Nixon
Why did Nixon step down as president?
Watergate
What was his job before president?
actor and radio host
What is the program where volunteers were sent to developing 3rd world nations to help local people?
Peace Corps
Why did Johnson become president?
Kennedy was assassinated
Who was the first leader of the USSR?
Vladamir Lennin
What was Nixon guilty of during Watergate?
Trying to cover up the break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s Watergate headquarters
What economic system did Reagan implement
Trickle down economics
What was the program called when American advisors tried to convince Diem to adopt reforms and broaden his support w/ in the country?
Aid to Diem
What was the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Prohibited literacy tests and other discriminatory practices for voting.
Who took over Vietnam?
Ho Chi Mihn
Why was it a surprise Nixon won the election?
The Silent Majority
What was his economic strategy called about taxes?
Reaganomics
What was the plot to overthrow Pro-Soviet government of Castro in Cuba that was a disaster?
Bay of Pigs
What Republican senator was chosen to run against Johnson in 1964?
Barry Goldwater
What does USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
What economic problems did Nixon run into during presidency.
Industrial Decline of 1970s, Inflation, and the Arab Oil Embargo
What USSR leader was asked by Regan to take down the wall
Mikahel Gorbachov
Treaty signed between USSR, US, and Great Britain stating they would not test nuclear weapons in air, outer space, or under the sea?
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Whats the name of Johnson's social agenda during his presidency?
The Great Society
What political ideology was Communism based off of?
Marxism
Who was his secretary of state?
Henry Kissinger
John Hinckley
What famous actress did Kennedy have an affair with?
What did the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provide?
Gave $1 billion to help public schools buy textbooks and library materials
Lead a campaign of de-salinization after he took control over the soviet union
Nikita Krushchev