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College US quiz 10

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Nixon tried to resist to giving his taped conversations to the special prosecutor and the Congress by claiming that
he had executive privilege
Attempt to maintain an antiwar Democratic candidate for president in 1968
Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated after winning California primary
In March 1968, what surprising announcement did President Johnson make to the American people?
He would not run for another term as president.
The 1968 Democratic party convention witnessed
a violent conflict between police and anti-war democrats outside convention hall.
A list of Nixon's illegal administration activities uncovered in the Watergate scandal included all of the following except:
paying supreme court justices to write favorable opinions
Who was Nixon's "Silent Majority"
Americans who supported his policies but did not express their views publicly
The most controversial action of Gerald Ford's presidency was
pardoning Nixon for any known or unknown crimes he committed as president
Richards Nixon Philadelphia Plan
required construction trade unions to establish timetables and goals for hiring black people apprentices
The 1968 Tet Offensive resulted in all expect :
settlement of the war
Nixon appointed chief justice to the Supreme Court who failed to overturn earlier liberal court decisions
Warren Burger
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