Conservative Resurgence

Political Scandal, Peace Through Strength, Richard Nixon, Conflicts in the Middle East, NRA, EPA, Stagflation, Sandra Day O'Connor

• Progressive Era

• Cold War Era

• Civil Rights Era

• Conservative Resurgence Era

Which of the following is true about country music?

• It was not that popular until the 2000s

• it helped to reinforce Conservative ideals

• Country songs represent liberal points of view

• Pop is better

This happened in 1979 when the Iranians were upset when the U.S. refused to return the Shah to Iran.

• Iran-Contra Affair

• revolutionaries kidnapped Americans in the Iran Hostage Crisis

• Camp David Accords

• Detente

This is a group of oil producing nations in the middle east that formed a coalition, makes decisions on the supply of critical sources of energy and used embargos as a weapon to force political change.

• NATO

• UN

• OPEC

• GATT

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Conservative Resurgence Era?

• Political Scandals
• Detente
• Problems in the Middle East 
  
• The Great Society

Which of the following list of events is in the correct order?

• Detente, Watergate, Iran Hostage, Iran-Contra
  
• Watergate, Iran Hostage, Iran Contra, Detente
• Iran Hostage, Iran Contra, Detente, Watergate
• Watergate, Iran Contra, Iran Hostage, Detente

This is the policy of "lessening" tensions and opening communication with communist countries...and why Nixon visited China in 1972

• Watergate

• Normalization

• Detente

• Reaganomics

Reaganomics was President Reagan's economic plan trying to address stagflation by...

• Reducing taxes and federal regulations on businesses

• Giving tax breaks to ALL Americans

• Producing government products to lower the prices

• Raising the minimum wage

Reagan's foreign policy for national security "Peace Through Strength" was...

• Staying peaceful so stronger countries don't attack us

• Remaining strong and intimidating other countries so they don't attack

• Appeasement

• Negotiating with the enemy

What was a result of OPEC placing an oil embargo (ban) against the United States?

• America just used our own oil.

• Prices of gasoline dropped

• We gave in to their demands so they would drop the embargo

• Showed the problem of how much the US depended on foreign oil