Nixon Presidency 2025

Multiple Choice

What was the main goal of detente?

• to increase military buildup

• to end the Vietnam war

• to reduce cold war tensions

• to strengthen NATO

Multiple Choice

Why did Nixon visit China?

• to prevent a Chinese invasion of Vietnam

• to ease tensions and open diplomatic relations

• to spread democracy in Asia

• to stop communism in China

Multiple Choice

What did the SALT agreement do?

• limited the development of nuclear weapons

• ended the Cold war

• banned all nuclear weapons

• created the EPA

Open Ended

How did Nixon change Cold War diplomacy? Think of our relations with Soviet Union & China before

Open Ended

What is one thing Nixon did to help the environment?

Multiple Choice

Which book prompted Nixon to create the EPA?

• Summer is Coming

• Leaves are Falling

• Silent Spring

• April Showers

Multiple Choice

Which organization became the voice of the modern women's movement?

• ACLU

• NOW

• EPA

• NAACP

Open Ended

Congress wanted Nixon to hand over the tapes...how did he try to avoid this? Did it work?

Multiple Choice

President Ford was elected by the American people

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Why was Nixon not removed from office?

• he wasn't guilty

• he resigned before impeachment

• Congress refused to vote because they loved Nixon

• the public still supported him

Multiple Choice

Why did President Ford lose public support after taking office?

• he increased taxes

• he pardoned Richard Nixon

• He vetoed the EPA

• He ended detente

Multiple Choice

The Watergate scandal resulted in the impeachment of Richard Nixon

• TRUE

• FALSE

Open Ended

Which of Nixon's actions (bombing of Cambodia, detente, EPA, NOW, Wategate, War Powers Act) do you think had the most lasting impact on the US? Explain