Nixon and Watergate
What was Nixon's main goal in foreign policy? - ANS-To create déntente with the Soviet
Union and to improve the relationship between communist China and the United States.
What is déntente? - ANS-The easing of hostility or strained relationships between
countries.
What were Nixon's major domestic challenges? - ANS-The major domestic challenge of
equal civil rights.
How did Nixon deal with OPEC's oil embargo on the United States? - ANS-He just
waited it out.
What happened during the Watergate scandal? - ANS-The democratic plan for
reelection was trying to be stolen by the Republican reelection committee.
What were the consequences of the Watergate scandal? - ANS-Nixon resigned to avoid
impeachment and many of the officials held responsible were removed from office and
placed in jail.
What did Ford do for Nixon? - ANS-He pardoned Nixon for his crimes.
What economic problems did Carter face? - ANS-The economic problems President
Carter faced was he inherited an economy slowly emerging from recession.
What major foreign affair issues did Carter face during his presidency? - ANS-A major
foreign issue Carter faced was growing tensions between the United States and the
Soviet Union.
Why did the United States boycott the 1980 Olympics? - ANS-They did not approve of
what the USSR was doing at the moment then.
What was Nixon's main goal in foreign policy? - ANS-To create déntente with the Soviet
Union and to improve the relationship between communist China and the United States.
What is déntente? - ANS-The easing of hostility or strained relationships between
countries.
What were Nixon's major domestic challenges? - ANS-The major domestic challenge of
equal civil rights.
How did Nixon deal with OPEC's oil embargo on the United States? - ANS-He just
waited it out.
What happened during the Watergate scandal? - ANS-The democratic plan for
reelection was trying to be stolen by the Republican reelection committee.
What were the consequences of the Watergate scandal? - ANS-Nixon resigned to avoid
impeachment and many of the officials held responsible were removed from office and
placed in jail.
What did Ford do for Nixon? - ANS-He pardoned Nixon for his crimes.
What economic problems did Carter face? - ANS-The economic problems President
Carter faced was he inherited an economy slowly emerging from recession.
What major foreign affair issues did Carter face during his presidency? - ANS-A major
foreign issue Carter faced was growing tensions between the United States and the
Soviet Union.
Why did the United States boycott the 1980 Olympics? - ANS-They did not approve of
what the USSR was doing at the moment then.
