Question

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Answer 1

Read this excerpt from President Nixon's resignation speech, and then answer the question that follows:

Good evening:

This is the 37th time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this Nation. Each time I have done so to discuss with you some matter that I believe affected the national interest.

In all the decisions I have made in my public life, I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation. Throughout the long and difficult period of Watergate, I have felt it was my duty to persevere, to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which you elected me.

In the past few days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing that effort. As long as there was such a base, I felt strongly that it was necessary to see the constitutional process through to its conclusion, that to do otherwise would be unfaithful to the spirit of that deliberately difficult process and a dangerously destabilizing precedent for the future.

But with the disappearance of that base, I now believe that the constitutional purpose has been served, and there is no longer a need for the process to be prolonged.

I would have preferred to carry through to the finish, whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so. But the interests of the Nation must always come before any personal considerations.


How does President Nixon define what is "best for the Nation" throughout this speech?

Answer 2

A. He explains that the nation needs a longer term for each President.
B. He explains that the nation needs a better system of information exchange.
C. He explains that the nation needs a stronger economy and Congress.
D. He explains that the nation needs a president who can hold people's respect.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

its B

Answer 8

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Answer 9

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Answer 10

What about this one?

Read this excerpt from President Nixon's resignation speech, and then answer the question that follows:

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interests of America first. America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress, particularly at this time with problems we face at home and abroad.

To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home.

Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office.

As I recall the high hopes for America with which we began this second term, I feel a great sadness that I will not be here in this office working on your behalf to achieve those hopes in the next 2 1/2 years. But in turning over direction of the Government to Vice President Ford, I know, as I told the Nation when I nominated him for that office 10 months ago, that the leadership of America will be in good hands.


In which of the following lines does President Nixon express a casual tone in an attempt to reach out to the public on a personal level?

Answer 11

A. "I have never been a quitter."
B. "To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad and prosperity without inflation at home."
C. "Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office."
D. "I know, as I told the Nation when I nominated him for that office 10 months ago, that the leadership of America will be in good hands."