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| What feature of the Nixon Administration gave federal tax money to local government because they believed that local governments could spend taxpayer money more effectively? | New Federalism |
| What did the Nixon Administration advance by setting specific goals aimed at hiring minorities and that set timetables for overcoming discrimination which was challenged in the supreme court in the Bakke v. University of California Regents? | Affirmative Action |
| What describes the relaxation of tensions and overall goals was to build a more stable world in which the United States and the countries that have opposite viewpoints accepted one another’s place? | Detente |
| What county did the Nixon Administration have talks to limit nuclear arms as was known as Strategic Arms Limitations Talks or SALT? | Soviet Union |
| What was the main result or results of the Yom Kippur war in 1973? | The cost of energy in the U.S. skyrockets, Gas Shortages, OPEC Oil Embargo |
| What group had the job of responding to "leaks" of secret information to investigate Nixon's political enemies and broke into the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel to collect information about the Democratic Strategy for the 1972 election? | Plumbers |
| What happened during the investigation of the Watergate scandal when the Senate Investigation revealed that a former presidential aide to Nixon said that Nixon tape recorded all conversations in his office since 1971? | Nixon refuses to give up the tapes |
| What does Nixon refer to when he claimed that he has a right to withhold the tapes because all White House conversations should remain confidential to protect national security? | Executive Authority |
| What happens as a result of the Watergate Scandal? | Nixon Resigns |
| Why is the Watergate Scandal so significant to Americans both back then and today? | It helps explain why the public has a hard time putting their confidence in elected officials |
| Who was the next president after Nixon that continued the policy of détente? | Gerald Ford |
| What was the most critical character trait that Jimmy Carter run on during his election campaign after the Watergate scandal that won him the presidency in 1976? | Honesty |
| What best describes the economy in the 1970's when the cost of energy went up, the value of the dollar went down, the economy lost jobs, and the economy did not grow? | Stagflation |
| What was the environmental crisis called that occurred in 1979 at a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania that terrified the nation? | Three Mile Island |
| What country did the Soviets invade in 1979 to ensure that it remained communist and as a result the United States blocks the shipment of grain and boycotts the 1980 Summer Olympics that was held in Moscow? | Afghanistan |
| What occurred as a result of the United States allowing the overthrown shah of this country to enter the United States for medical treatment, and in turn enraged the citizens of this country to attack the U.S. embassy and take detain the individuals in the embassy? | Iran Hostage Crisis |
| Who did many voters hold responsible for the events in the middle east in the late 1970's? overseas in the late 1970's led many voters to hold who responsible? | President Carter |
