click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ford study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who pardoned President Nixon. | ford |
| Who served no more than one term as president | Ford/Carter |
| Who vetoed more bills than any previous president. | ford |
| Who pushed for passage of the National Energy Act. | Carter |
| Who was never elected president by the American people | ford |
| Whos foreign policy was driven by morality and concern for human rights. | carter |
| Who offered a number of measures to deal with weak US economy. | Carter |
| When Cambodia seized a US merchant ship, Who responded with a massive show of military force. | ford |
| Who believed that the energy crisis was the single most important issue facing the US. | carter |
| Whose administration included more Blacks and women than any previous administration | carter |
| Whos oversaw negotiations resulting in the promise to turn over control to the Panama Canal to Panama. | carter |
| relying heavily on Henry Kissinger’s advice, Who pushed ahead with Nixon’s policy of negotiations with China and the Soviet Union. | ford |
| During Whos presidency, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led rebels in overthrowing the Shah and establishing a religious state in Iran. | carter |
| Who served on the Warren Commission investigation the JFK assassination? | ford |
| Who negotiated the Helsinki Accords with 34 other nations including the USSR to ease East-West tensions. | ford |
| President Ford replaced many Nixon cabinet members and appointees. Who did he appoint as head of the CIA? | George bush |
| In which of the following ways did Ford want to stimulate the economy? | cut taxes |
| In 1976, the United States celebrated… | Bicentennial |
| What political Party Controlled Congress in the 70s | democratic |
| Why was Cater successful in his election? | Outsiders view of government |
| What does inflation mean | Price increase |
| Who was president during the bicentennial | carter |
| Fords Foreign Policy | Détente |
| What country were americans taken hostage in during 1972? | iran |
| What did Carter do in Panama? | Gave up control of the panama canal |
| Camp David accords were between what countries? | Israel and syria |
| The US agreed to… | Give up control of Panama Canal |
| Where did the radioactive nuclear leak occur? | 3 mile island |
| Carters Foreign Policy? | Camp David Accords |
| Carters most important Domestic problem | Energy crisis |
| Leader of the revolutionary Govt in Iran | Khomeini |
| Most significant element in Carters foreign policy | human rights |
| What countries did Carter focus on? | middle east |
| Carter pushed Congress to pass… | energy act |
| Largest contributor of Inflaton? | oil |
| What economic problem vanished in the 70s? | farm surpluses |