The following quiz is presented for free use by students and teachers and was created by myself in my years teaching high school. 1. Who was Nixon's special advisior on forgein affairs? (1000)
2. When Nixon entered office, which direction did he want to take the country?
3. What is New Federalism? (1001)
4. What is revenue sharing?
5. What was the Family Assistance Plan?
6. What were the payments in the FAP?
7. What were the 2 faces of New Federalism?
8. What programs did Nixon work to dismantle? (1002)
9. What is impounding?
10. Why did the Federal Courts rule that Nixon could not impound funds?
11. What dual promise did Nixon make to get elected in 1968?
12. What was the Southern Strategy? (1003)
13. What was the New South?
14. How did Nixon slow immigration?
15. What controversy arose over bussing?
16. Did Nixon move the Supreme court more towards the conservative or liberal side? (1004)
17. Who did Nixon nominate to be the Chief Justice in 1969?
18. What is stagflation?
19. What causes stagflation?
20. What is OPEC? (1005)
21. What is realpolitik?
22. What is detente?
23. Why did Nixon visit China? (1006)
24. Why did Nixon visit Moscow? (1007)
25. What was SALT 1 Treaty?
Section 2
26. What is impeachment? (1008)
27. What was the Watergate scandal?
28. Who were Nixon's advisors or "The President's Men?" (1009)
29. Describe the Watergate burglary
30. What was the Committee to Reelect the President?
31. How was the burglary covered up? (1010)
32. How much did teh committee pay the burglars to keep quiet?
33. Who did Nixon defeat in the 1972 election?
34. Who was John Sirica?
35. Describe the Senate Investigation of Watergate
36. What startling testimony did John Dean give about the President's knowledge of Watergate?
37. What was the Saturday Night Massacre?
38. What eventually brought Nixon down? (1012)
39. What was discovered in the white house tapes?
40. Why did Nixon resign? (1013)
41. What were the effects of Watergate?
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