nixon's domestic policy

Question 1

what percentage of americans believed too many received welfare?

Answer 1

84%

Question 2

what percent americans believed student demonstrators were not reprimanded harshly enough for the disruption?

Answer 2

84%

Question 3

what conservative actions did nixon take towards housing and child care?

Answer 3

• cut federal funding for housing and youth programmes
• vetoed the 1971 child development act, which would have provided childcare for poor mothers so they could work

Question 4

what did supplemental security income (SSI) do

Answer 4

guaranteed income for the disabled and elderly citizens

Question 5

when did nixon carry out health insurance reform?

Answer 5

1971 to 1974

Question 6

what did the family assistance plan (FAP) do

Answer 6

made 13 million more people legible for federal aid, but had some work requirements

Question 7

were more people receiving AFDC under nixon or JFK?

Answer 7

8.4 million (1970) were on AFDC under nixon, in comparison to 3 million (1960) under JFK

Question 8

how did nixon try to appeal to conservative voters?

Answer 8

• nixon had appointed conservative supreme court justices to slow desegregation
• tried to appoint two justices who were racially conservative, they were rejected by the senate (the first to be since 1930)

Question 9

how did nixon try to prevent students protesting?

Answer 9

threatened to end federal loans and scholarships for students who were convicted criminals or violated rules