U.S. History in the 1970s

What does SALT stand for?

• Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty

• Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

• Smart Arms Limit Treaty

• Strategic Ants Limitation Talks

Who helped transfer the Panama Canal back to Panama?

• Bill Clinton

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• George H.W. Bush

What was the reaction of many Americans to the Watergate Scandal?

• Discontent over antiwar and civil rights protest

• Americans began to distrust the government

• Confidence in the new presidential election

Why did gasoline (oil) prices spike (rise) during the 1970s and early 1980s?

• A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil

• Conflicts in the Middle East with OPEC disrupted the distribution of oil

The Camp David Accords brought peace between which two countries in the Middle East?

• Israel and Egypt

• Mexico and Antarctica

• Germany and Japan

The main goal of President Richard Nixon's foreign policy of detente was to--

• Assure victory in Korea

• Improve relations with China and the Soviet Union

• Abolish NATO

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

• providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

What was the main purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established in 1970?

• To regulate the stock market

• To enforce laws that protect the environment

• To manage the U.S. military operations

• To oversee the education system

Which event marked the end of the Vietnam War in 1975?

• The signing of the Paris Peace Accords

• The fall of Saigon

• The Tet Offensive

• The My Lai Massacre

What was the significance of the 26th Amendment, ratified in 1971?

• It abolished poll taxes

• It granted women the right to vote

• It lowered the voting age to 18

• It ended prohibition