What characteristics describe the 1970s-1990s?

• Big Business, Corruption, Industrialization, and Urbaniation

• Reform, more participation in the democratic process, greater regulation

• Oil problems, conflicts in the Middle East, thawing of Cold War

• Jazz, Flappers, Prohibition

What did Nixon do in regards to relations with communist China and Soviet Union?

• He normalized relations with China.

• He tried to relax tension with the Soviet Union

• He negotiated the SALT agreements to limit the nuclear arsenal.

• All of the above

Oil shortages, increase in gas prices, and long wait lines were caused by -

• the OPEC oil embargo

• the invasion of Afghanistan

• the Camp David Accords

• the Iran-Hostage Crisis

Jimmy Carter's peace negotiations with Israel and Egypt are known as -

• Treaty of Versailles

• Fourteen Points

• Camp David Accords

• Marshall Plan

The event in which 52 U.S. diplomats were kidnapped in Tehran by Iranian revolutionaries during the Carter administration was called the -

• Berlin Airlift

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Persian Gulf War

Reagan had a conservative government policy which means he wanted tax cuts for the ______________ and increased spending for the ___________________.

• poor/education

• wealthy/welfare programs

• wealthy/military

• poor/arts

What war did President George H.W. Bush lead a UN coalition to free Kuwait from Iraqi control?

• Persian Gulf War

• Invasion of Afghanistan

• Balkan War

• War on Terror

What organization dismantled trade barriers between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico?

• GATT

• WTO

• OPEC

• NAFTA

Which two political scandals took place during this era that led to Americans having decreased confidence in their government and leaders?

• Teapot Dome Scandal / Watergate

• Watergate / Clinton's Impeachment

• Andrew Johnson's Impeachment / Trump's Impeachment

• Iran-Contra Affair / Teapot Dome Scandal

In what year did the Cold War end?

• 1970

• 1982

• 1991

• 1999