Blackout Social Studies

In 1973, the Arab members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to stop selling oil to the United States and cut oil production. These countries objected to U.S. support for Israel in the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. The result of the oil ​ (a)   ​ ​ in the United States was an increase in oil prices and oil shortages. U.S. policy makersresponded by working to reduce on foreign oil and increase​ (b)  

• Embargo
• Conservation

 

Which economic effect ocurred as a result of each technological inovation?

• Improved transportation through the use of the internal combustion engine

• Steel production:

• Facilitated the expansion of the Transcontinental Railroad

• Satellite communications:

• Improve the transfer of information across long distances

• Electric power:​

• Lengthened the workday through the use of lightbulbs

• Petroleum-based products:

This table describes programs created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in 1933. Which New Deal programs demonstrate the federal government's efforts to provide jobs for the unemployed? Select TWO correct answers.

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

• Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC)

• Tennessee Valley Autority (TVA)

Which factors contributed to the levee failures in New Orleans during Huricane Katrina in 2005? Select THREE correct answers.

• The city has a large population

• Bridges were constructed over the city's waterways

• The city was built at or below sea level

• The city's flood-control infrastructure lacked maintenance

• Water surrounds the city on three sides

This newspaper headline descrives an event that occurred after US troops enter Cambodia.

Which statement identify the MOST direct causes of the event descrived in the newspaper? Select TWO correct answers.

• The ongoing fears over the expanding power of the soviet Union

• The buildup of US forces in Korean demilitarized zone

• The widespread youth protests against the Vietnam War

• The growing counterculture movement

• The expanding Black Panter Party

This political cartoon was published in 1991 at the end of the Cold War.

Which actions MOST directly contributed to the results represented in the cartoon?

Select TWO correct answers.

• The US government established a "Peace Through Strength" policy, leading to economic pressure on communist countries

• The US developed "the domno theory," leading to criticism in Southeast Asia

• The US government focused on detente in order to avoid conflicts with communist countries

• The US government airlifted military supplies to anti-communist rebels in Easter Europe

• The US government supported anti-communist group around the world

Explain the Watergate Scandal as simply as possible. Make sure to mention which US President this scandal happened under.

What were the Camp David Accords?

• An agreement, that Jimmy Carter was able to strike between Israel and Egypt

• An agreement that ended 30 years of conflict between Egypt and Israel

• Jimmy Carter's greatest foreign policy achievement.

• The event that earned Jimmy Carter a Nobel Peace Prize

Which of the following is true of the US in the 1960s and 1970s?

• Companies and people were leaving the Rust Belt, and moving to the Sun Belt for more economic opportunities.

• Companies and people were leaving the Sun Belt, and moving to the Rust Belt for more economic opportunities.

Which of these best describes the Iran - Contra scandal

• Ronald Reagan's administration negotiated with terrorists

• Ronald Reagan's administration was trying to support "freedom" fighters in Nicaragua

• Used money from weapon sales to Iran to support rebel groups in Nicaragua - 80s

• Ronald Reagan's crowning achievement in office