U.S. History - Chapter 32 (Watergate
Scandal) Exam Questions and Answers
Family Assistance Plan (FAP) - Correct Answers -A welfare reform proposal approved
by the House of Representative in 1970 but defeated in the Senate but would have
guaranteed an income to welfare recipients who agree to undergo job training and
accept work.
Revenue Sharing - Correct Answers -The distribution of federal money to state and
local governments with few or no restrictions on how its spent.
New Federalism - Correct Answers -President Nixon's program to turn over part of the
federal government's power to state and local governments.
Southern Strategy - Correct Answers -President Nixon's attempt to attract the support of
Southern conservative Democrats who were unhappy with federal desegregation
policies and the liberal supreme court.
Stagflation - Correct Answers -An economic condition marked by both high inflation and
unemployments.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - Correct Answers -An
economic association of oil-producing nations that is able to set oil prices.
Realpolitik - Correct Answers -Foreign political advocacy by Henry Kissinger in the
Nixon administration based on the consideration of a nation's power rather than it's
ideals or moral principles.
Détente - Correct Answers -The flexible policy involving a willingness to negotiation and
an easing of tensions that was adopted by President Nixon and his advisor Kissinger in
their dealings with communistic nations.
Impeachment - Correct Answers -The process of accusing a public official of a
wrongdoing.
Watergate - Correct Answers -A scandal arising from the Nixon administration's attempt
to cover up its involvement in the 1972 break in at the Democratic national committee
headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex.
Scandal) Exam Questions and Answers
Family Assistance Plan (FAP) - Correct Answers -A welfare reform proposal approved
by the House of Representative in 1970 but defeated in the Senate but would have
guaranteed an income to welfare recipients who agree to undergo job training and
accept work.
Revenue Sharing - Correct Answers -The distribution of federal money to state and
local governments with few or no restrictions on how its spent.
New Federalism - Correct Answers -President Nixon's program to turn over part of the
federal government's power to state and local governments.
Southern Strategy - Correct Answers -President Nixon's attempt to attract the support of
Southern conservative Democrats who were unhappy with federal desegregation
policies and the liberal supreme court.
Stagflation - Correct Answers -An economic condition marked by both high inflation and
unemployments.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - Correct Answers -An
economic association of oil-producing nations that is able to set oil prices.
Realpolitik - Correct Answers -Foreign political advocacy by Henry Kissinger in the
Nixon administration based on the consideration of a nation's power rather than it's
ideals or moral principles.
Détente - Correct Answers -The flexible policy involving a willingness to negotiation and
an easing of tensions that was adopted by President Nixon and his advisor Kissinger in
their dealings with communistic nations.
Impeachment - Correct Answers -The process of accusing a public official of a
wrongdoing.
Watergate - Correct Answers -A scandal arising from the Nixon administration's attempt
to cover up its involvement in the 1972 break in at the Democratic national committee
headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex.
