Watergate and the Ford Years

Question 1

Who is credited with launching the environmental movement?

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Rachel Carson

Question 2

Which was among President Nixon’s original proposals to help the US economy?

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balancing the US budget

Question 3

President Nixon’s action to end the gold standard

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meant the value of the dollar changed.

Question 4

The purpose of President Nixon’s policy of détente was to

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ease tensions between nations.

Question 5

Which best explains why a partnership with China was attractive during the Nixon administration?

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China was a potential ally and market for American goods.

Question 6

Nixon initially wanted to help boost the US economy by

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cutting government spending.

Question 7

As a conservative Republican, President Nixon

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focused on making government run more efficiently.

Question 8

An important part of President Nixon’s domestic policy was

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pragmatism.

Question 9

A domestic initiative that President Nixon was responsible for was

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creating the Environmental Protection Agency.

Question 10

When President Nixon’s original attempts to fix the US economy failed, he

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put wage and price controls in place, ended the gold standard, and increased federal spending.

Watergate and the Ford Years Answers