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1
If you
currently hold
a position of political office and are up for re-election you are considered the:
Retiree
Challenger
Incumbent
Signatory
2
As I sit here today, here's what I'm thinking...
I'm psyched we don't have a huge exam for a final
I can't believe we're almost done with the school year, I made it!
I'm just happy to be here
Thank you Mr. Ortt for the awesome year : )
3
Who doomed himself for re-election by pardoning former President Nixon?
Johnson
Ford
Carter
Reagan
4
Like the Bay of Pigs Invasion under JFK, the U.S. tried to overthrow the Cuban-backed gov. of Nicaragua during the:
Cuban Missile Crisis
Sandinista Standoff
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Iran-Contra Affair
5
The group of 5 men sent to the Watergate Complex to stop info from leaking to the public were known as:
Pipe Fitters
Plumbers
Punishers
Viet Cong
6
START 1
, reduced nuclear & chemical weapons development b/t U.S. & Russia. Which President accomplished it?
George Wallace
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Washington
7
Reagan won re-election in 1984 by a landslide. Who was the challenger?
Michael Dukakis
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Walter Mondale
8
A hostage crisis under Pres. Carter took place in what nation?
Iraq
Iran
Soviet Union
East Germany
9
Who was our beloved, non-traditional actor-turned-politician?
Nixon
Ford
Reagan
Carter
10
Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan all tried to fix our economy which was in a(n):
Depression
Inflation
Deficit
Recession
11
What document made the realities of the Vietnam Conflict public? The:
Pentagon Papers
Zimmerman Telegram
Capital Proclamation
National Security Act
12
When the Soviet Union collapsed, who was it's ruler?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
13
Who won the Election of 1980? (The first of two landslide victories)
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
14
Richard Nixon's plan for turning the Vietnam War over to the South Vietnamese, bring our troops home:
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Cong
Vietnamization
Viet Minh
15
In what year did Nixon finally win the Presidency?
1962
1968
1980
1972
16
Ping Pong Diplomacy helped mend relations between the United States and where?
Vietnam
U.S.S.R.
China
Korea
17
The United States turned 200 years old on July 4, 1976. What is that celebration called?
Centennial
Commencement
Anniversary
Bicentennial
18
What event allowed Germany to reunite in 1989?
Resignation of Gorbachev
Fall of the U.S.S.R.
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Anti-communist thinking
19
Which Cold War President was "...not a crook?"
Richard Nixon
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
20
Reagan's tax cuts and deregulation particularly helped whom?
Small businesses
Minorities
The wealthy
The lower class
21
According to Gorbachev, who won the Cold War after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
Both sides benefited
Russia
The United States
No one, let's just move on
22
Our friends to the North took down the Soviet powerhouse in hockey during the 1972:
Summit Series
Summit Orthopedics
World Series
Stanley Cup
23
To this day, who is our only President to resign the office?
Reagan
Nixon
Ford
Kennedy
24
President Reagan's theory known as "Reaganomics" said that the _________ of/for good should dictate the market.
Stock
Supply
Demand
Price
25
Who was known for being a real laid back, people-person. Giving speeches in sweaters and walking to the WH?
Carter
Ford
Reagan
George H. W. Bush