1968 to 1992
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KEVIN WELCHEL
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9th Grade - University
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1.
Multiple Choice
Iran Hostage Crisis
Watergate Scandal
Star Wars
Camp David Accords
2.
Multiple Choice
Ethical
Education
Environmental
Entertainment
3.
Multiple Choice
Weapons
Drugs
Water
Petroleum
4.
Multiple Choice
Eisenhower
JFK
Nixon
Johnson
5.
Multiple Choice
Idea that America should have a strong military to scare enemies from attacking
Reaganomics
Peace through Strength
Camp David Accords
New World Order
6.
Multiple Choice
USA and Vietnam
Isreal and Egypt
South Vietnam and North Vietnam
USA and Isreal
7.
Multiple Choice
high inflation and high unemployment
drugs
gas prices
environment problems
8.
Multiple Choice
He wanted a smaller government
Less taxes
Failures of the Carter administration
All of the Above
9.
Multiple Choice
the press secretary failed to keep the public informed of national policy changes
the president directed a conspiracy to mislead the nation
the Supreme Court overruled federal statutes that defined confidentiality
Congress failed to pass legislation enforcing protection of privacy rights
10.
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A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil.
Congress imposed new regulations on foreign energy companies.
Conflicts in Middle East disrupted the distribution of oil.
Congress introduced new legislation to increase the fuel efficiency of vehicles.
11.
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to develop America's natural resources
to reduce air and water pollution and protect the enviroment
to protect Americans from acts of terrorism
to manage the nation's parks and forests
12.
Multiple Choice
The Supreme Court presides over a presidential impeachment trial
Congress has to obey the Constitution
The President has the final word on constitutional issues.
No person or group is above the law
13.
Multiple Choice
The 1978 Panama Canal treaties transferred control of the Panama Canal from
Panama to the US
Columbia to Panama
Panama to Britian
the US to Panama
14.
Multiple Choice
help low-income, minority areas to obtain loans and credit
prevent banks from making risky loans in low-income areas
stop the practice of some banks making high interest loans
encourage banks to complete with local businesses in providing credit
15.
Multiple Choice
He helped negotiate a peace treaty known as the Camp David Accords.
He deployed US troops to defeat the Palestine Liberation Organization.
He ordered the boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow.
He threatened to sever diplomatic ties with Syria.
16.
Multiple Choice
Bush
Carter
Nixon
MOndale
17.
Multiple Choice
pardoning Nixon
declaring a war on poverty
declining to run for election
asking Congress to impeach President Nixon
18.
Multiple Choice
led to the impeachment and conviction of President Nixon
showed that the laws of the US are superior to the actions of the President
was the 1st time a President had disagreed with Congress
proved the Presidential powers are unlimited
19.
Multiple Choice
Cuba
China
Soviet Union
Both China and Soviet Union
20.
Multiple Choice
She thought it discriminated against certain religious beliefs
She thought the ERA violated women's freedom of speech
she believed the ERA harmed women who preferred a more traditional lifestyle
she claimed that more changes were needed than the ERA proposed
21.
Multiple Choice
Selling weapons to Iran to free hostages and using the money to fund war in Central America (Nicaragua).
Iran-Contra Affair
Watergate Affair
Reagonomics
Camp David Accords
22.
Multiple Choice
lowered
raised
no effect
fluctuated
23.
Multiple Choice
School Prayer
Higher Taxes
Lower Taxes
Stronger Military
24.
Multiple Choice
Ford
Nixon
Johnson
Carter
25.
Multiple Choice
China
Kuwait
Soviet Union
Cuba
26.
Multiple Choice
building the Berlin Wall
placing ICBMs in range of Moscow
Soviet invasion of Afganistan
Nixon's visit to the Soviet Union
27.
Multiple Choice
they terrorized American travelers in Europe
they forced an attack on Iraq
they seized the American embassy and took hostages
they staged an overthrow of the government
28.
Multiple Choice
OPEC
NATO
UNITED NATIONS
Iran
29.
