Nixon Domestic Policies (1969-74)

Question 1

What years was Nixon president?

Answer 1

1969-74

Question 2

Whose support ensured Nixon’s victory in the 1968 election?

Answer 2

Won middle America (people who were worried about the increase in activism)

Question 3

Why else did Nixon win the 1968 election?

Answer 3

He promised law and order, the Democrats did not have a clear candidate and a third party won the Deep South

Question 4

What did the Family Assistance Plan under Nixon do?

Answer 4

Attempted to replace the different benefits and give families a payment of $1600 which was rejected by Congress

Question 5

What did Nixon increase spending on?

Answer 5

Social programmes introduced by Johnson’s Great Society

Question 6

What did Nixon do about Civil Rights?

Answer 6

Showed little interest in

Question 7

How many black congressmen take mayors were there by 1971 due to the Voting Rights Act 1975

Answer 7

13 black congressmen and 81mayors

Question 8

How did Nixon reduce inflation?

Answer 8

Introduced price and wage freezes

Question 9

What did Nixon do about the value of the dollar?

Answer 9

Devalued it

Question 10

What happened as a part of the 1973 oil crisis?

Answer 10

The price of oil shot from $3 per barrel to $12

Question 11

What did the Watergate Scandal lead to?

Answer 11

Nixon’s resignation in 1974