Nixon & Cold War
Communists also took control of this country in 1975.
What is Cambodia?
This is a program in which the federal government shares its income from taxes with state and local governments.
What is revenue sharing?
This is the right of the President to withhold important information from other branches of government.
What is executive privelege?
This is lying under oath.
What is perjury?
This means to continue regular dealings with a country, or begin again.
What is normalize?
This was a program supported by Nixon intended to correct the effects of discrimination in schools and jobs.
What is affirmative action?
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were reporters for this newspaper.
What is the Washington Post?
After Richard Nixon resigned, he became President.
Who is Gerald Ford?
President Nixon's goal in visiting the Soviet Union was to build this, meaning easing of tensions between nations.
What is detente?
The gas crisis in 1973 was mainly caused by US support of Israel when they fought a car against these two nations.
What is Egypt and Syria?
The break in at the Watergate building was at this headquarters.
What is the Democratic National Committee?
This is the formal charging of a President by the House of Representative.
What is impeachment?
He was the Secretary of State under Nixon, and worked on the diplomatic relations with China.
Who is Henry Kissinger?
Stagflation happens when these two things increase.
What is inflation (prices) and unemployment?
Richard Nixon had a recording system installed here.
What is the Oval Office?
When Nixon visited China, these are the two species of animals who were "exchanged" between the US and China.
What are pandas and musk oxen?
Salvador Allende was elected in this country in 1970, and America actively worked hard to fight his government.
What is China?
During Nixon's presidency, the Supreme Court made these two important decisions.
What is all segregated schools desegregated at once and bussing of kids to other schools?
This was the total number of burglars arrested at the Watergate.
What is 5?
This Senator was Rirchard Nixon's opponent in the 1972 election.
Who was George McGovern?