1970s - End of Cold War

Which action did Congress take to help protect native plants and animals from extinction?

• Passed the Endangered species Act

• Constructed the Hoover Dam

• Passed the Community Reinvestment Act

• Established the Department of Energy

What was the reaction of many Americans to the Watergate scandal?

• Confidence in the presidential selection process

• Support for the containment of communism

• Discontent over the antiwar and civil rights protests

• Cynicism about government and elected politicians

Why was President Ronald Reagan criticized for the Iran Contra Affair?

• His administration supported a revolution against an elected leader in Iran

• His policies threatened petroleum trade agreement with Iran

• His policies involved the sharing of nuclear technology with Iran

• His administration violated an embargo by selling weapons to Iran

Which of the following countries has the United States maintained a strong relationship with including security and democratic values?

• Egypt

• Israel

• Kuwait

• Saudi Arabia

Which president was in office during a hostage crisis at the American Embassy that severely damaged the Confidence in his administration?

• Reagan

• Clinton

• Carter

• Nixon

Which president signed the Missile Treaty with Mikhail Gorbachev reducing the tensions associated with the threat of nuclear war?

• Nixon

• Reagan

• Carter

• Bush

* Obtained a pledge of support from NATO and the UN

* Passed the USA PATRIOT Act to improve counter-terrorism

* Conducted military operations in Afghanistan

• Response to Terrorist Attacks on 9/11

• Response to the Tet Offensive

• Response to Vietnam

• Response to War Powers Act

Why did the United States fight in the Persian Gulf War?

• Iraq needed help resisting a communist revolution.

• Iraq supplied weapons to al-Qaeda

• Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait.

• Iraq financed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Who was president during the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon?

• Jimmy Carter

• Richard Nixon

• Bill Clinton

• George W. Bush

The main reason the U.S. launched military operations in Afghanistan was to

• prevent genocide

• seize weapons of mass destruction

• destroy an international terrorist organization

• overthrow an absolute monarchy