Unit 11 Test Review

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 civil rights and antiwar protests

• Distrust in the president and government

The Reagan administration raised money to fund the Contras in Nicaragua by--

• selling arms to Iran
• raising taxes on the wealthy
• selling drugs to Mexico
• funding through foreign aid

How did President Reagan's administration support Contra rebels in Nicaragua?

• By secretly selling weapons to Iran 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

Why does the US government support Israel?

• The US government supports Israel because it is one of the few democracies in the Middle East.

• The US government supports Israel for economic reasons only.
• The US government supports Israel to gain access to its vast oil reserves.

• The US government supports Israel to isolate neighboring countries.

How did the Iran Hostage Crisis end?

• President Carter sent in the CIA to extract the hostages

• The hostages were traded for the Shah

• Iran released the hostages

• The hostages were executed

What happened on the same day Iran released American hostages?

• The launch of the first manned space mission.
• The inauguration of President Ronald Reagan.
• The signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
• The end of World War II.

First woman to serve as Supreme Court Justice

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Sonia Sotomayor
• Sandra Day O'Connor
• Elena Kagan

What caused major gas shortages in the United States in the 1970s?

• Decreased domestic oil production

• Natural gas pipeline failures
• Government price controls on gasoline
• OPEC placed an embargo on the US

OPEC stands for

• Organization of Petroleum Engineer Corps

• Oil Producing Energy Corporation

• Office of Petroleum Energy Cooperation
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

The Watergate Scandal proved that

• the President is not above law

• Nixon was not a crook

• Presidents always follow the Constitution

• the American people do not care about government scandals