Name________________
The 70s
Counterculture changes society. Nixon, Ford and Carter define a decade
1. Nixon and the election of 1968
A. Nixon ran against _________________ (democrat) and __________________.
Southern Strategy:
B. Appoint only ___________________ to the Supreme Court.
C. Pick a VP acceptable to the _____________. (Spiro Agnew)
D. This had the effect of slowing _________________ during his administration.
2. Nixon /Agnew
A. Nixon’s interpretation of what the people wanted in a law and order president was to
go after the ___________________
B._______________ and 3 others from the Supreme Court retired.
C.__________________ became C. J. and the other vacancies were filled with
conservatives.
D.___________________(which means the death penalty) was also upheld.
3. Warren Burger: The New Federalism
A. Nixon dismantled many Federal programs to give power back to _________ and
_________________ agencies:
B. This allowed the money to flow to these levels (_________________ sharing),
4. Impounding
A. Nixon felt the ________________branch should exercise more power so he extended
the practice of impounding: which
is__________________________________________________.
B. The Supreme Court ruled this ________________________.
5. Revamping Welfare
A. The main welfare program at the time was (AFDC)
___________________________Nixon tried to replace this with the
________________________
B. In this way, getting a job was encouraged. It was defeated in the ________________.
6. Foreign policy
A. Nixon’s administration focused mainly on the subject of _______________.
B. Nixon chose former Harvard professor _________________ as his national security
adviser.
C. Nixon and Kissinger put their foreign policy in place and attempted friendlier relations
with the _____________ and _________________.
7. Détente’
A. Nixon was __________________.
B. Nixon felt the “_________________” world would need a different approach.
C. Kissinger, Nixon created the approach of détente, or __________________
between the United States and its two major Communist rivals—
____________and ____________.
8. Nixon goes to China
A. To ease tensions with China, Nixon lifted trade and _____________ and
withdrew the Seventh Fleet from defending _______________.
B. In February 1972, Nixon took a historic trip to __________________ where both
leaders agreed to better relations between the nations.
9. Russia wants us too
A. Soviet Union suggested an ___________________ summit, or high-level
diplomatic meeting, in May 1972.
B. ______________became the first president to visit the Soviet Union.
C. The countries signed the first ______________________ (SALT I) to limit
nuclear arms.
D. The countries agreed to ________________ and the exchange of scientific
information.
10.Watergate
A. The Watergate scandal began as the Nixon administration attempted to cover up its
involvement in the break-in at the ___________________________.
B. Richard Nixon had become defensive, secretive, and resentful of his
_____________________
C. In an effort to win ___________________, Nixon and his team looked for ways to
gain an edge anyway they could.
D. One of the burglars, ______________, was an ex-CIA official and a member of the
Committee for the ______________________ (CRP). As the questions about the breakins began, the cover-up started. Although it is thought that Nixon did not order the breakin, it is believed that he did order the _________________.
E. Most Americans believed the president when he claimed he had no involvement in the
break-in, and Nixon won re-election in _________________
11. Deep Throat:
A. Deep Throat was first introduced to the public in the 1974 book
“___________________________”, written by Washington Post reporters Bob
Woodward and Carl Bernstein
B. Woodward and Bernstein's stories contained information that was remarkably
similar to the information uncovered by ___________________________
C. Woodward and Bernstein claimed this information came from a single
anonymous informant dubbed "Deep Throat". It was later revealed, and confirmed
by Woodward and Bernstein, that Deep Throat was
____________________________________ Woodward had befriended Felt
years earlier
12. Deep Throat- Mark Felt
A. The "________________________ term given by political commentators to U.S.
President Richard Nixon's executive dismissal of independent special prosecutor
Archibald Cox, and the resignations of Attny. Gen. Elliot Richardson and Dep. Attny.
Gen. William Ruckelshaus during the Watergate scandal on October 20, 1973
13. Spiro Agnew resigns
A. Fall of 1973, V.P. Spiro Agnew was forced to resign after it was
discovered he had taken _________________from state contractors while
governor of Maryland.
A. The Republican leader of the House of Representatives,
______________________, became the new vice president.
14. The end for Nixon
A. The House Judiciary Committee voted to ________________, or officially charge
Nixon of presidential misconduct.
B. On one of the tapes was found evidence that Nixon had ordered the
____________________ to stop the FBI’s investigation of the break-in.
C. On August 9, 1974, Nixon resigned, and __________________ became the 38th
president of the United States.
15. Gerald Ford
A. Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr, July 14, 1913 –
December 26, 2006) was the _______________ President of the United
States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the fortieth Vice President of the
United States serving from 1973 to 1974.
B. He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of
the _________________ Amendment,
C. Became President upon _________________ resignation on August 9,
1974.
16. Nixon gets a pardon
A. On September 8, _____________________, President Gerald Ford granted a full
pardon to Richard Nixon.
B. Ford’s approval rating plunged from 71 percent to ___________________ percent.
17. 70s oil crisis
A. The United States was heavily dependent on imported
______________in the 70s.
B. Members of ______________________________________ (OPEC
plus Egypt and Syria) announced, that they would no longer ship oil to
nations that had supported Israel in its conflict with Syria and Egypt
C. U.S. factories closed, and workers lost their jobs. The U.S. economy
faced __________________________—the economic dilemma that
combined rising prices with economic stagnation.
D. Nixon focused on controlling inflation by cutting spending and raising
_____________________
18. The economy worsens
A. By 1975 the American economy was in its worst____________________ since the
Great Depression.
B. Ford attempted to revive the economy, but his __________________________ (WIN)
plan failed.
C. He tried to limit federal authority, balance the budget, and keep taxes
________________________.
D. He also ____________________________more than 50 bills that Congress had
passed during the first two years Ford had served there.
19. Helsinki Accords
A. This was seen as a significant step toward reducing
____________________ tensions
B. Recognized the borders of ____________________ Europe that
was est. at the end of WWII in exchange for a Soviet promise to
uphold ______________________
C. Soviet’s failed to uphold these basic rights. This turned American’s
off of ____________________
20. Jimmy Carter
A. James Earl "_________________" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924)
B.39th President of the United States from ___________________,
21. Olympic Boycott
A. President Carter singled out the _________________ as a violator of human rights
because of its practice of imprisoning people who protested against the government.
B. Tensions deepened as the Soviet Union invaded the Central Asian nation of
_____________________ in December 1979.
C. Carter responded with an embargo on grain to the Soviet Union and a boycott of
__________________________________
22. Windfall profits tax
A. In 1979-80, U.S. federal legislation was passed that levied a tax on
____________________ because of the profits they earned as a result of the sharp
increase in oil prices brought about by the Arab oil embargo.
23. Iran Hostage Crisis
A. In 1979 Iran’s monarch, the ____________________, was forced to flee, and an
Islamic republic was declared.
B. The religious leader ___________________ ordered revolutionaries to enter the
American embassy in Tehran and take __________Americans hostage.
C. The hostages would not be released until Carter’s last day in office, some
____________________ days in captivity.
D. Carter lost re-election to __________________ in 1981.
24. Hostages Failed rescue attempt
A. President Jimmy Carter moved to freeze ______________ assets, both in the
United States and abroad.; No other country wanted to get involved
B. Carter ordered a rescue effort by helicopter, but ______________ of the eight
helicopters failed before reaching Tehran, and the mission had to be aborted.
C. ________________ men died in the operation.