Modern American History

Why did President Nixon visit China in 1971?

• To offer a plan to reduce arms and their limitations
• To explore their new forms of technology.
• To seek scientific, cultural, and trade agreements.
• Talks of diplomacy to avoid a future war with China. 

By expanding the constitutional right of privacy to include abortion, the Court extended civil liberties protections in which case?

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Roe v. Wade
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas 

In this case, the Court barred the use of quota systems in college admissions but expanded Americans’ civil rights by giving constitutional protection to affirmative action programs that give equal access to minorities.

• Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Gideon v. Wainwright
• Regents of University of California v. Bakke 

President Carter tried to bring peace to the Middle East and negotiated a peace agreement between the Egyptian president and the Israeli Prime minister. This agreement was called:

• Camp David Accords
• Middle East Peace Treaty
• United Nations Charter
• Carter Treaty 

Reaganomics was the nickname for Reagan’s economic  policy. It included:

• Open trade with European and Asia Countries
• Expanding the military, but reducing benefits
• Budget cuts, tax cuts, and increased defense spending
• Free trade with the U.S. and Mexico 

Reagan’s biggest failure in international policy in which his administration officials sold weapons to an enemy of the United States was called the:

• Iranian Revolution
• Iran Contra Scandal
• Iranian Hostage Crisis
• NAFTA

The importance of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was it:

• Brought Mexico into a free-trade zone already existing between the United States and Canada.
• Established a military alliance between the U.S. , Canada, and Mexico.
• Constructed a define border between U.S. , Mexico and Canada, and lifted immigration restrictions.
• Allowed the U.S., Mexico, and Canada to place an embargo on some European Nations.

The outcome of the President Election of 2000 and Bush v. Gore further defined the role of the:

• Popular Vote
• Electoral College
• Qualifications for President
• Duties and Responsibilities of the President 

The Department charged with protecting the United States from terrorist attacks and with responding to natural disasters. 

• Defense Department
• Homeland Security
• United States Marine Corps
• United States Coast Guard

This graph would MOST LIKELY be used by one who

• opposes the end to minimum wage laws.
• opposes stopping illegal immigration.
• supports the North American Free Trade Agreement.
• support the passage of import duties on manufactured goods.