Unit 8: Modern America

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

What peace treaty did President Carter negotiate in order to end the conflict between Israel and Egypt?

• United Nations

• War Powers Act

• Camp David Accords

• NATO

What happened to Clinton after he lied under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky?

• He was fired
• He resigned
• He was impeached
• He was promoted

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

The name for President Ronald Reagan’s economic program that included budget cuts, tax cuts, and increased defense spending was

• The Great Society

• Enduring Freedom

• NAFTA

• Reaganomics

Which action has come to symbolize the end of the Cold War?

• establishing the Peace Corps

• achieving a truce in the Korean War

• tearing down the Berlin Wall

• improving United States relations with China

What was one effect of the Watergate scandal?

• The creation of executive privilege
• The development of the domino theory
• A greater distrust of the government by the American people
• The establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency

1. The economy of the USSR was collapsing in the 1980s.

2. Communist governments in Eastern Europe attempted some democratic reforms

3. Citizens of Eastern European nations began to demand even more democratic freedoms

The list above best describes which event?

• Reasons America became involved in the Vietnam War

• Events leading to the end of Communism and the Cold War

• Reasons for the Watergate Scandal

• Reasons for the Iran Hostage Crisis

One consequence of the Iran Hostage Crisis was

• Jimmy Carter lost his bid to be re-elected President

• The US got involved in the Gulf War

• It caused the collapse of Communism in Europe

• The US economy improved significantly

Nixon's efforts to ease tensions with the Soviet Union was called-

• Cooling the Cold War

• Detente

• Strategic Negotiation

• Ceasefire