Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which title did President Nixon say was the greatest honor?
a. | Communist crusader | c. | enemy of Communists | b. | peacemaker | d. | mediator |
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Nixon realized that détente would work only if what existed?
a. | shuttle diplomacy | c. | embargo | b. | war against communism | d. | balance of
power |
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What was not captured by Israel in the Six-Day War?
a. | Golan Heights of Syria | c. | East Bank of Syria | b. | Gaza Strip of Egypt | d. | Sinai Peninsula of
Egypt |
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Henry Kissinger promised Egypt large amounts of
a. | foreign aid. | c. | food relief. | b. | Israeli land. | d. | exports. |
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Which program was part of President Nixon's New Federalism?
a. | revenue sharing | c. | Great Society programs | b. | busing | d. | War
on Poverty |
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Nixon ordered the FBI and what agency to investigate his
"enemies"?
a. | National Security Council | c. | Internal Revenue
Service | b. | Secret Service | d. | Republican National Committee |
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Who was the vice president forced to resign because of a bribery scandal?
a. | Spiro Agnew | c. | Gerald Ford | b. | Pat Nixon | d. | John Dean |
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Which country did President Carter condemn for its policy of apartheid?
a. | Ethiopia | c. | Uruguay | b. | South Africa | d. | Argentina |
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President Carter turned control of the Panama Canal over to
a. | Syria. | c. | Egypt. | b. | Mexico. | d. | Panama. |
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American hostages were held captive by students from which country?
a. | Israel | c. | Iran | b. | Iraq | d. | India |
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Richard M. Nixon became the first president to go behind the “iron
curtain” when he visited
a. | Egypt. | c. | Romania. | b. | Israel. | d. | East Germany. |
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What leader did President Ford meet with to discuss limiting nuclear
weapons?
a. | Jimmy Carter | c. | Richard M. Nixon | b. | Leonid Brezhnev | d. | Anwar el-Sadat |
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Where did the Yom Kippur War take place?
a. | The Middle East | c. | Asia | b. | Australia | d. | Africa |
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With the help of the CIA, the government of which country was overthrown?
a. | Soviet Union | c. | China | b. | Cuba | d. | Chile |
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What scandal forced President Nixon to resign?
a. | Agnew | c. | Iran-Contra | b. | Watergate | d. | Middle East |
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When President Nixon resigned, he was succeeded by
a. | Spiro Agnew. | c. | Jimmy Carter. | b. | John Dean. | d. | Gerald Ford. |
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What did President Ford offer to men who had illegally avoided military service
during the Vietnam War?
a. | pardons | c. | amnesty | b. | free land | d. | prison terms |
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Whose death brought the United States and China closer?
a. | Mao Zedong | c. | Leonid Brezhnev | b. | Ayatollah Khomeini | d. | Anwar el-Sadat |
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In 1979 a major accident at Three Mile Island caused
a. | antitax protests. | c. | anti-nuclear protests. | b. | antihuman rights
protests. | d. | antiwar
protests. |
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President Carter helped the peace process in the
a. | European nations. | c. | Soviet Union. | b. | Middle East. | d. | Latin American
countries. |
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“It will be a safer world and a better world if we
have a strong, healthy United States, Europe, Soviet Union, China, Japan—each balancing the
other, not playing one against the other.
–President
Richard M. Nixon | |
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This statement refers to the theory of _____
in United States foreign policy.
a. | détente | c. | balance of powers | b. | realpolitik | d. | Monroe Doctrine |
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“There must be room in this world for two great
nations with different systems to live together and work together.”
–Leonid Brezhnev | |
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The attitude of _____ is shown in this
quotation from the Soviet leader Brezhnev.
a. | realpolitik | c. | balance of powers | b. | détente | d. | the Yalta
Agreement |
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“We seek an open world—open to ideas, open to
the exchange of goods and people—a world in which no people, great or small, will live in angry
isolation.”
–President Richard M.
