<p> Chapter 24 Study Guide</p><p>1. How did President Nixon try to turn America into a more conservative direction?</p><p>2. The main goal of President Nixon’s New Federalism was to:</p><p>3. ______allowed state and local governments to spend their federal tax dollars however they saw fit, with only a few restrictions.</p><p>4. Who was Nixon’s Vice-President who promoted Nixon’s “law and order” policies but later resigned due to charges of bribery?</p><p>5. This term refers to the dual problems of rising unemployment and high inflation that occurred during the Nixon years. </p><p>6. Name some causes of the poor economy during the 1970s?</p><p>7. During the 1970s the United States became heavily dependent on ______.</p><p>8. As President Nixon’s advisor for national security affairs, and later as Secretary of State, he was the chief architect of Nixon’s foreign policy.</p><p>9. What was the name of President Nixon’s foreign policy?</p><p>10. What did Henry Kissinger believe should be the U.S.’s main consideration when dealing with other nation?</p><p>11. ______is described as the thawing of Cold War tensions during President Nixon’s administrations?</p><p>12. American ping-pong players were the first official American visitors to communist China when they participated in an international ping-pong tournament. This visit became known as:</p><p>13. During his presidency, Nixon visited what foreign country(ies)</p><p>14. Did most Americans approve of President Nixon visiting communist Countries? explain</p><p>15. Why is the SALT I Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union historically significant? </p><p>16. ______centered on the Nixon administration’s attempt to cover up the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters.</p><p>17. What was the nickname of President Nixon’s small, loyal group of advisors who, like Nixon, felt that they were above the law?</p><p>18. In the 1972 the “plumbers” were caught breaking into the offices of:</p><p>19. T/F After President Nixon was told about the burglary, he gave his permission for the CIA to get the FBI to stop its investigation of the break-in.</p><p>20. Who investigated and wrote about the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post?</p><p>21. In 2005 the secret identity of Bob Woodward’s source, known only as Deep Throat, was revealed to be:</p><p>22. James McCord, the head burglar in the Watergate break-in, wrote a letter to Judge John Sirica telling him that:</p><p>23. During the Senate investigation of Watergate, who revealed that President Nixon had been deeply involved in the cover-up of the Watergate break-in? 24. Presidential aid Alexander Butterfield stunned the Senate Committee investigating Watergate when he revealed that:</p><p>25. Why did President Nixon want Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor investing Watergate for the White House?</p><p>26. When President Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, the events that followed became known as:</p><p>27. Why was President Nixon forced to give Congress all of his taped conversations and not just provide them with the edited transcripts?</p><p>28. The tapes showed that President Nixon:</p><p>29. President Nixon is the only American President to:</p><p>30. After Watergate many Americans:</p><p>31. Gerald Ford is the only President in American history who:</p><p>32. In order to move the country past Watergate and focus on his own administration, President Ford:</p><p>33. T/F President Ford’s “Whip Inflation Now” (WIN) was very successful in improving the American economy while he was in office.</p><p>34. Explain the focus of President Ford’s foreign policy?</p><p>35. Why did Jimmy Carter defeat Gerald Ford in the Presidential election of 1976?</p><p>36. The most important domestic issue for President Carter was:</p><p>37. What was a result of President Carter’s National Energy Act?</p><p>38. T/F Western Pennsylvania was part of the “rustbelt” of the 1970s.</p><p>39. Explain the basis of President Carter’s foreign policy?</p><p>40. T/F Because of President Carter’s foreign policy the United States’ relationships with China and the Soviet Union continued to improve.</p><p>41. Because of an agreement signed during Carter’s presidency, as of December 31, 1999, what country (or countries) owns the American-built Panama Canal?</p><p>42. President Carter received wide-spread praise for his efforts in forging peace between what two nations in the Camp David Accords?</p><p>43. In 1979, why did students seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, and take 53 Americans hostage? 44. On April 22, 1970, thousands of communities, schools, and colleges celebrated the first ______by hosting some type of environmental awareness activity.</p><p>45. In the 1970s, in what state did the federal government have to balance the need for oil with the need to protect the environment?</p><p>46. The worst nuclear disaster in American history was:</p>