Ford/Carter/Reagan

Stagflation is 

• high inflation and economic growth

• low inflation and economic growth

• high inflation and low economic growth

• high inflation and low unemployment

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

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

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

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

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

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

How was the Iran Hostage Crisis resolved?

• the hostages were all killed

• the hostages were released as part of the agreement ending the Vietnam War

• the hostages were freed upon Reagan's inauguration

• the Camp David Accords led Israel to release the hostages

To resist the spread of Communism in Latin America and liberate American hostages, several US officials became involved in what scandal?

• Watergate

• Whitewater

• Iran-Contra

• Benghazi

What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?

• a series of military actions to root out communism in Central America

• a coalition of nations that volunteered to police the Middle East

• a plan to defend Eastern Europe in the event of a Soviet attack

• a program to use laser technology to defend America against missiles

The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that —

• borrowing from foreign countries would help cover the costs of domestic programs

• significant increases in government spending would help reduce unemployment

• broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion

• reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus