15. Which was a consequence of the Watergate scandal?
(Points: 3)
An appointed vice president assumed the presidency.

A president was tried on criminal charges for the first time.

The president no longer had the power to offer pardons to criminals.

The Electoral College met in a nonelection year to choose a new president.

16. Which best describes stagflation?
(Points: 3)
the decline in the gross national product following Nixon’s resignation

the increased earning power of men during the 1970s despite the Equal Pay Act

the economic intervention that followed the inflation of the early 1970s

the period of rising prices and declining employment in the 1970s

17. Which contributed to the economic problems of the 1970s?
(Points: 3)
an Arab oil embargo

Israeli attacks on Saudi Arabia

a decline in Venezuelan oil production

excess oil in the marketplace

18. Which foreign policy problem contributed to Jimmy Carter’s defeat in the 1980 election?
(Points: 3)
returning the Canal Zone to Panama

signing the Camp David Accords

the collapse of the Soviet Union

the Iran hostage crisis

19. Which was a basis for the internal conflicts in Iran in the 1970s?
(Points: 3)
the weakness of the shah

the religious power of the ayatollahs

border conflicts with Syria

disputes with Israel