Nixon Test Actual Questions and Answers 2023 with
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Who was Nixon's Chief of Staff?
Haldeman
Who was Nixon's Chief Domestic Advisor?
Ehrlichman
Which 2 people were nicknamed Nixon's "Berlin Wall?"
Ehrlichman and Haldeman
Who was Nixon's Attorney General?
John Mitchell
Who was Nixon's National Security Advisor who later became Secretary of State
in 1973?
Henry Kissinger
How long was the price freeze Nixon put in order to stop inflation?
90 days
What is the term for giving state government more power in spending their
money (Nixon's solution to the Great Society)?
New Federalism
Who's votes did Nixon seek through his Southern Strategy?
white southern democrats
Who were the 3 men who were on the Apollo 11 mission who landed & stepped
on the moon?
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins
Who confirms any of the President's appointees?
The Senate
What is the term for governments spending more money than they are getting in
revenue?
budget defecits
Who does the US support when Egypt and Syria attack Israel?
Israel
True or false, Nixon reauthorized giving federal money to schools that still
segregated?
true
With which country did Nixon focus on relations with first?
China
What does Nixon refer to China as?
People's Republic of China
What does Nixon "lift" regarding China?
traveling restrictions
What was the term given to the table tennis game between the US and China?
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Which country loses its seat on the National Security Council and is replaced
with the real China?
Taiwan
, Who is still the leader of China when Nixon goes to visit?
Mao Zedong
Who goes along with Nixon to China (he is not the Secretary of State yet)?
Henry Kissinger
Which country does Nixon collaborate with to explore space, ease trade limits,
and negotiate a weapons pact?
USSR
What treaty stated that the technological levels of the US and USSR would stay
the same for 5 years and only 2 ABM sites with 100 missles each was allowed?
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I)
What was the term given to Kissinger's efforts to reduce tensions everywhere?
Shuttle Diplomacy
When is an agreement signed between Israel and Syria?
April 1974
Who was nicknamed "Hatchet Man" and was a special counsel to Nixon?
Charles Colson
Senator Edward Kennedy, reporter Daniel Schorr, and actress Jane Fonda were
all on Nixon's _________ list.
enemies
In 1969 what does the "New York Times" leak secrets from?
The National Security Council
What did the leaked documents from Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office
contain information about?
The Vietnam War
What is the name of the group that Nixon creates in order to stop leaks?
The Plumbers
Who steps down from his position as Attorney General in order to head CREEP?
John Mitchell
John Mitchel is willing to use __________ tricks in order to get the public to vote
Nixon in the 1972 election.
dirty
What organization leads to the Watergate Scandal?
CREEP
Who had the first idea to break into the Watergate Hotel?
Hunt and Liddy ("The Plumbers")
What is John Mitchel's first response to the proposal to break into the Watergate
Hotel?
No
7 men are associated with the break-in of the Watergate Hotel, 5 burglars & Hunt
and Liddy. How many of these 7 were arrested on the scene?
5
Who was the security officer who called the police at the Watergate Hotel?
Frank Wills
Some of the 5 burglars arrested on the scene of the Watergate break-in were
former ____________ refugees.
Cuban Missle Crisis
complete solution
Who was Nixon's Chief of Staff?
Haldeman
Who was Nixon's Chief Domestic Advisor?
Ehrlichman
Which 2 people were nicknamed Nixon's "Berlin Wall?"
Ehrlichman and Haldeman
Who was Nixon's Attorney General?
John Mitchell
Who was Nixon's National Security Advisor who later became Secretary of State
in 1973?
Henry Kissinger
How long was the price freeze Nixon put in order to stop inflation?
90 days
What is the term for giving state government more power in spending their
money (Nixon's solution to the Great Society)?
New Federalism
Who's votes did Nixon seek through his Southern Strategy?
white southern democrats
Who were the 3 men who were on the Apollo 11 mission who landed & stepped
on the moon?
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins
Who confirms any of the President's appointees?
The Senate
What is the term for governments spending more money than they are getting in
revenue?
budget defecits
Who does the US support when Egypt and Syria attack Israel?
Israel
True or false, Nixon reauthorized giving federal money to schools that still
segregated?
true
With which country did Nixon focus on relations with first?
China
What does Nixon refer to China as?
People's Republic of China
What does Nixon "lift" regarding China?
traveling restrictions
What was the term given to the table tennis game between the US and China?
Ping-Pong Diplomacy
Which country loses its seat on the National Security Council and is replaced
with the real China?
Taiwan
, Who is still the leader of China when Nixon goes to visit?
Mao Zedong
Who goes along with Nixon to China (he is not the Secretary of State yet)?
Henry Kissinger
Which country does Nixon collaborate with to explore space, ease trade limits,
and negotiate a weapons pact?
USSR
What treaty stated that the technological levels of the US and USSR would stay
the same for 5 years and only 2 ABM sites with 100 missles each was allowed?
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I)
What was the term given to Kissinger's efforts to reduce tensions everywhere?
Shuttle Diplomacy
When is an agreement signed between Israel and Syria?
April 1974
Who was nicknamed "Hatchet Man" and was a special counsel to Nixon?
Charles Colson
Senator Edward Kennedy, reporter Daniel Schorr, and actress Jane Fonda were
all on Nixon's _________ list.
enemies
In 1969 what does the "New York Times" leak secrets from?
The National Security Council
What did the leaked documents from Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office
contain information about?
The Vietnam War
What is the name of the group that Nixon creates in order to stop leaks?
The Plumbers
Who steps down from his position as Attorney General in order to head CREEP?
John Mitchell
John Mitchel is willing to use __________ tricks in order to get the public to vote
Nixon in the 1972 election.
dirty
What organization leads to the Watergate Scandal?
CREEP
Who had the first idea to break into the Watergate Hotel?
Hunt and Liddy ("The Plumbers")
What is John Mitchel's first response to the proposal to break into the Watergate
Hotel?
No
7 men are associated with the break-in of the Watergate Hotel, 5 burglars & Hunt
and Liddy. How many of these 7 were arrested on the scene?
5
Who was the security officer who called the police at the Watergate Hotel?
Frank Wills
Some of the 5 burglars arrested on the scene of the Watergate break-in were
former ____________ refugees.
Cuban Missle Crisis
