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Why did President Ford pardon former President Nixon?

Question 4 options:

all of these

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger believed that it would help to ease tensions in Vietnam

dragging out Watergate questions was distracting country from present issues

President Ford was concerned that former President Nixon would lead an uprising if he was not pardoned

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A participant of Earth Day would have most likely

Question 5 options:

encouraged clear cutting old growth forests to create new farm lands

want to increase the number of highways and cars on the road world wide

opposed environmental regulations that limit the amount of pollution from cars

supported the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts.

Question 6 (1 point) Question 6 Unsaved
How did the Iranians seizing the US Embassy in Iran (Iranian Hostage Crisis) impact President Carter?

Question 6 options:

Carter approved a controversial takeover of the Iranian Embassy in the US and expelled all their diplomats

Carter’s failure to get the hostages back ruined his re-election chance in 1980

Carter declared war on Iran in 1979 which started the First Gulf War

Carter joined forces with the USSR to ensure the safe return of the hostages

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Why did China decide to open relations with the US after Nixon’s multiple attempts?

Question 7 options:

The US offered to stop trading with Japan so that Chinese goods would cost more on the world market

The US offered protection against an uprising in rural China

China’s increased conflict with the Soviet Union over territory led China to work with the US

China wanted the US to invade the Korean peninsula and overthrow the government of South Korea

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What did the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signal?

Question 8 options:

A new global organization would now regulate environmental issues

The US public was serious about creating a healthy and sustainable environment

The European Union would have to lead the way for environmental regulation

The US government was not serious about protecting the environment

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A positive effect of the Watergate scandal was it showed constitutional protection of the media allowed reporters to expose issues and

Question 9 options:

the Republican and Democratic parties were united in their opposition t

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