Unit 9 - SSUSH22 & 23

Which communist country is Nixon successful in opening diplomatic ties with?

• Vietnam
• North Korea
• China
• Soviet Union

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SSUSH22

This act made it so the president has to alert congress within 48 hours when deploying troops.  

• War Powers Act 
• Gulf of Tonkin Act 
• Civil Rights Act 
• Geneva Accord Act 

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SSUSH22

In the Camp David Accords (1978), President Jimmy Carter succeeded in...

• returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
• suspending grain sales to the Soviet Union and China
• freeing hostages being held in Iran
• providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

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SSUSH22

In 1979 a revolution in this nation ended with 53 Americans being held hostage.

• Iran
• Iraq
• Saudi Arabia
• Syria

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SSUSH22

Which action did President Ford take in an attempt to end the national controversy over the Watergate affair?

• pardoning Nixon
• declaring a war on poverty
• declining to run for election
• asking Congress to impeach President Nixon

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SSUSH22b

Former CIA agents were caught breaking in to the Democratic Party Headquarters in Washington, D.C. leading to the resignation of Pres. Nixon

• Iran Hostage Crisis
• Watergate Scandal
• Star Wars
• Camp David Accords

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SSUSH22b

What is the function of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?

• to develop America's natural resources
• to reduce air and water pollution and protect the enviroment
• to protect Americans from acts of terrorism
• to manage the nation's parks and forests

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SSUSH22b

At which university did Anti-War protests result in deaths of four college students in 1970?

• Jackson State College in Mississippi
• Harvard University in Massachusetts
• University of California, Berkeley
• Kent State University in Ohio

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SSUSH22a

Rachel Carson took a stand and spoke out about the use of____? 

• Littering 
• Pollution 
• Chemical Pesticides 
• Recycling 

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SSUSH22b

What is Earth Day?

• Earth Day is a day for people to celebrate how earth was formed.
• Earth Day is a day when people get outside and clean up the earth more than they used to.
• Earth Day is a contest for people to write an essay about how they feel about the earth.
• Earth day is a contest for people to make a model of the earth and then let it explode like a volcanoe. 

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SSUSH22b