Nixon Carter Ford Reagan Vocabulary Potpourri

Nixon

Carter

Ford

Reagan

Vocabulary

Potpourri

Type Subject #1

Here

Type Subject #2

Here

Type Subject #3

Here

Type Subject #4

Here

Type Subject #5

Here

Type Subject #6

Here

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

Nixon attempted to appeal to this part of the nation for his reelection...

Southern Strategy / Silent Majority

What was the Sunday Night Massacre

Nixon’s firings

Nixon’s plan that would allow states to determine

what to do with government funding

Revenue Sharing

“practical politics”

realpolitik

Explain the Watergate

scandal

“Plumbers” in the Watergate hotel “bugged”

the DNC headquarters, Nixon lied about it...

The film Argo was based on

The Iran Hostage Crisis

Carter’s achievements were mainly in the field

of

Human Rights

Due to negotiations, the United States under

Carter lost

Control of the Panama Canal Zone

In response to issues with OPEC nations, Carter

enacted this legislation...

National Energy Act

Who was Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni

Leader of Iran who led the nation into the “Islamic

Republic”

What was Ford’s role before he became

president?

Vice President under Nixon

Ford attempted to do what to the economy?

“Whip” inflation now

Under Ford, what holiday was created?

Earth Day

Earth Day would be associated with what government agency?

EPA

What was Ford’s economic policy like?

Encouraged voluntary rationing to deal with

the energy crisis

What effect did Reagan’s former

profession have on his political career?

He was an actor and was

charismatic, spoke well on TV, etc.

Reagan’s economic policies were called

Reaganomics

Reagan sought approval from this group, which

included evangelical preachers

MoralMajority

Government programs such as welfare, medicare,

medicaid are known as

Entitlement programs

What was Reagan’s economic policies

‘dubbed’ and how did they work?

Trickle down economics

Cut taxes for rich/businesses and the money will flow down

One who defends the environment would be knowns

as a

Environmentalist

This book was authored by Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

Three Mile Island was the location of what?

Nuclear meltdown at the nuclear power facility in

Pennsylvania

Camp David Accords

Agreement brokered by Jimmy Carter for Middle Eastern peace

DailyDouble!!

What was the significance of the book Silent Spring

Spurred the Environmental Movement

Ronald Reagan’s missile defense system

was known as

Star Wars

policy that required the hiring of women and minority groups is

affirmative action

Who was OPEC

Organization of Petroleum

Exporting Nations

An economy mixed with rapidly rising prices and rising unemployment is

Stagflation

The group behind the Watergate scandal was

Nixon’s

Committee to Reelect the President

DoubleJeopardy!!

TypeSubjectHere (1)

TypeSubjectHere (2)

TypeSubjectHere (3)

TypeSubjectHere (4)

TypeSubjectHere (5)

TypeSubjectHere (6)

Type Subject #1

Here

Type Subject #2

Here

Type Subject #3

Here

Type Subject #4

Here

Type Subject #5

Here

Type Subject #6

Here

$200

$400

$600

$800

$1000

$200

$400

$600

$800

$1000

$200

$400

$600

$800

$1000

$200

$400

$600

$800

$1000

$200

$400

$600

$800

$1000

$200

$400

$600

$800

$1000

Type Subject 1

$200 AnswerHere

Type Subject 1

$200 QuestionHere

Type Subject 1

$400 AnswerHere

Type Subject 1

$400 QuestionHere

Type Subject 1

$600 AnswerHere

Type Subject 1

$600 QuestionHere

Type Subject 1

$800 AnswerHere

Type Subject 1

$800 QuestionHere

Type Subject 1

$1000 AnswerHere

Type Subject 1

$1000 QuestionHere

Type Subject 2

$200 AnswerHere

Type Subject 2

$200 QuestionHere

Type Subject 2

$400 AnswerHere

Type Subject 2

$400 QuestionHere

Type Subject 2

$600 AnswerHere

Type Subject 2

$600 QuestionHere

Type Subject 2

$800 AnswerHere

Type Subject 2

$800 QuestionHere

Type Subject 2

$1000 AnswerHere

Type Subject 2

$1000 QuestionHere

Type Subject 3

$200 AnswerHere

Type Subject 3

$200 QuestionHere

Type Subject 3

$400 AnswerHere

Type Subject 3

$400 QuestionHere

Type Subject 3

$600 AnswerHere

Type Subject 3

$600 QuestionHere

Type Subject 3

$800 AnswerHere

Type Subject 3

$800 QuestionHere

Type Subject 3

$1000 AnswerHere

Type Subject 3

$1000 QuestionHere

Type Subject 4

$200 AnswerHere

Type Subject 4

$200 QuestionHere

Type Subject 4

$400 AnswerHere

Type Subject 4

$400 QuestionHere

Type Subject 4

$600 AnswerHere

Type Subject 4

$600 QuestionHere

Type Subject 4

$800 AnswerHere

Type Subject 4

$800 QuestionHere

Type Subject 4

$1000 AnswerHere

Type Subject 4

$1000 QuestionHere

Type Subject 5

$200 AnswerHere

Type Subject 5

$200 QuestionHere

Type Subject 5

$400 AnswerHere

Type Subject 5

$400 QuestionHere

Type Subject 5

$600 AnswerHere

Type Subject 5

$600 QuestionHere

Type Subject 5

$800 AnswerHere

Type Subject 5

$800 QuestionHere

DailyDouble!!

Type Subject 5

$1000 AnswerHere

Type Subject 5

$1000 QuestionHere

Type Subject 6

$200 AnswerHere

Type Subject 6

$200 QuestionHere

Type Subject 6

$400 AnswerHere

Type Subject 6

$400 QuestionHere

Type Subject 6

$600 AnswerHere

Type Subject 6

$600 QuestionHere

Type Subject 6

$800 AnswerHere

Type Subject 6

$800 QuestionHere

Type Subject 6

$1000 AnswerHere

Type Subject 6

$1000 QuestionHere

FinalJeopardy

Write the Final Question Here

Write the Final Answer Here