Nixon | |
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Which two formally isolated countries was
President Nixon successful in establishing relations with?
a. | Soviet Union and China | c. | China and France | b. | Soviet Union and Great
Britain | d. | France and Great
Britain |
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“I took the tape off, but I didn’t think anything of it.”
–Frank Wills | |
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What major scandal began when this security
guard noticed tape covering locks on doors leading to an underground parking garage sometime after
midnight on June 17, 1972, and decided to call the police?
a. | the energy crisis | c. | the SALT I crisis | b. | Iran-Contragate | d. | Watergate |
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“. . . I regret deeply any injuries that may have been
done in the course of the events that led to this decision. I would say only that if some of my
judgments were wrong, and some were wrong, they were made in what I believed at the time to be the
best interest of the Nation. . . .”
–August 8,
1974 | |
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Who spoke these words and on which
occasion?
a. | Senator McCarthy, leaving the Senate for the last time | b. | President Nixon,
resigning the presidency | c. | President Johnson, discussing Watergate
break-in | d. | Governor Wallace, deciding not to run for a second
term |
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“Our long national nightmare is over.”
–President Gerald Ford, August 1974 | |
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What did Ford do that promoted national
healing following the Watergate scandal?
a. | He appointed Nelson Rockefeller, a well-respected Republican as his vice
president. | b. | He granted Nixon a pardon for any crimes he may have committed as
president. | c. | Along with the Soviet Union and other nations, he signed the Helsinki Accords to
protect human rights. | d. | He offered amnesty to men who had illegally
avoided military service during the Vietnam War. |
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“Being a judicial conservative, I believe some Court decisions have gone too far in
weakening the peace forces against the criminal forces in our society.”
–Richard Nixon | |
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During his time in office, Nixon filled four
vacancies on the Supreme Court. He hoped the justices he appointed would shift the Court to a more
_____ position.
a. | conservative | c. | neutral | b. | positive | d. | liberal |
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“ . . . We are privileged to witness tonight a significant achievement in the cause
of peace, an achievement none thought possible a year ago or even a month ago, . . .”
–President Jimmy Carter, September 1978 | |
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What was the “significant
achievement” of the Camp David meeting?
a. | signed peace treaties between Egypt, Israel and several other Middle Eastern
nations | b. | agreements to work together for economic development and trade expansion in the
Middle East | c. | agreements about peace treaties between Egypt and Israel and for peace in the Middle
East | d. | preliminary agreements to discuss the creation of a new Palestinian nation’s
boundaries |
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“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” | |
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This slogan was used very effectively during
the presidential election campaign of 1980 by Republican candidate
a. | Jimmy Carter. | c. | Gerald Ford | b. | Ronald Reagan. | d. | George H.W.
Bush. |
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Based on the time line, who
defeated Ford in the 1976 presidential election?
a. | Clinton | c. | Nixon | b. | Reagan | d. | Carter |
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Events of the 1970s | Results and
Reactions | OPEC oil embargo causes a
shortage of fuel. | Americans feel helpless and angry. | President Ford vetoes programs in health, housing, and education to reduce government
spending. | Many people lose jobs, and the nation suffers the worst recession in 40 years. | Ford pardons Nixon. | Americans feel
frustrated. | To conserve energy, Americans
buy smaller, imported cars. | American workers suffer unemployment as several automobile plants
close. | Americans learn CIA and FBI
have secret files on citizens. | Americans become angry at government’s abuse of
power. | | |
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Based on the information in the chart, which
of the choices below best describes the general mood shared by Americans in the 1970s?
a. | joyous | c. | disgruntled | b. | silly | d. | optimistic |
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According to the chart, about which issue did
Americans feel frustrated?
