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History, Social Studies
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9th - 12th Grade
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America in the 1970s
All videos will be beneficial, but the 20 minute, first video is probably the most important. If you do poorly, try watching the other videos as well.

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Multiple Choice
The first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab country.
SALT I
Iran Contra Affair
Camp David Accords
Helsinki Accords
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Multiple Choice
Why did Iranian revolutionaries take Americans hostage?
Perceived U.S support of the Shah
American Marines sent to Lebanon
U.S. arms sold to Israel
Money funneled to the Contras
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Multiple Choice
Which event did not contribute to the Credibility Gap?
Watergate
Iran Contra Affair
Camp David Accords
Iran Hostage Crisis
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Multiple Choice
What overturned the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Selective Service Act
Espionage Act
War Powers Act
Freedom of Information Act
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Multiple Choice
Students have the right to protest under the 1st Amendment
Wisconsin v Yoder
Miranda v Arizona
Hernandez v Texas
Tinker v Des Moines
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Multiple Choice
18-20 years old can vote.
19th Amendment
26th Amendment
15th Amendment
24th Amendment
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Multiple Choice
The President led a conspiracy to hide the truth.
Iran Contra Affair
Iran Hostage Crisis
Watergate
OPEC Oil embargo
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Multiple Choice
What agency protects the environment from pollution?
EPA
SALT
HUD
National Parks Service
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Multiple Choice
What was one result of the opening of China in the 1970s?
End of the Vietnam War
SALT I treaty with the Soviet Union
Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
Watergate scandal
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Multiple Choice
What limited the nuclear arms race between the USA and USSR?
Camp David Accords
SALT I Treaty
Moon landing
War Powers Act
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
What type of energy did Jimmy Carter want the US to use after suffering the oil embargo?
Coal-based energy
Renewable Energy
Nuclear energy
Domestic Oil Energy
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Multiple Choice
What happened to the 52 captives of the Iran Hostage Crisis?
They were given to the Soviet Union and returned in 1987
They disappeared and were never seen from again
They were publicly executed in 1981 in Tehran
They were returned to the US 444 days
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Multiple Choice
What was the response in Tehran to the US helping the former Shah of Iran in 1979?
The new government of Iran declared war on the U.S.
The embassy was attacked and 52 people were taken hostage
The Shah of Iran was put back in power
Iran invaded Israel and Iraq who were US allies
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Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
It creates and enforces regulations for pollution in the US
It researches diseases and health in the US
It manages an emergency oil supply in the United States
It oversees the National Parks Service
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Multiple Choice
How did the oil embargo effect the U.S. during the 1970s?
The U.S. used its own energy reserves to fight the embargo
Prices of everything increased and gas shortages happened
The U.S. was forced to abandon Israel as prices went down
It caused the stagflation outbreak in the U.S.
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Multiple Choice
What was OPEC's response to the U.S. assisting Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War?
It's member nations declared war on the United States
It imposed economic sanction on the US through the UN
It enacted an oil embargo, cutting off trade to the U.S.
It increased the sales of oil to enemies of the US like Iran
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Multiple Choice
This international organization took control of oil prices and oil supply in the 1970s
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
International Petroleum Confederation
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Multiple Choice
During the 1970s this hit the U.S. economy when high unemployment and high inflation happened
Great Recession
Great Inflation
Staglfation
Hyper Inflation
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Multiple Choice
Who succeeded Nixon as President after his resignation on August 8, 1974?
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
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Multiple Choice
What did Nixon do after his cover up of Watergate was discovered after U.S. v Nixon?
Nixon was impeached by Congress on August 8, 1974
Nixon was removed from office by the Supreme Court
Nixon pardoned himself from crimes he did during Watergate
Nixon resigned on August 8, 1974 to avoid being impeached
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Multiple Choice
What was the Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. v Nixon about Executive Privilege?
Nixon could not use it to hide the Watergate Tapes
Nixon was able to keep the Watergate tapes classified
Nixon, as President, was above the law while in office
Nixon could use it to classify the Pentagon Papers
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Multiple Choice
When the President hides information for national security reasons- used by Nixon in Watergate
Executive Order
Executive Action
Veto Power
Executive Privilege
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Multiple Choice
Which describes the Watergate scandal (1972)?
The President was having an affair with a White House intern
The U.S. sold weapons to Iran and gave money to the Contras
Nixon ordered a break-in at the Democratic HQ and a cover up
The President secretly ordered Cambodia bombed
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Multiple Choice
Nixon's efforts to ease tensions with the Soviet Union was called-
Cooling the Cold War
Detente
Strategic Negotiation
Ceasefire
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Multiple Choice
What was the outcome of the SALT I talks?
It created a ceasefire between the U.S. and North Vietnam
The US and USSR reduced how many ballistic missiles they had
The U.S. and China opened a trading treaty
Communist China was admitted as a full member of the U.N.
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Multiple Choice
Which communist country did Richard Nixon open relations with in the early 70s?
Cuba
China
Soviet Union
North Korea
America in the 1970s
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