Round 7: Tossup 10

This politician claimed that a decade must be the time “when America pays its debt to the past” after proposing Reorganization Plan No. 3. This politician signed a bill with a ninth section that defines unlawful “taking” drafted by his appointee Russell E. Train. Congress failed to pass this politician’s proposal for universal basic income (-5[1])called the Family Assistance Plan. This president’s (15[1])administration temporarily banned offshore drilling in federal waters after the (*) Santa Barbara oil spill. After Martha Griffiths reintroduced (10[1]-5[1])it to Congress, this president endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment. The celebration of the first Earth Day inspired (10[2])this president to form a new governmental body. (10[1])For 10 points, name this president who signed the Endangered Species Act and created the Environmental Protection Agency. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Richard Nixon [or Richard Milhous Nixon]
<EC, American History> | NAFTA-Packet-7
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