Standard 22 and 23 Test Review- Modern Era

What was a major achievement of the Carter Presidency?

• Settling the Suez crisis

• Taking us out of the Vietnam War

• Improved relations with Iran

• Facilitating the Camp David Accords

What was the BEST consequence of President Carter's handling of the Iranian Hostage Situation?

• Carter was impeached

• The Ayatollah opens diplomatic relations with U.S.

• Carter loses to Reagan in the 1980 election

• We develop improved relations with the Middle East

What did President Ford do to try and end the Watergate Scandal?

• Pardoned Richard Nixon

• Declared a war on poverty

• Refused to run for re-election

• He requested that Congress impeach Nixon

What does this picture MOST CLOSELY represent?

• The attempted coverup of the Watergate Scandal

• The Iranian hostage standoff

• The war on drugs

• The energy crisis in the late 70s

Why did Nixon decide to resign from the Presidency?

• The Watergate Scandal

• His detente policy towards China

• Protests over Vietnam

• Accusations of trading weapons for hostages

What eventually happened because of this confession?

• Impeachment for perjury

• Electoral landslide for his re-election

• The dismantling of the North American Free Trade Agreement

• Congress disagreeing with intervening in the Balkans

Why did the U.S. intervene in Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 2000s?

• Increase global markets

• Discuss a peace agreement

• To fight the "War on Terror"

• Contain the spread of Communism

. My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision. For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued patient and honorable efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime without war. That regime pledged to reveal and destroy all its weapons of mass destruction as a condition for ending the Persian Gulf war in 1991.… — President George W. Bush, March 17, 2003

What did President Bush do after making this statement?

• Took troops out of the Persian Gulf War

• Ordered U.S. troops to invade Iraq

• Removed sanctions from Iraq

• Threatened Iraq with Nuclear weapons

What practice did President Reagan think would help economic growth?

• Lower taxes for corporations and the wealthy

• Increased spending for social welfare

• Cut the defense budget

• Increased regulation on industry

Why did Democrats not like Trickle Down Economics?

• They thought that giving breaks to middle class would hurt the economy

• They thought that federal funds should go towards National defense

• They feared that tax breaks for the wealthy would not help the poor

• They agreed that the government should have little regulation over the economy