1970s-1980s

What was one of President Nixon's goals for the meeting shown in this photograph?

• To negotiate the withdrawal of U.S. and Chinese soldiers from Korea

• To normalize relations between the United States and China

• To create an agreement limiting Chinese and Soviet development of nuclear weapons

• To create a military alliance with China against the Soviet Union

What was the primary goal of discussions between these two leaders?

• To develop a global environmental-protection policy

• To negotiate the reunification of Germany

• To real a formal agreement on weapons control

• To recognize the independence of former satellite states

One action that influenced the U.S.-Soviet signing of the SALT I treaty in 1972 was President Richard Nixon's -

• opening of diplomatic relations with China

• involvement in the Watergate scandal

• support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War

• withdrawal of military forces from Vietnam

Which speaker would most likely agree with President Ronald Reagan's national security policies?

• Speaker 1

• Speaker 2

• Speaker 3

• Speaker 4

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

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

• reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus

• broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion

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

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

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

• His policies involved the sharing of nuclear technology with Iran

• His policies threatened petroleum trade agreements with Iran

• His administration violated an embargo by selling weapons to Iran

The name of which Middle Eastern country correctly completes the excerpt?

• Egypt

• Israel

• Kuwait

• Saudi Arabia

These demonstrations led to -

• a global energy crisis borught on by an OPEC embargo

• the bombing of a Marine barracks, followed by retaliatory U.S. air strikes

• a U.S. boycott of the Olympics in protest of events in Central Asia

• a hostage crisis that severely damaged confidence in the Carter administration

How did President Jimmy Carter attempt to end hostilities between the groups that fought these wars?

• He helped negotiate a peace treaty known as the Camp David Accords.

• He deployed U.S. troops to defeat the Palestine Liberation Organization.

• He ordered the boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow.

• He treatened to sever diplomatic ties with Syria.

The author of this letter was -

• a leader of the Civil Rights movement

• the cofounder of the National Organization for Women

• a leader of a conservative interest group

• the cofounder of Ms. Magazine