Watergate Scoring Sheet (History) Exam
Questions and Answers
What did Richard Nixon promise do that he could win Southern support? - Answer-To
appoint a southerner to the supreme court
What group did Nixon target in an effort to fight crime? - Answer-Anti-war protestors
What did the Architectural Barriers Act mandate? - Answer-All federal buildings be
handicap accessible
Why were people concerned with the Three Mile Island incident? - Answer-Safety of
nuclear energy
What role did Nixon play in the Watergate Scandal? - Answer-Ordered the cover-up
What did companies and institutions have to do due to affirmative action? - Answer-
Actively recruit African American employees
Why was the U.S. prosperous in the 1950s and 1960s? - Answer-Had a strong
manufacturing base
What was the U.S. Economy heavily dependent on in the 1970s? - Answer-Oil imports
from the Middle East
Why did American Oil companies say it was difficult to make a profit in the 1970s? -
Answer-Government regulation
Why did President Carter impose an embargo on grain sales to the Soviet Union? -
Answer-Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
How long did Presidents Nixon's second term last? - Answer-Almost 2 years
What was Nixon's southern strategy? - Answer-To slow desegregation
What did Congress pass as part of Nixon's New Federalism policy? - Answer-Revenue
sharing bills
What was one of Nixon's goals for his trip to China? - Answer-To encourage the soviets
to more actively pursue diplomacy
What were some of the terms of the SALT treaty between Nixon and Brezhnev? -
Answer-SALT- Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
-wanted to exchange scientific information
Questions and Answers
What did Richard Nixon promise do that he could win Southern support? - Answer-To
appoint a southerner to the supreme court
What group did Nixon target in an effort to fight crime? - Answer-Anti-war protestors
What did the Architectural Barriers Act mandate? - Answer-All federal buildings be
handicap accessible
Why were people concerned with the Three Mile Island incident? - Answer-Safety of
nuclear energy
What role did Nixon play in the Watergate Scandal? - Answer-Ordered the cover-up
What did companies and institutions have to do due to affirmative action? - Answer-
Actively recruit African American employees
Why was the U.S. prosperous in the 1950s and 1960s? - Answer-Had a strong
manufacturing base
What was the U.S. Economy heavily dependent on in the 1970s? - Answer-Oil imports
from the Middle East
Why did American Oil companies say it was difficult to make a profit in the 1970s? -
Answer-Government regulation
Why did President Carter impose an embargo on grain sales to the Soviet Union? -
Answer-Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
How long did Presidents Nixon's second term last? - Answer-Almost 2 years
What was Nixon's southern strategy? - Answer-To slow desegregation
What did Congress pass as part of Nixon's New Federalism policy? - Answer-Revenue
sharing bills
What was one of Nixon's goals for his trip to China? - Answer-To encourage the soviets
to more actively pursue diplomacy
What were some of the terms of the SALT treaty between Nixon and Brezhnev? -
Answer-SALT- Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
-wanted to exchange scientific information
