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American History 2 - Unit 8 Review
American History 2 - Unit 8 Review
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Unit 8
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1
Which best completes the chart?
Microsoft loses anti-trust lawsuit
Workers are no longer eligible for Social Security
The Twenty-seventh Amendment is ratified.
Public buildings must provide wheelchair access
2
Which best completes the graphic organizer above?
Capture of Saddam Hussein, 2003
Invasion of Afghanistan, 1970’s
Embassy bombings, 1998
Persian Gulf War , 1990
3
Richard Nixon was to Watergate as ____ was to the Iran-Contra affair.
Menachem Begin
George Bush
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
4
The
most likely
reason President Carter signed over the Panama Canal to the Panamanians is?
To rid the US of an expensive burden
To show is opposition to apartheid
To promote a better relationship with Latin America.
To show his support for the Contras
5
Which one of the following US trade partners was most directly affected by NAFTA?
Vietnam
Russia
China
Mexico
6
Which group was most directly related to the energy crisis experienced during the 1970s?
Al Qaeda
OPEC
Environmentalist Groups
The automotive industry
7
Which president is best known for a policy of détente towards the USSR and China?
Carter
Reagan
Ford
Nixon
8
Which best completes the chart?
Iran-Contra Affair
Panama Canal treaty
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Iran Hostage Crisis
9
Which is
not
one reason for the peaceful end of the Cold War?
US development of a method to defend against Soviet attacks.
Soviet Union could no longer afford to maintain the Cold War
The US took direct military action against the Soviet Union
Gorbachev relaxed Soviet policies of openness and communism.
10
Which of the following amendments contributed most directly to Ford’s rise to the presidency?
24th
25th
27th
26th
11
Which best completes the chart?
Budget Surplus
High deficits
Hoovervilles
Support of the New Right
12
Roe v. Wade
was to abortion as
Regents of The University of California v. Bakke
was to _______.
Voting rights
Racial segregation
Fair employment
Affirmative Action
13
Which was
not
one reason why American voters became frustrated with President Carter?
The peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
His offer of amnesty to draft dodgers
His handling of the Iran hostage crisis.
The energy crisis of the 1970’s
14
Which is the best title for this flow chart?
Keynesian Economics
Reaganomics
Tight monetary policy
Inflation
15
Which
best explains
why the appoint of Justice O'Connor was important?
She could always be counted on to vote a certain way
She was the only woman on the Court
She was the least predictable in her voting
was the justice who is most likely to reach a fair decision
16
Which group is
most likely
to benefit from an affirmative action program?
Male candidates for political office
Children under twelve
Christian religious leaders
Minorities applying for jobs & college admissions
17
Japan was to Pearl Harbor as _____was to September 11
th
?
Al Qaeda
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Afghanistan
18
Gerald Ford was to Richard Nixon as ____ was to Bill Clinton.Which
best completes
the analogy?
Spiro Agnew
Joe Lieberman
George H.W. Bush
Al Gore
19
Which is a method that the Federal government uses to track and arrest suspected terrorists?
The Americans with Disabilities Act
The Civil Rights Act
The Dream Act
The Patriot Act
20
Who benefited
most
from the Camp David Accords?
Israel and the Palestinians
Israel and Syria
Israel and Egypt
Iran and Iraq
