Webb Nixon Test UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Webb Nixon Test UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1968 Election: Candidates (3 candidates, what did each one want to do?)? Significance? -
CORRECT ANSWER- 1. Nixon promised to end the Vietnam War.
2. Humphrey
3. Wallace wanted victory in Vietnam, but lost support when his VP c...
Webb Nixon Test UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1968 Election: Candidates (3 candidates, what did each one want to do?)? Significance? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Nixon promised to end the Vietnam War.
2. Humphrey
3. Wallace wanted victory in Vietnam, but lost support when his VP candidate stated a desire
to use nukes
4. The nominating convention itself was a site of mass protests and violence against the
Vietnam War
1972 Election: Candidates (4 candidates)? Significance? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1.
Nixon, Humphrey, G. McGovern, and Wallace
2. Former AG John Mitchell became head of CREEP, whose "dirty tricks" helped Nixon win
the election
What was the most lasting effect of the 1973 OPEC oil embargo? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 1. Americans began buying smaller, more fuel-efficient cars
2. Foreign car companies gained a larger share of the American market
What was the most lasting effect of Watergate? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the presidency
was tarnished by the scandal and many Americans lost faith in the government.
What is Executive Privilege? What is Nixon's take on this? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. A
privilege that provides a certain level of confidentiality of communication between the
president and his aides, especially where defense and national security are concerned
2. Nixon said it meant he could refuse to give up the personal tapes
Spiro Agnew - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- VP under Nixon that was forced to resign when he
was found guilty of tax evasion
Jimmy Carter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. President after Ford
2. President during US energy crisis and Hostages in Iran
, 3. Helped sign a treaty between Egypt and Israel
Gerald Ford - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Nixon's VP; he took over as President when Nixon
resigned
H.R. "Bob" Haldeman - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Nixon's chief of staff
2. The 18½ minute gap involved a conversation between him and Nixon
3. He was a part of the "smoking gun" tape where Nixon discussed using the CIA to divert
the FBI's Watergate probe
4. He resigned in April 1973 and was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice the
following year.
Henry Kissinger - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. He was Nixon's National Security Advisor
and, later, Secretary of State (for Nixon and Ford)
2. He was the chief architect of Nixon's foreign policy
3. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his Shuttle Diplomacy
John Mitchell - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Nixon's former law partner served as AG
before resigning in 1972 to head CREEP
2. He was convicted of conspiracy, perjury, and obstruction of justice
Judge John Sirica - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Nicknamed "Maximum John" for his tough
sentences
2. He presided over the Watergate trials
Woodward and Bernstein - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 1. Washington Post journalists
pursued the Watergate story until an official investigation began
2. During their 2 year investigation, they were kept on track by a secret source they code
named "Deep Throat"
3. The public first heard about this when they published their book, All the President's Men
4. Their investigation led to the resignation of Nixon
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