People
Foreign Policy
Domestic Policy
Watergate
Surprise
100
Name Nixon's four most trusted staff members.
Who are HR. Haldeman, John Erlichman, John Dean, John Mitchell.
100
Define realpolitik.
Political realism
100
What was Swann v. Charlotte?
Supreme court case which approved bussing to desegregate schools.
100
What does CRP stand for?
Committee to re-elect the President.
100
What was the famous line spoken by Nixon during a Press conference?
I am not a crook.
200
Who was Nixon's Vice President?
Spiro Agnew
200
Define detente.
A more flexible approach to dealing with communist nations.
200
Who was the "silent majority"?
Middle class Americans who wanted law and order restored.
200
Who led the Watergate break-in?
James McCord
200
Who was sworn in as President after Nixon resigned?
Gerald Ford
300
Who was Nixon's very loyal secretary?
Rose Mary Woods
300
What year did Nixon visit China?
1972
300
What is stagflation?
High unemplopyment and high inflation rates.
300
What newspaper did Woodward and Bernstein report for?
The Washington Post
300
What was New Federalism?
Nixon's plan to distribute federal power more in the hands of state and local governments.
400
Who was Nixon's Secretary of State?
Henry Kissinger
400
What was SALT I designed to do?
Limit the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles to 1972 levels.
400
What was the 26th Amendment?
Right to vote at the age of 18.
400
What was Judge John Sirica's belief about the Watergate break-in?
Sirica believed that the 5-men did NOT act alone.
400
Name the two men who walked on the moon during Nixon's time in office.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldridge
500
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Who wrote The Imperial Presidency?
500
What is the name of the Communist Chinese leader that Nixon met in while in China?
Zhou En-lai
500
Why was the 26th Amendment needed?
WAR- DRAFT and the need to vote for elected officials.
500
What was the Saturday Night Massacre?
A rash of firings handed down by Nixon to eliminate the threat of having to turn over the secretive tapes.
500
Name the Chief Supreme Court Justice that Nixon appointed.
Warren Berger
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