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Unit 27
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A leading critic of the media in the Nixon Administration was: | the Vice President |
| The controversial step that President Nixon took in the Vietnam War was: | bombing Communist supply routes in neutral Cambodia |
| The Pentagon Papers were: | classified documents stolen from the Pentagon |
| After the US pulled out of Vietnam: | the Communists took over South Vietnam |
| The energy crisis centered on: | the price and availability of gasoline |
| Man first landed on the moon in what year? | 1969 |
| President Nixon achieved a diplomatic breakthrough when he visited: | Communist China |
| The Democratic presidential nominee in 1972 was: | George McGovern |
| Nixon's failure in the Watergate Scandal was that: | he helped obstruct the legal investigation of the break-in after learning about it |
| How far did impeachment proceedings against Nixon develop? | The House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment |
| Gerald Ford | was not elected by the people to be President |
| A serious economic problem during Carter's presidency was: | the high rate of inflation |
| President Carter oversaw talks at Camp David that led to an agreement between: | Egypt and Israel |
| The increased awareness of the Muslim religion in America in the 1970s was because: | fundamentalist Muslims took Americans hostage in Iran |
| Jonestown, Guyana | the scene of a mass murder-suicide of a religious cult |