THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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Nixon devaluated the dollar by taking it off of the gold standard.
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Nixon imposed a wage and price freeze to fight inflation.
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The OPEC oil embargo caused runaway inflation and loss of jobs.
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President Ford would not take strong measures to fight inflation.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why might Carter and historians consider 1973 a turning point in Americans’ confidence in the economy? Nixon devaluated the dollar by taking it off of the gold standard. Nixon imposed a wage and price freeze to fight inflation. The OPEC oil embargo caused runaway inflation and loss of jobs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Their march from Selma to Montgomery, the capital, was a success, leading to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. African Americans first earned their right to vote in 1870, just five years after the United States ended the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following most clearly reflects the main argument in Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique? Women should seek fulfillment in professional careers in addition to their roles as wives and mothers.
Detailed explanation-4: -President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China in 1972 was significant because it: Reduced tensions between the United States and Communist China.