Carter & Reagan

Multiple Choice

Stagflation is 

• high inflation and economic growth
• low inflation and economic growth
• high inflation and low economic growth
• high inflation and low unemployment

Multiple Choice

Which president was successful in negotiating a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.

• Richard Nixon
• Gerald Ford
• Jimmy Carter
• Ronald Reagan

Multiple Choice

US EMBASSY ATTACKED. HOSTAGES TAKEN.

• IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR
• CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
• IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
• OPEC

Multiple Choice

The biggest foreign policy failure during the presidency of Jimmy Carter was...

• granting a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon
• the fall of China to communism under Mao Zedong
• his inability to negotiate the release of US hostages in Iran
• the near nuclear war over Soviet missiles in Cuba

Multiple Choice

In the Camp David Accords (1978), President Jimmy Carter succeeded in...

• returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
• suspending grain sales to the Soviet Union and China
• freeing hostages being held in Iran
• providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

Multiple Choice

Which situation in the 1970s caused the US to reconsider its dependence on foreign energy resources?

• meetins with teh Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons
• oil embargo by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
• war in Afghanistan
• free-trade agreements with Canada and Mexico

Multiple Choice

One similarity between the 1930s and the 1970s was that both decades were characterized by..

• American troops sent to fight in an unpopular war
• the massive growth of American suburbs
• the acquisition of large overseas territories
• weak economies with high unemployment

Multiple Choice

Which action did President Ford take in an attempt to end the national controversy over the Watergate affair?

• pardoning Nixon
• declaring a war on poverty
• declining to run for election
• asking Congress to impeach President Nixon

Multiple Choice

In 1979 a revolution in this nation ended with 53 Americans being held hostage.

• Iran
• Iraq
• Saudi Arabia
• Syria

Multiple Choice

What was economically unique about "stagflation"?

• Fewer people were working (higher unemployment) and consumer prices were falling (deflation) at the same time

• Worker wages were steady (stagnation) and consumer prices were falling (deflation) at the same time

• Consumer prices were rising (inflation) and worker wages stayed steady (stagnation) were happening at the same time

• More people were working (higher employment) and consumer prices were falling (deflation) at the same time

Multiple Choice

Which happened immediately after Israel became a nation?

• It took all of the Palestinian land

• Palestine became a nation

• Neighboring Arab nations attacked

• Israel lost all of its land

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of Camp David Accords?

• Peace in Asia

• Peace in the Middle east

• Peace in the Pacific

• Peace in Israel

Multiple Select

Which of the following identifies reasons for population decline in the Rustbelt during the second half of the 20th century? (Choose 2.) 

• Manufacturing jobs were lost to growing overseas competition

• An internal migration occurred as people moved to the Sunbelt in search of economic opportunities in the booming defense and technology industries

• Birth rates declined and death rates increased in the Rustbelt as a result of air pollution connected to manufacturing industries

• There was a lack of available wilderness areas, driving an internal migration to the western states.

Multiple Choice

Idea to fix stagflation with massive tax cuts

• REAGANOMICS
• PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH
• BIG STICK DIPLOMACY
• INFLATION

Multiple Choice

Which is a main reason why Carter was viewed as weak during the 1980 election?

• He failed to free hostages in Iran

• He failed to free hostages in Lebanon

• He failed to free hostages in Libya

• He failed to free hostages in Iraq

Multiple Choice

Evangelicals in America supported Reagan because

• Reagan was a devout Christian

• Reagan promised government funding for the Church

• Reagan spoke about traditional values

• They did not support Reagan

Multiple Choice

Which would be a conservative view of government?

• Increase taxes to pay for social programs

• Lower taxes and reduce regulations on business

• Increase taxes to pay for schools

• Conservatives believe the government should not exist

Multiple Choice

The following quote best represents which value of conservatism?

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

• Traditional Values

• Limited Government

• Strong Defense

Multiple Choice

Another name for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was:

• Star Trek
• Star Wars
• Star Killer
• SALT

Multiple Choice

Which quotation could most likely be attributed to Sandra Day O’Connor?

•  “The power I exert on the Court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.”
•  “Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.”
• “I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.”

Multiple Choice

What was the importance of the appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor to the U.S. Supreme Court?

• It showed a desire to appoint a strongly anti-Communist justice
• It was the first time a woman was appointed to the Supreme Court
• It illustrated Reagan's intent to limit judicial activism on the Court.
• It showed a desire to appoint Justices without legal training.

Multiple Choice

Which action did President Ronald Reagan support to achieve economic growth? 

• lowering taxes on corporations and individuals 
• increasing spending on social welfare programs
• cutting defense budgets
• increasing the regulation of industry

Multiple Choice

In the Iran-Contra affair, the Reagan administration
 

• used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to fund the Contras
• paid the Contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran
• secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the Contras
• hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the Contras.

Multiple Choice

What religious group formed to promote family values and support conservative politicians?

• Great Society
• New Right
• Moral Majority
• Social Gospel

Multiple Choice

What is the nickname given to Reagan's economic reforms?

• New Frontier
• Moral Majority
• Stagflation
• Reaganomics

Multiple Choice

What disease saw its first cases during Reagan's presidency?

• AIDS
• Hepatitis
• Cancer
• Herpes

Multiple Choice

While liberals generally believe that the government should help disadvantaged Americans through social programs, many conservatives believe that social problems can be solved through

• government welfare programs
• limiting the power of big business.
• limiting the power of the wealthy
• religious faith and private efforts

Multiple Choice

What is trickle down theory?

• If the lower class receives more money, it would trickle into stores.

• If the wealthy receive more money, it will trickle into banks.

• If the wealthy receive more money, it will trickle down to lower classes.

• If the troglodytes receive more money, it will trickle down to lower classes.

Multiple Choice

What were the two parts of Reagan's Cold War strategy?

• Abandon detente/arms race and fund anti communists

• Fund anti communists and negotiate with Soviet Union

• Negotiate with and fund the Soviet Union

Multiple Choice

How did Reagan react to the AIDS crisis?

• Declared a National Emergency

• Secretly helped victims

• Was slow to respond

• Responded quickly and efficiently