a. | CIA and FBI having secret files on citizens | b. | OPEC oil embargo
causing an oil shortage | c. | buying smaller imported cars to conserve
energy | d. | Ford pardoning Nixon |
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Gasoline Consumption and Prices | Year | Consumption | Cost per Gallon | | (Billions of gallons) | Reg. | Prem. | No
lead | 1973 | 110.5 | $ .40 | .45 | NA | 1974 | 106.3 | .53 | .57 | .55 | 1975 | 109.0 | .57 | .61 | .60 | 1976 | 115.7 | .59 | .64 | .61 | 1977 | 119.6 | .62 | .67 | .66 | 1978 | 125.1 | .63 | .69 | .67 | 1979 | 122.1 | .86 | .92 | .90 | 1980 | 115.0 | 1.19 | 1.28 | 1.25 | | | | | |
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Based on the chart above, how much would
eight gallons of unleaded gas have cost in 1975?
a. | $4.00 | c. | $4.80 | b. | $4.60 | d. | $4.88 |
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In what year shown on the chart above was
United States consumption of gasoline at its highest?
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Based on the two circle graphs, in 2001
almost half of the federal income came from what single source?
a. | defense & social security | c. | social security
tax | b. | corporate income tax | d. | individual income tax |
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Based on the information, what percentage of
the federal expenditure goes toward paying interest on public debt?
a. | 7 percent | c. | 11 percent | b. | 12 percent | d. | 10 percent |
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Which of the following is not noted as
a short-term effect of the energy crisis on the chart above? Effects of the Energy
Crisis | Short-Term
Effects | Long-Term Effects | increase in price of gasoline | creation of U.S. Department of Energy | long lines at gas stations | research into alternative
energy sources | gasoline rationing | changes in
automobile design and technology | shortages of
gasoline | laws requiring increase in energy efficiency of housing | feelings of frustration | public awareness of
conservation | | |
a. | long lines at gas stations | c. | feelings of
frustration | b. | increase in carpooling | d. | increase in price of gasoline |
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Based on the map, which of the following
countries is not on the Persian Gulf?
a. | Israel | c. | Syria | b. | Lebanon | d. | all of the
above |
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Based on the map, which of the following
countries has the most major oil fields?
a. | Iran | c. | Oman | b. | Iraq | d. | Kuwait |
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All of the major bodies of water on this map
are connected by oil pipelines except which one of the following?
a. | Mediterranean Sea | c. | Caspian Sea | b. | Persian Gulf | d. | Red Sea |
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According to the chart, how many barrels per
day did the United States import from Arab OPEC in 1977–1978? United States Net Imports of Petroleum, 1973-1983 | | Average Annual Rate in Thousands of Barrels per
Day | Year | From Arab
OPEC* | From OPEC** | From All Countries | 1973 | 914 | 2,991 | 6,025 | 1974 | 752 | 3,277 | 5,892 | 1975 | 1,382 | 3,599 | 5,846 | 1976 | 2,423 | 5,063 | 7,090 | 1977 | 3,184 | 6,190 | 8,565 | 1978 | 2,962 | 5,747 | 8,002 | 1979 | 3,054 | 5,633 | 7,985 | 1980 | 2,549 | 4,293 | 6,365 | 1981 | 1,844 | 3,315 | 5,401 | 1982 | 852 | 2,136 | 4,298 | 1983 | 630 | 1,843 | 4,312 | *Arab OPEC members include Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.
**OPEC members
include Arab OPEC countries and Gabon, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, and Venezuela. | | | | |
a. | 6,164,000 | c. | 6,146,000 | b. | 3,184,000 | d. | 61,640,000 |
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Based on the map, about how long is the
Alaska Pipeline?
a. | about 300 miles | c. | about 750 miles | b. | about 300 kilometers | d. | about 750
kilometers |
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The capital of Alaska, Juneau, is on what
body of water?
a. | Beaufort Sea | c. | Bering Sea | b. | Chukchi Sea | d. | Gulf of Alaska |
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Based on the map of
Arab-Israeli tensions, which of the following regions is in Syria?
a. | Gaza Strip | c. | West Bank | b. | Golan Heights | d. | Sinai Peninsula |
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What kept American athletes from attending the 1980 summer Olympic Games?
a. | corruption in China | c. | earthquake in Japan | b. | Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan | d. | American
hostages in Iran |
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