A15-4 Nixon and Watergate

Which politician led the growing conservative movement within the Republican Party in the 1960s that would eventually take over the party?

• Ronald Reagan

• Lyndon Johnson

• Barry Goldwater

• Henry Kissinger

In foreign affairs, Nixon opposed a bipolar world split between the U.S. and Soviets in favor of what?

• multipolar world

• new world order

• tripolar world

• U.S. led world

Which communist nation was visited for the first time by President Nixon opening up relations and trade negotiations?

• Cuba

• Vietnam

• North Korea

• China

What scandal involved a break-in at the Democratic headquarters in Washington D.C. to steal campaign plans?

• Watergate

• Whitewater

• Asgardian

• Plame Affair

President Richard Nixon is the first and only president to do what?

• not use the oval office

• resign from office

• not use the secret service

• travel to Europe

Who helped helped Nixon in foreign affairs by adopting policies of détente to ease Cold War tension along w/ realpolitik to shift U.S. foreign policy to real power, not principles?

*His name is Henry

• Barry Goldwater

• Henry Ford

• Henry Kissinger

• Bob Woodward

What term refers to the relaxation of strained political relations and Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the Soviets?

• perestroika

• glasnost

• détente

• iron curtain

Which political party’s headquarters were broken into to steal campaign plans leading to the Watergate scandal?

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Independents

• Libertarians

What evidence eventually became Nixon’s “smoking gun”, and led to his downfall?

• video footage

• audio tapes

• eye witnesses

• self incrimination

Who replaced Richard Nixon in 1974?

• Jimmy Carter

• Gerald Ford

• Ronald Reagan

• Henry Kissinger