Ch 19 Quiz (The 1970s)

Richard Nixon was the greatest environmentalist of any President (in terms of accomplishments)

Legal and illegal immigration from this region of the world has been controversial from the Great Depresson to now

Term referring to the growing population & economy of Southern & Western states.

Leader of the United Farm Workers which won union recognition & more economic rights for poor Latino immigrant workers

Replaced disgraced Spiro Agnew as VP & then resigning President Nixon as President.

The modern system of Federal grants & fiscal Federalism began with this Nixon policy to return local control to States

Reforms in the 1970s-90s gave greater rights to...

In this shocking event, America's #1 anti-communist restored relations with a Communist power during Detente

Democratic nominee who won the Presidential Election of 1976.

After Johnson bowed out, Nixon, McGovern, McCarthy, Robert Kennedy, & Wallace all sought to win presidential election

Nixon portrayed himself this way to win over the "Silent Majority" of Americans as the leader to end increasing crime

Worst scandal in US political history with a break-in of Democratic Party HQ & its cover-up taking down Pres. Nixon

Which of the following did NOT contribute to high inflation in the 1970s?

Ford controversially granted this to Nixon to put an end to "our long national nightmare"

Group ultimately responsible for the actual break-in at the Watergate Hotel

Nixon's successful campaigns in '68 & '72 involved this which turned an entire region from Democratic to Republican

Policy of giving preference to minority candidates in hiring decisions & college admissions began in the 1970s

Jimmy Carter was an individual with high moral character, but a miserable failure as president.

Intel stolen from the Democratic Party HQ at Watergate helped Nixon win victory in '72

Only President able to effectively deal with & end Stagflation was...

Carter boycotted the '80 Moscow Olympics after Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Afghanistan turned into "Soviet's Vietnam"

A combination of economic stagnation/recession and high inflation.

The Youth Movement, hippies, rock'n'roll, & the Counterculture were all associated with this generation of Americans

The Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, & banning of DDTs were great victories of this movement

The FBI insider later revealed as "Deep Throat", the secret source of Woodward & Bernstein on Watergate

Nixon told the truth when he told the American people "your President is not a crook"

Movement seeking equal rights for women with men; rose to prominence in 1970s

Policy of more negotiation & peaceful coexistence to prevent nuclear war with Communism despite differences.

Washington Post reporters who broke the story of the Watergate break-in and the cover-up led by Nixon's Administration

Helped implement Realist policies such as Linkage, Vietnamization, Detente, & the opening of China under Nixon & Ford

Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974 rather than face impeachment proceedings.