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Review of Modern American Events/People
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1
Why was there strong opposition in the United States to NAFTA and GATT?
The agreements failed to anticipate immigration problems
The agreements created the potential for a reduction in jobs
The agreements failed to address the issue of child labor
The agreements ignored human rights violations
2
President Reagan launched a “war” on what in the 1980’s?
Education
Drugs
Crime
Poverty
3
What landmark Supreme Court decision gave women the right to choose to have an abortion?
Brown v. Board of Education
Gideon v. Wainwright
Roe v. Wade
Miranda v. Arizona
4
In 1979, American citizens were taken hostage in which country?
Egypt
China
Iran
Cuba
5
Which WAS NOT an illegal activity committed by President Nixon during the Watergate Scandal?
Paying Supreme Court justices to write favorable opinions
Using the FBI and CIA to cover up previous crimes
Breaking into the Democratic Party headquarters
Forging documents to discredit Democrats
6
Which of the following was NOT a technological advancement in the 1990’s:
Use of nuclear energy
Increased use of cellular phones
CD-ROM
Increased use of the Internet and Email
7
Ronald Reagan’s policy of cutting taxes to motivate people to work was called:
Reaganomics
Containment
Budget deficit
Realpolitik
8
All of the following are OPEC nations EXCEPT:
Venezuela
Libya
Iraq
United States
9
Why did the United States give aid and support to the people of Afghanistan in the 1980’s?
They were fighting a Soviet invasion of their country
They provided the U.S. with valuable information about Iran
They exported large amounts of oil to the U.S.
They were attempting to establish democratic reforms
10
In 1972, the “plumbers” were caught breaking into the offices of
The Democratic National Committee
The CIA
The Committee to Re-elect the President
OPEC
11
The Information Superhighway would most closely be linked to what?
A network that would link cable, phone, and computer systems
The introduction of more interstate highways
Increased telephone service in America
A method of changing the genes of living things
12
All of the following were economic conditions while President Clinton was in office EXCEPT:
Many American companies started moving to Mexico or Canada
Low unemployment
Decrease in the national debt
High unemployment
13
Which presidential action best illustrates the policy of détente?
Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China
Kennedy’s defusing of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Lyndon Johnson’s halt of the bombing in Vietnam
Carter’s support of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua
14
Why did President George H.W. Bush launch the war against Iraq in 1991?
To assassinate Saddam Hussein
To liberate Kuwait
To overtake Iraq and start a Middle-eastern empire
To isolate the Soviet Union from Iraq
15
Programs that are intended to make up for past discrimination is referred to as:
Conservative Coalition
Affirmative Action
Black Codes
Reaganomics
16
What subsequent development could have inspired the same cartoon?
The passage of the Patriot Act
The prolonged war in Iraq
The impeachment of President Clinton
The acceleration of global warming
17
What environmental disaster occurred in 1979?
Alaskan pipeline evacuation
Exxon Valdez spill
Energy Crisis
Nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island
18
What led to President Carter asking Americans to undertake “the moral equivalent of war”?
Acid rain was poisoning rivers and endangering people
Too much foreign oil was being imported
Safety equipment failed at a nuclear power plant
A natural gas company illegally dumped toxic materials
19
President Jimmy Carter negotiated what treaty between Israel and Egypt?
Camp David Accords
Helsinki Agreement
Treaty of Versailles
Geneva Accords
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Which factor was most significant in President Carter’s 1980 election loss to Ronald Reagan?
High unemployment; Carter’s failure to bring hostages home
Americans lost respect for President Carter
Liberal Democrats were disappointed in President Carter
The incident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant
