1970s to the End of the Cold War

The ​ (a)   helped create trade opportunities for less-developed countries and helped lower trade barriers through negotiations

• World Trade Organization
• World Trade Union
• North American Free Trade Agreement
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Order the following presidents from the 1970s-1990s.

• Bill Clinton

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• George H.W. Bush

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

What was the organization responsible for the rise of oil prices and gas shortages in the U.S. during the 1970s? (The U.S. is not a member.)

(a)  

Match the following court cases.

• "separate but equal" was unconstitutional

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• the 1st Amendment guaranteed that two siblings had the right to protest the Vietnam war

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Amish children were not required to attend school because of the 1st Amendment

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• African American student was admitted into the UT law school because of the equal protection clause

• Hernandez v. Texas

• Mexican Americans and all other races in the U.S. have equal protection under the 14th Amendment

• Sweatt v. Painter

These demonstrations led to —

• a global energy crisis brought on by an OPEC oil 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

​ (a)   is an agreement that reduced ​ (b)   between the U.S., ​ (c)   , and Canada.

• NAFTA
• tariffs
• Mexico
• OPEC
• oil embargoes
• Britain
• GATT
• quotas
• Cuba

Match the following presidents between 1970-1990.

• Jimmy Carter

• 
• Richard M. Nixon

• 
• Bill Clinton

• 
• George H.W. Bush

• 
• Ronald Reagan

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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 ​ (a)   was signed by Nixon to protect the environment by monitoring pollution, and the ​ (b)   was signed by Nixon to protect plants and animals that face the threat of extinction.

• Environmental Protection Agency
• Endangered Species Act
• Council on Environmental Quality
• United States Department of the Interior