STAAR Review: Resurgence of Conservatism

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 create a military alliance with China against the Soviet Union

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

• To normalize relations between the United States and China

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

How did the U.S. government work to change this situation?

• By encouraging the development of alternative forms of fuel

• By increasing the speed limit on interstate highways

• By decreasing funding for electrical power stations

• By discouraging exploration for fossil fuels

Which option completes this diagram?

• President Nixon's involvement in Watergate

• The proposed ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

• President Carter's negotiation of the Camp David Accords

• The introduction of the Marshall Plan as official foreign policy

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

• Increased Confidence in the presidential selection process

• Support for the containment of Communism

• Discontent over the antiwar and civil rights protest

• Cynicism (distrust) about government and elected politicians

Which action is prohibited under provisions of Title IX?

• A principal refuses to organize athletic events and programs for female sports teams

• The funding for a music program is cut because of declining tax revenues

• A teacher attempts to organize a charity basketball game

• The staffing for a foreign language class is reduced due to lack of interest

How did President Reagan's administration support Contra rebels in Nicaragua after Congress cut funding for military aid?

• By secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to raise funds

• By confiscating funds seized in drug raids

• By implementing a sin tax on luxury items

• By collecting tariffs on oil imports from Saudi Arabia

Lines for gas such as the one in this photograph resulted from-

• the dissolution of Standard Oil Company

• an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico

• the construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline

• an embargo by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

In this excerpt, President Reagan is referring to what would become known as-

• the Iran-Contra Affair

• the Watergate Scandal

• the Plame Affair

• the Whitewater Controversy

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 threatened to sever diplomatic ties with Syria