Unit 27 Notgrass American History

A deadly clash between college students and National Guardsmen took place at:

Kent State University

Part of President Nixon’s plan to end teh Vietnam War was:

bombing Communist sites in Cambodia

The Pentagon Papers were:

Secret Pentagon documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg

After the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam:

The South Vietnamese government and military collapsed

A disruption in the availability of gasoline in the U.S. was caused by:

the decision by OPEC to cut oil sales

Man first landed on the moon in what year?

1969

President Nixon made bold foreign policy moves by visiting:

Communist China and the Soviet Union

The Democratic presidential nominee in 1972 was:

George McGovern

Nixon’s failure in the Watergate scandal was that:

he participated in the cover-up of the scandal and obstructed the investigation of it

How far did impeachment proceedings against Nixon develop?

The House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment

Gerald Ford

was minority leader in the House before becoming Vice President

A serious economic problem during Carter’s presidency was:

the high rate of inflation

President Carter oversaw talks at Camp David that led to an agreement between:

Egypt and Israel

Many Americans became more aware of Islam because:

fundamentalist Muslims took Americans hostage in Iran in 1979

Jimmy Carter implemented a policy of:

limiting foreign aid to countries with poor human rights records