Modern America Review

This gave the President the power to send troops to Vietnam without Congress declaring war. (Review Sheet Question 1)

• War Powers Act

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• PATRIOT Act

• Military Force Act of 1963

Which describes Vietnamization? (Review Sheet Question 2)

• Nixon's plan of training the South Vietnamese Army while withdrawing American forces

• The secret bombing of Cambodia

• The creation of a Vietnamese task force to conduct secret raids

• The name for the South Vietnamese communist rebels

What started the Iran Hostage Crisis during Jimmy Carter's presidency in 1979? (Review Sheet Question 3)

• 52 Americans were captured in Tehran by the new Islamic fundamentalist government

• The CIA failing to assassinate the Shah of Iran

• The U.S. raising oil prices in Iran with the British agreement

• A Soviet supported invasion of Afghanistan

Which describes Jimmy Carter's accomplishments at the Camp David Accords? (Review Sheet Question 4)

• The return of hostages from Tehran to the U.S.

• The creation of a Palestinian State

• The development of a lasting peace in the Middle East

• Peace and mutual recognition between Israel and Egypt ending decades of war

What did the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) do to the U.S. for helping Israel in the 1970s? (Review Sheet Question 5)

• They declared war and invaded the U.S.

• They invaded Israel and slaughtered the people of Jerusalem

• They lowered the price of oil and sold more to Russia than the U.S.

• They enacted an oil embargo causes oil prices to skyrocket in the U.S.

Which of these is an effect of the OPEC oil embargo on the U.S.? (Review Sheet Question 5)

• An increase in the price of cars

• Stagflation

• The collapse of U.S. oil companies

• Oil demand outstripping the supply leading to massive car lines at gas stations

Which describes Reaganomics/Supply-Side/Trickle Down Economics? (Review Sheet Question 6)

• The government increasing taxes on the wealthy

• The decrease in sales of weapons to other countries

• The technology growing out of NASA into public markets

• Tax cuts for all Americans hoping they will spend which will grow the economy and creates jobs- rich get most tax breaks

What scandal was discovered that would later be known as the Iran-Contra Affair? (Review Sheet Question 7)

• The U.S. was supplying drugs to minority communities in its borders

• The Reagan Administration sold weapons to Iran and gave profits to anti-Communist "Contras" in Nicaragua

• The U.S. fought Soviet soldiers in secret on the island of Grenada

• The President was having an affair with a White House intern

What happened in 1991 which marks the end of the Cold War? (Review Sheet Question 9)

• The Soviet Union was invaded by the U.S.

• The Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan

• The Soviet Union was removed from the United Nations Security Council

• The Soviet Union was dissolved when major nations declared independence.

Implemented by Newt Gingrich this contract was simply a list of ten promises each signer pledged to pursue if the Republicans won. (Review Sheet Question 13)

• The Grand Old Plan

• The Contract With America

• The Conservative Manifesto

• The Reagan Doctrine