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Question 0

This was the program to distribute some federal powers to state and local governments

Answer 0

New federalist

Question 1

This man was the 37th president from 1969-1974, wanted to decrease the size of government

Answer 1

Richard Nixon

Question 2

This is distribution of federal money to state and local governments with few or no restrictions

Answer 2

Revenue sharing

Question 3

This was a welfare reform proposal that garaunteed welfare recipients an income if they underwent job training and accepted work

Answer 3

Family assistance plan

Question 4

This is when Nixon tried to withhold finding from LBJ’s programs but it was ruled unconstitutional

Answer 4

Impoundment

Question 5

This was Nixon’s attempt to gain support of southern conservatives unhappy with civil rights

Answer 5

Southern strategy

Question 6

This was the period of 1967-1973 marked by high inflation and unemployment

Answer 6

Stagflation

Question 7

What caused stagflation?

Answer 7

Deficit spending from LBJ’s programs, global competition, and dependence on foreign oil

Question 8

This organization sets oil prices, but our support for Israel during the Yom Kippur warbled to quadrupled prices

Answer 8

Organization of petroleum exporting countries (opec)

Question 9

This man was Nixon’s secretary it state

Answer 9

Henry Kissinger

Question 10

This is a foreign policy based on consideration of a nation’s power rather than its moral principles

Answer 10

Realpolitik

Question 11

This is the policy of negotiating and easing tensions with communist nations

Answer 11

Detente

Question 12

This was a 5 year agreement with the USSR to try and limit intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine launched missiles

Answer 12

SALT1 treaty

Question 13

This was a scandal arising from Nixon’s covering up the breaking into democratic national committee headquarters in 1972

Answer 13

Watergate scandal

Question 14

This man was the White House chief of staff

Answer 14

H. R. Haldeman

Question 15

This man was the chief domestic advisor

Answer 15

John ehrlichman

Question 16

This man was the former attorney general and the CRP’s director

Answer 16

John Mitchell

Question 17

What did the watergate scandalists do?

Answer 17

5 men broke in to copy democratic strategy documents and then wiretap phones

Question 18

This group’s leader was the security coordinator of something

Answer 18

Committee to reelect the president

Question 19

What happened with the information after the scandal?

Answer 19

Documents were shredded and the 5 men were paid for their science

Question 20

This man was the presiding judge of the watergate trial

Answer 20

John sirica

Question 21

What did Nixon do with his staff following the uncovering of the scandal?

Answer 21

He fired all of his advisors

Question 22

This was the name given to the resignation of the US attorney general then the firing of his deputy after they refused to fire the prosecutor investigating the watergate affair

Answer 22

Saturday night massacre

Question 23

Why did Vice President Spiro Agnew resign?

Answer 23

Bribery

Question 24

This man ended up being Nixon's VP in the end

Answer 24

Gerald ford

Question 25

What did Nixon do when he was ordered to release his conversations?

Answer 25

He gave them tapes with gaps and modified transcripts

Question 26

This is when Nixon resigned

Answer 26

August 8, 1974

Question 27

This man was the 38th president

Answer 27

Gerald Ford, R, 1974-1977

Question 28

What did ford do that hurt his reputation?

Answer 28

He pardoned Nixon and did nothing to fix an economy that was breaking

Question 29

This was an agreement that promised east and west Europe agreement

Answer 29

Helsinki accords

Question 30

What did we try doing when the Vietnam ceasefire ended?

Answer 30

We wanted to send aid but congress refused

Question 31

This man was the 39th president

Answer 31

Jimmy Carter, D, 1977-1981

Question 32

What is carter known for?

Answer 32

Holding radio chats and battling Congress over energy conservation proposals

Question 33

This was a tax on gas guzzlers that also removed oil and natural gas price controls when produced in the US

Answer 33

National energy act

Question 34

What was the incentive to develop alternative energy?

Answer 34

Tax credits

Question 35

What caused a second fuel shortage?

Answer 35

Middle East conflict in 1979

Question 36

What happened to jobs in the late 70s?

Answer 36

Foreign competition grew, reducing manufacturing jobs. Also, the service sector grew requiring more education

Question 37

How did carter base his policy?

Answer 37

Human rights

Question 38

What did the soviets do in Afghanistan?

Answer 38

They invaded in 1979 and he second SALTII negotiations fell apart

Question 39

This was a 1978 agreement with Israel and Egypt where Israel withdrew from the Sinai peninsula and Egypt formally recognized Israel

Answer 39

Camp David accords

Question 40

This man was a Muslim religious leader who ran a revolution in Iran that overthrew the shah

Answer 40

Avatollah Ruhollah Knomeini

Question 41

What happened to the American embassy in Iran?

Answer 41

52 Americans were held hostage and they wanted the shah, but they didn't get him. They were released 444 days later once Carter left office

Question 42

This lady wrote silent spring which got DDT outlawed

Answer 42

Rachel Carson

Question 43

This is a April 22 earth education day

Answer 43

Earth day

Question 44

When did Nixon establish the EPA?

Answer 44

1970

Question 45

When was the Alaska oil pipeline built?

Answer 45

1968

Question 46

This was a nuclear plant in Harrisburg, PA that had overheated and the cooking system failed in 1979

Answer 46

Three mile island

Question 47

What was released from three mile island?

Answer 47

Low level radiation

Question 48

What does the environmental movement do today?

Answer 48

Try to balance concern with progress