Nixon's America
Nixon’s plan to shift power from federal to local governments.
What is New Federalism?
Year Nixon resigned because of the scandal.
What is 1974?
Ford's decision to forgive Nixon, what did he do?
Carter’s job before becoming president.
What is Governor of Georgia?
Nixon’s strategy to ease Cold War tensions with the USSR.
What is détente?
Nixon appealed to white Southern voters with this political approach.
What is the Southern Strategy?
The complex where the break-in occurred.
What is the Watergate complex?
Ford's slogan to fight inflation.
What is "Whip Inflation Now" (WIN)?
The cabinet department created for energy issues.
What is the Department of Energy?
The country Nixon visited in 1972.
What is China?
He created this agency to address environmental concerns in 1970.
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?
Nixon's secret tapes became known by this name.
What are the White House Tapes?
The economic problem combining inflation and unemployment.
What is stagflation?
Carter's speech on national morale and energy.
What is the “Crisis of Confidence” or “Malaise” speech?
The first arms limitation treaty signed by Nixon.
What is SALT I?
Nixon’s response to rising prices in 1971.
What are Wage and Price Controls?
Nixon’s Vice President who became president after him.
Who is Gerald Ford?
Ford's position before becoming Vice President.
What is House Minority Leader?
The international crisis that hurt Carter’s presidency.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
The waterway that Carter handed over to Panama.
What is the Panama Canal?
Nixon’s belief about most Americans’ support for law and order.
What is the "silent majority?"
The principle Nixon used to avoid turning over his tapes.
What is executive privilege?
The treaty Ford signed for arms control.
What is Salt II?
The peace treaty Carter brokered between Israel and Egypt.
What are the Camp David Accords?
The event that led to Carter boycotting the Moscow Olympics.
What is the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?