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AMSCO AP US HISTORY CHAPTER
29; QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS
southern strategy - correct-answer-Having received just 43 percent of the popular
vote in 1968, President Nixon was well aware of being a minority president. To win
over the South, he asked the federal courts in that region to delay integration
plans and busing orders. He also nominated two southern conservatives to the
Supreme Court. The Senate refused to confirm them, and the courts rejected his
requests for delayed integration. Nevertheless, his strategy played well with
southern white voters. (p. 629)
wage and price controls - correct-answer-In 1971, President Nixon imposed a 90-
day wage and price freeze to slow inflation. (p. 628)
Title IX - correct-answer-In 1972, Congress passed this statue to end sex
discrimination in schools that received federal funding. (p. 628)
Burger Court - correct-answer-In 1969, President Nixon appointed Warren E.
Burger of Minnesota as chief justice to succeed the retiring Earl Warren. The
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Burger Court was more conservative than the Warren Court, but some of its
decisions angered conservatives. (p. 629)
Roe v. Wade - correct-answer-In 1973, the Supreme Court struck down many state
laws prohibiting abortions as a violation of a women's right to privacy. (p. 629)
election of 1972 - correct-answer-In the 1972 presidential election Richard Nixon
easily won a second term by defeating Democratic Senator George McGovern of
South Dakota. Nixon won every state except Massachusetts. (p. 629)
Watergate cover-up - correct-answer-In June 1972, a group of men hired by
Nixon's reelection committee were caught breaking into the offices of the
Democratic national headquarters in the Watergate complex. This break-in and
attempted bugging were only part of a series of illegal activities. No proof
demonstrated that Nixon had ordered the illegal activities. However, it was shown
that Nixon participated in the illegal cover up of the scandal. (p. 630)
United States v. Nixon - correct-answer-In the last days of the Watergate scandal,
the court denied Nixon's claims to executive privilege and ordering him to turn
over the Watergate tapes. (p. 629)
AMSCO AP US HISTORY CHAPTER
29; QUESTIONS & CORRECT
ANSWERS
southern strategy - correct-answer-Having received just 43 percent of the popular
vote in 1968, President Nixon was well aware of being a minority president. To win
over the South, he asked the federal courts in that region to delay integration
plans and busing orders. He also nominated two southern conservatives to the
Supreme Court. The Senate refused to confirm them, and the courts rejected his
requests for delayed integration. Nevertheless, his strategy played well with
southern white voters. (p. 629)
wage and price controls - correct-answer-In 1971, President Nixon imposed a 90-
day wage and price freeze to slow inflation. (p. 628)
Title IX - correct-answer-In 1972, Congress passed this statue to end sex
discrimination in schools that received federal funding. (p. 628)
Burger Court - correct-answer-In 1969, President Nixon appointed Warren E.
Burger of Minnesota as chief justice to succeed the retiring Earl Warren. The
, 2|Page
Burger Court was more conservative than the Warren Court, but some of its
decisions angered conservatives. (p. 629)
Roe v. Wade - correct-answer-In 1973, the Supreme Court struck down many state
laws prohibiting abortions as a violation of a women's right to privacy. (p. 629)
election of 1972 - correct-answer-In the 1972 presidential election Richard Nixon
easily won a second term by defeating Democratic Senator George McGovern of
South Dakota. Nixon won every state except Massachusetts. (p. 629)
Watergate cover-up - correct-answer-In June 1972, a group of men hired by
Nixon's reelection committee were caught breaking into the offices of the
Democratic national headquarters in the Watergate complex. This break-in and
attempted bugging were only part of a series of illegal activities. No proof
demonstrated that Nixon had ordered the illegal activities. However, it was shown
that Nixon participated in the illegal cover up of the scandal. (p. 630)
United States v. Nixon - correct-answer-In the last days of the Watergate scandal,
the court denied Nixon's claims to executive privilege and ordering him to turn
over the Watergate tapes. (p. 629)
