Quiz on Unit 27

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Kent State University

Question 2

President Nixon made bold foreign policy moves by visiting:

Answer 2

Communist China and the Soviet Union

Question 3

Man first landed on the moon in what year?

Answer 3

16

Question 4

How far did the impeachment proceedings against Nixon develop?

Answer 4

The House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment.

Question 5

Nixon’s failure in the Watergate scandal was that:

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Jimmy Carter implemented a polic of:

Answer 6

limiting foreign aid to countries with poor human rights records

Question 7

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

Answer 7

bombing Communist sites in Cambodia

Question 8

A serious economic problem during Carter’s presidency was:

Answer 8

the high rate of inflation

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Egypt and Israel

Question 10

Gerald Ford:

Answer 10

was minority leader of the House before becoming Vice President

Question 11

After the U.S. pulled out of Vietnam:

Answer 11

the South Vietnamese government and military collapsed

Question 12

The Pentagon Papers were:

Answer 12

secret Pentagon documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg

Question 13

Many Americans became more aware of Islam because:

Answer 13

fundamentalist Muslims took Americans hostage in Iran in 1979

Question 14

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

Answer 14

the decision by OPEC to cut oil sales

Question 15

The Democratic presidential nominee in 197 was:

Answer 15

George McGovern