American History: CH 17 Transitions & Conservatism

What building was broken into during the Watergate Break-in?

• The Capitol Building
• The White House
• Republican Headquarters
• Democratic Headquarters

What was Nixon's plan called to decrease the size and power of the federal government?

• New Deal

• New Federalism

• Great Society

• Reaganomics

Under Ford's Presidency in 1975, South Vietnam fell to what country

• China

• North Vietnam

• Korea

• Cambodia

This conservative group was concerned about social issues like abortion, pornography, homosexuality, and realigning the nation's values with those in the bible.

• Affirmative Action

• New Decade

• Moral Majority

• New Right

Christian leaders and televangelists formed a conservative organization called

• the New Right.

• the conservative coalition.

• the Moral Majority.

• affirmative action.

Broad tax cuts, and financial deregulation, which would promote economic expansion, are examples of what policy's objective:

• Reaganomics
• Trade Imbalance
• Iran-Contra Affair
• Heritage Foundation

What caused the Persian Gulf War?

• The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
• Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
• The Stock Market crashed
• The Japanese bombed North Korea

Who was President of the United States during Operation Desert Storm?

• George Bush III
• George Bush Jr.
• George Bush Sr.
• Orwell Ruchenbarker

Which statement most accurately depicts why president Nixon had to resign from office in 1974?

• He had an affair with an intern
• He pulled troops out of Vietnam in 1973
• He opened relations with China and the Soviet Union
• He led a criminal conspiracy from the White House, which mislead the nation

During the investigation, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to hand over what piece of incriminating evidence?

• Tape recordings
• Transcripts of his conversations
• Contracts of different CREEP members
• Receipts of the hotels Nixon had stayed