Fun Facts
After Nixon, which party was predominant over the other until Obama
Republican
Who was the group that carried out the Watergate Scandal?
Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP)
The first American Recession since 1958 was due to these 2 things Nixon did:
1. decrease in government spending
2. increase in interest rates
What was Nixon’s political party?
Republican
When was the policy of Vietnamization enacted?
1969
What year did Nixon run for president?
1968
Who was the group that censored leaks of classified information from the White House, such as the Watergate Scandal?
The “Plumbers”
Deficit spending (what is it?)
The government spends more money than it receives in revenues
What was the name of the first Cold War nuclear arms treaty?
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
What was the term Nixon used to describe America’s end of direct involvement in the Vietnam War?
Vietnamization
Who was Nixon running against?
Hubert Humphrey
Who was Nixon’s VP who resigned after being caught taking bribes and cheating on his taxes when he was a Governor?
Spiro Agnew
Nixon’s response to the first American recession was (1971)
a 90-day freeze on wages and prices that imposed a 10% tax on imports
What is the name of the Diplomacy that created US relations with China?
Ping-pong diplomacy
Into which countries did Nixon order U.S. troops to invade in hopes for a “knockout blow?”
Cambodia and Laos
What is the area that was turned more conservative by Nixon through the foundations of more Military bases, high-tech industries, retirement communities, and anti-segregationists called?
“Sunbelt”
Name one of the two journalists who connected Nixon to the Watergate Scandal.
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
What did America do that caused the Arab members of OPEC to impose an embargo on shipping oil to the U.S.? (Which made oil prices high and inflation high too)
the U.S. supported Israel in the war against Egypt and Syria (1973)
What was the act that required Congress’s approval to send U.S. forces into combat for more than 90 days, and must inform Congress within 48 hours as to the reasons for military intervention as a result of Nixon’s Vietnamization?
War Powers Act
What were the 3 majors in President Nixon's Doctrine directed to Vietnam?
1. The U.S. would honor all of its treaty agreements.
2. The U.S. would provide a shield if a nuclear power threatened an ally or a country the U.S. deemed to be vital to its national security.
3. The U.S. would provide military and economic aid to countries under treaty agreements, but the requesting nation would be expected to bear primary responsibility to provide the manpower for its own defense
Who were the two assassinations before Nixon’s presidency that were labeled as an issue of the 1968 election?
Robert F. Kennedy & MLK
Name 3 people on Nixon’s enemy list.
Jane Fonda, Paul Newman, Edward Kennedy, Joe Namath, Daniel Schorr, Bill Cosby, and Several 100 more U.S. citizens.
Nixon ended the prior "Bretton Wood" system by
suspending the convertibility of the dollar into gold or other reserve assets (with certain exceptions), such that foreign governments could no longer exchange their dollars for gold
What is the term that created an “honorable” exit from Vietnam, used U.S. trade to induce cooperation from the USSR, and improved relations with China?
What is Détente
Why did Nixon put Vietnam against each other and what did it do for America?
Established that it was a war for the Vietnamese to fight and it ended US involvement with Vietnam