Watergate Crisis and resignation
the new right and the conservative
Ford and Rockefeller
Carter
Presidential Embarassments
100
Liddy and Hunt former CIA and FBI agents part of squad known as the "plumbers" that Nixon established to plug administration "leaks" and do other nasty jobs.
What is Committee to Re-elect the President aka CREEP
100
what is the second Amendment?
the right to bear arms
100
Developed the vaccine to prevent yellow fever -Helped The New School in New York City become a safe place for students threatened by Nazis
What is John D. Rockefeller
100
election of this year Carter was elected under the campaign to clean up Washington D.C., cut Taxes and end the energy crisis
What is election of 1976
100
He failed to protect the Shah and to his fault the radical Muslim cleric Ayatollah Khomeini rose to power Iran Hostage Crisis He's failed Operation Eagle Claw which caused the deaths of eight American servicemen He invited Robert Mugabe to the White House in 1980 and fully supported this dictator's rise to power in Rhodesia
What is President James "Jimmy" Carter
200
president involved with the Watergate crisis but denies everything until proven guilty
What is Richard Nixon
200
true or false the conservative era began with president Nixon
What is false Modern conservatism really entered mainstream consciousness during the 1964 presidential contest between incumbent president and Kennedy torch-bearer Lyndon B Johnson, and Republican senator Barry Goldwater
200
was a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust Double Jeopardy!!!!
What is John D. Rockefeller
200
Carter tried to reduce domestic oil consumption and American dependence on foreign crude oil, but he lacked the necessary support from consumers and Congress. As a Result, none of the initiatives that Carter Successfully launched had any effect.
What is Energy Crisis
200
former White House aid reveals Nixon had a secret taping system involved in the Oval Office, Nixon is order by congress to release tapes but there is a suspicious 18 minute gap
What is Nixon Tapes
300
Political Party Involved in this was using this Process to spy and take confidential from the other
What is Republican Party
300
true or false the ERA was passed because Women in "Free Enterprise" such as Phyllis Schlafly were proven wrong in saying that the purchasing of new labor saving devices gave genuine freedom in traditional roles of life and Mother "The vacuum cleaner shall make you free"
What is False this is much of the Reason why the nessary 3/4 of the United States voted against the ERA
300
Evacuates Vietnam from american soldiers ending american involvment in Vietnam war
What is Gerald Ford
300
Unlike most of his Democrat Predecessors, Carter increased taxes for the lower and middle classes and cut the taxes for the wealthier Individuals. Additionally He protected struggling big businesses by reducing Capital gains taxes and deregulating the Banking, airline, trucking, and railroad industries
What is Domestic Policy
300
Carter's inability to resolve this weakened American Confidence in the administration and contributed to his defeat in the election of 1980
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis
400
three causes House Judicary Comittee gained majority support for impeachment against Nixon
What is Obstruction of Justice Abuse Of Power Contempt of Congress
400
The ERA and it significance
What is Equal Rights Amendment, stated that women and men would have equal rights under the laws of the United States
400
Founded in 1936 by president of the Ford Motor Company Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford "to receive and administer funds for scientific, educational and charitable purposes, all for the public welfare.
What is Ford Foundation
400
Met with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnez to sign this which aimed to reduce number of both countries' nuclear warheads
What is Second Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II Treaty)
400
Double Jeopardy!!!! the president's inability to tackle the energy crisis damaged his reputation especially considering that voters had elected to do just that.
What is StagFlation, President Carter
500
Date in which Five men were arrested in the Watergate apartment office complex in Washington after a bungled effort to plant electronic "bugs" in the Dem. party's headquarters
What is June 17th 1972
500
what is the Roo v. Wade supreme court about?
Abortion rights
500
founded in 1913 "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world." -Funding goes to five main categories: 1.)Medical, health, and population sciences, 2.)Agricultural and natural sciences 3.)Arts and humanities 4.)Social sciences 5.)International relations
What is Rockefeller Foundation
500
Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin go to presidential retreat called by President Cater and sign this in 1978 ending several decades of war
What is Camp David Accords
500
Gives Nixon presidential pardon From his Crimes in his legislature and thus ruins his credibility and view from the public at large
What is Gerald Ford
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