Exam 17: Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

Offer your considered judgment of Richard Nixon as president, taking into account his personal qualities, domestic program, and foreign policies. If he had not harbored such bitter personal resentments, could he have come a great president? Why or why not?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Dean III

The list of Nixon illegal administration activities uncovered in the Watergate scandal included all of the following except

Which of the following was the most important in creating the mood of public disillusionment in the 1970s: Watergate, the loss of Vietnam, or economic woes? Cite specific examples to support your point of view.

The proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), passed by Congress in 1972 and eventually ratified by 35 states, stated the following:

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Wounded Knee

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -CREEP

The SALT II Treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States died in the Senate when the Soviets

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Leonid Brezhnev

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Gerald Ford

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -executive privilege

Richard Nixon tried to resist giving his taped conversations to the special prosecutor and the Congress by claiming that

Explain why Jimmy Carter began his presidency with such great popularity and why, by the end of his term, he was widely unpopular. To what degree was the loss of popularity his fault and to what degree was it the result of forces beyond his control?

The most humiliating failure during the Iran hostage crisis came when

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Watergate scandal

Why was the feminist movement the most enduring and successful social movement of the 1970s?

Jimmy Carter quickly found himself in political trouble because he

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Anwar Sadat

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Iranian hostage crisis

Do you think that President Carter overreacted to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? Why or why not? In what way did that event mark a critical turning point in American foreign policy?