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 called the Family Assistance Plan. This president’s administration temporarily banned offshore drilling in federal waters after the (*) Santa Barbara oil spill. (10[1])After Martha Griffiths reintroduced it to Congress, this president endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment. The celebration of the first Earth Day (10[1])inspired this president (-5[1])to form (-5[1])a new governmental body. For 10 points, name this president who signed the Endangered Species Act and created the Environmental Protection Agency. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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