AMSCO AP US HISTORY CORE EXAMS SET 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
revenue sharing (New Federalism) - ✔✔congress approved giving local governments
$30 billion in bank grants in five years to address local needs
why did republicans think that new federalism was good? - ✔✔republicans thought that
it would check the growth of the federal government
stagflation - ✔✔(stagnation and inflation), a combination of economic slowdown and
high inflation
how did Nixon plan to fix stagflation? - ✔✔Nixon tried to reduce spending to slow down
inflation, and he also adopted keynesian economics and deficit spending so as not to
allienate middle class and blue collar Americans
what did he do to fix stagflation? - ✔✔nixon imposed a 90 day wage and prize freeze
period, and a 10% surtax on all imports,took the dollar of the gold standard, which
helped devalue it against foreign commerce
why did congress approve automatic increases in social security? - ✔✔because it
protected seniors, poor people, and the disabled from inflation, but it contributed to
budget problems
what is Nixon's southern strategy? - ✔✔nixon devised a political strategy to form a
Republican majority by appealing to voters affected by anti-war protests, the counter
culture,black millitants, and school busing to achieve radical balance
silent majority - ✔✔the youth culture, Democrats, Catholics, and blue collars
spiro andrew - ✔✔nixon's vice president who was assigned to assault liberal protesters
burger court - ✔✔a conservative jurist appointed by Nixon that nonetheless continued
the judicial activism of the Warren Court as seen by Roe v. Wade; this was due to the
other members of the court rather than his own liberal beliefs
harry blackman - ✔✔a more moderate supreme court justice
why did Nixon win the election of 1972 - ✔✔Nixon won the election because of foreign
policy success in China and the Soviet Union, the removal of George Wallace from the
race, the nomination of Democrats by senator George McGovern
what was significant about his victory? - ✔✔reelection indicated the major political
allignment of the sunbelt and suburban voters by forming a new Republican party
, watergate scandal - ✔✔conviction and jailing of 26 white house officials and aides, in
June 1972, men hired by the Nixon reelection committee were caught breaking into the
Democratic offices headquarters in Watergate, D.C., the discovery of the tapes were
discovered when the UPA accepted bribes
war powers act - ✔✔required Nixon and any future president to report to congress
within 48 hours after taking military action
why was the war powers act significant? - ✔✔it limited the president's power on the
military
oil embargo - ✔✔in the 1973 Yom Kippur, Syria and Egypt landed a surprise attack on
Israel to attempt to recover the lands lost in the 6 day war of 1967. Nixon ordered US
nuclear forces to airlift $6 billion in arms to Israel
How did the OPEC react? - ✔✔the OPEC placed an embargo on oil sold to Israel's
supporters which caused a world wide oil shortage, and the economy suffered inflation
How did the US react to the embargo? - ✔✔Nixon enacted a 55 mile an hour speed limit
to save gas, switch from American to Japanese cars, which hurt the American auto
industry
Archibald Cox - ✔✔attorney general,special prosecutor assigned to the Watergate
scandal, Nixon fired him in October 1973
house judiciary committtee - ✔✔voted on three articles of impeachment: obstruction of
justice, abuse of power, and contempt of congress
significance of watergate - ✔✔proved that checks and balances worked, and destroyed
people's faith in government
fall of saigon - ✔✔saigon fell to the enemy, Vietnam became one country. it marked a
low point of American prestige and confidence at home
genocide in cambodia - ✔✔US government supported Cambodia, which fell under
Khmer Rouge,a radical communist faction that conducted genocide against one million
of it's own people, ford ordered an attack on Cambodian naval base that captured the
US merchant ship, Mayaguez
election of 1976 - ✔✔election between ford and reagan, carter won
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
revenue sharing (New Federalism) - ✔✔congress approved giving local governments
$30 billion in bank grants in five years to address local needs
why did republicans think that new federalism was good? - ✔✔republicans thought that
it would check the growth of the federal government
stagflation - ✔✔(stagnation and inflation), a combination of economic slowdown and
high inflation
how did Nixon plan to fix stagflation? - ✔✔Nixon tried to reduce spending to slow down
inflation, and he also adopted keynesian economics and deficit spending so as not to
allienate middle class and blue collar Americans
what did he do to fix stagflation? - ✔✔nixon imposed a 90 day wage and prize freeze
period, and a 10% surtax on all imports,took the dollar of the gold standard, which
helped devalue it against foreign commerce
why did congress approve automatic increases in social security? - ✔✔because it
protected seniors, poor people, and the disabled from inflation, but it contributed to
budget problems
what is Nixon's southern strategy? - ✔✔nixon devised a political strategy to form a
Republican majority by appealing to voters affected by anti-war protests, the counter
culture,black millitants, and school busing to achieve radical balance
silent majority - ✔✔the youth culture, Democrats, Catholics, and blue collars
spiro andrew - ✔✔nixon's vice president who was assigned to assault liberal protesters
burger court - ✔✔a conservative jurist appointed by Nixon that nonetheless continued
the judicial activism of the Warren Court as seen by Roe v. Wade; this was due to the
other members of the court rather than his own liberal beliefs
harry blackman - ✔✔a more moderate supreme court justice
why did Nixon win the election of 1972 - ✔✔Nixon won the election because of foreign
policy success in China and the Soviet Union, the removal of George Wallace from the
race, the nomination of Democrats by senator George McGovern
what was significant about his victory? - ✔✔reelection indicated the major political
allignment of the sunbelt and suburban voters by forming a new Republican party
, watergate scandal - ✔✔conviction and jailing of 26 white house officials and aides, in
June 1972, men hired by the Nixon reelection committee were caught breaking into the
Democratic offices headquarters in Watergate, D.C., the discovery of the tapes were
discovered when the UPA accepted bribes
war powers act - ✔✔required Nixon and any future president to report to congress
within 48 hours after taking military action
why was the war powers act significant? - ✔✔it limited the president's power on the
military
oil embargo - ✔✔in the 1973 Yom Kippur, Syria and Egypt landed a surprise attack on
Israel to attempt to recover the lands lost in the 6 day war of 1967. Nixon ordered US
nuclear forces to airlift $6 billion in arms to Israel
How did the OPEC react? - ✔✔the OPEC placed an embargo on oil sold to Israel's
supporters which caused a world wide oil shortage, and the economy suffered inflation
How did the US react to the embargo? - ✔✔Nixon enacted a 55 mile an hour speed limit
to save gas, switch from American to Japanese cars, which hurt the American auto
industry
Archibald Cox - ✔✔attorney general,special prosecutor assigned to the Watergate
scandal, Nixon fired him in October 1973
house judiciary committtee - ✔✔voted on three articles of impeachment: obstruction of
justice, abuse of power, and contempt of congress
significance of watergate - ✔✔proved that checks and balances worked, and destroyed
people's faith in government
fall of saigon - ✔✔saigon fell to the enemy, Vietnam became one country. it marked a
low point of American prestige and confidence at home
genocide in cambodia - ✔✔US government supported Cambodia, which fell under
Khmer Rouge,a radical communist faction that conducted genocide against one million
of it's own people, ford ordered an attack on Cambodian naval base that captured the
US merchant ship, Mayaguez
election of 1976 - ✔✔election between ford and reagan, carter won