Multiple Choice
Israel
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Kuwait
30.
Multiple Choice
The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.
The Reagan administration secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the contras.
The Reagan administration paid the contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran.
The Reagan administration hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the contras.
31.
Multiple Choice
Reaganomics
Peace through Strength
Embargoes
Inflation
32.
Multiple Choice
working for the election of more Democratic candidates
taking a strong stance against communism
greater government participation in the economy
increasing unfunded mandates from Washington, D.C.
33.
Multiple Choice
Betty Friedan
Phyllis Schlafly
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sonia Sotomayor
34.
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Which of these (choose 4) describes 1980s culture?
Yuppies looking for corporate jobs
The outbreak of the AIDS virus causing a panic and change in sexual behaviors
MTV broadcasting popular music and music videos
Businesses using personal computers to improve records and payroll
The Sexual Revolution
35.
Multiple Choice
To access their oil
To build strength to eventually invade Saudi Arabia
To access their nuclear weapons
To spread communism
36.
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a series of military actions to root out communism in Central America
a coalition of nations that volunteered to police the Middle East
a plan to defend Eastern Europe in the event of a Soviet attack
a program to use laser technology to defend America against missiles
37.
Multiple Choice
détente
military strength
economic policies
industrialized trade
38.
Multiple Choice
It strengthened the Soviet economy and prompted Gorbachev to expand control of Eastern Europe.
It weakened the Soviet economy, which prompted Gorbachev to expand control of Eastern Europe.
It weakened the Soviet economy and encouraged Gorbachev to promote reform in the Soviet Union.
It strengthened the Soviet economy, which prompted Gorbachev to promote reform in the Soviet Union.
39.
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negotiate with terrorists
engage the military in the Middle East
sell weapons outside the United States
fund revolutionary groups in other countries
40.
Multiple Choice
to protect human rights
to promote democratic governments
to undermine right-wing extremists
to weaken the Soviet Union
41.
Multiple Choice
Created BET and was the first African American billionaire.
Sam Walton
Sandra Day O'Connor
Estee Lauder
Robert Johnson
42.
Multiple Choice
people will horde their money, slowing down the economy
the role and size of the federal government will expand
people will have more incentive to work and more money to spend
the federal government will collect less money in taxes
43.
Multiple Choice
Iran
Iraq
Russia
Kuwait
44.
Multiple Choice
the Black Panthers
the Great Society
the Moral Majority
the United Nations
45.
Multiple Choice
taxes should be reduced for all Americans
the federal government should limit regulation of industry
the national defense system should be strengthened
the federal government should intervene to help the needy
46.
Multiple Choice
Iran-Contra Affair
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf War
War on Terror
47.
Multiple Choice
Anwar Sadat
Osama Bin Laden
Mumamar Quadafi
Saadam Hussein
48.
Multiple Choice
China
Cuba
North Korea
East Germany
49.
Multiple Choice
optimism & happiness
anger & jealousy
cynicism & distrust
elation & trust
50.
Multiple Choice
What was a negative effect of Reaganomics?
Increased Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Decrease in personal income taxes for all brackets
Increased national debt due to increased defense spending
Drop in unemployment rates
51.
Multiple Choice
Evangelical preacher who consulted and prayed with every U.S. President from Truman to Obama, died in 2018.
Bill Johnson
Bill Paxton
Billy Graham
Phyllis Schlafly
52.
Multiple Choice
Which event would symbolize the end of the Cold War?
The Soviet Union leaving Afghanistan
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
The Iran-Contra Affair
Reagan winning a second term as Presdient
53.
Multiple Choice
What caused most of the new technological developments like water purification, firefighting equipment, and memory foam to come to ordinary Americans.
Cold War espionage technology
Advancements in transistor technology
The rising booming business in the 1980s
Products created from NASA's space technology
54.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT an entrepreneur who impacted American society?
Sam Walton
Ted Turner
Saddam Hussein
Robert Johnson
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