THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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“Our people are losing faith, not only in government itself but in their ability as citizens to serve as the ultimate rulers and shapers of our democracy. “We were sure that ours was a nation of the ballot, not the bullet, until the murders of John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. We were taught that our armies were always invincible and our causes were always just, only to suffer the agony of Vietnam. We respected the Presidency as a place of honor until the shock of Watergate. “We remember when the phrase ‘sound as a dollar’ was an expression of absolute dependability, until ten years of inflation began to shrink our dollar and our savings. We believed that our Nation’s resources were limitless until 1973, when we had to face a growing dependence on foreign oil.” Which of the following best identifies the effect of the speech from which the above excerpt is taken?
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Consumers increased their efforts to conserve energy.
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Americans blamed Carter for weak and ineffective leadership.
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Carter increased his approval ratings with his honesty.
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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates to support the President.
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