Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ____________ Period: _________

Modern Presidents: Nixon, Ford & Carter

Richard Nixon

Years President: _________________________

China Soviet Union Watergate

Gerald Ford

Years President: __________________________

Ford Becomes Vice President Ford Becomes President Ford as President

Jimmy Carter

Years President: ___________________________

Interesting Facts Camp David Peace Accords Iran Hostage Crisis

1. The president who eased Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union by signing the SALT treaty of 1972 was

A. Jimmy Carter B. Richard Nixon C. Ronald Reagan D. Gerald Ford

2. I helped negotiate a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt- the first between Israel and an Arab nation.

Who am I? ___________________________

3. What was the importance of the Camp David Accords?

A. It helped lower inflation in the United States B. It marked the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab Nation. C. It helped Jimmy Carter get elected to the presidency. D. It led to increased tensions in the Middle East _____ 4. Illegal actions by President Nixon and his aides to cover up crimes related to Nixon’s re-election campaign. _____ 5. The Communist nation that feared growing closeness between the United States and China _____ 6. U.S. president elected in 1968 on a promise to restore law and order _____ 7. The Communist nation with which Nixon achieved his most important foreign-policy success _____ 8. A 1978 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel _____ 9. Nixon’s successor and the nation’s first president not elected by the people _____ 10. A pact between the United States and Soviet Union to limit their number of nuclear weapons.

A. Gerald Ford B. People’s Republic of China

C. Watergate Scandal D. SALT E. Soviet Union

F. Richard M. Nixon G. Camp David Accords