the United
States.
a. | consumer goods | c. | oil | b. | grain | d. | money |
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President Nixon adopted a policy known as ___ in order to reduce the size and
power of the federal government.
a. | Stagflation | c. | New Federalism | b. | realpolitik | d. | dtente |
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