1970s-2000s Pretest

This table lists important events during the United States involvement in the Middle East between 1970 and 1990. Identify the causes and effects missing from the table. Move each cause or effect into the correct box in the table.

a

b

c

d

Fuel shortage crisis begins

Disputes occur over Israeli control

Terrorist Attack on US Marines Lebanon

US government supports Israel

Match the following

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Iraq invades Kuwait for oil

• Detente

• Nixon is connected to a coverup of a break in at DNC headquarters

• Iran Contra Scandal

• Reagan is connected to Oliver North's plan to give weapons to Iran in exchange for money for the Contras

• Persian Gulf War

• Nixon reducing tension with China and Russia by visiting

• Watergate Scandal

• Iranian students broke into US embassy and held US citizens for 444 days

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Iran Hostage Crisis

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(b) Iran Contra Scandal

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(c) Watergate Scandal

• Ayatolleh Khomeni

• Illegal Arms Sales

• 444 Days

• Break-in At DNC

• White House Tapes

• Oliver North

• Presidental Resignation

• Anti Communist Contra Rebels

• Hostages Released

• Richard Nixon

• Reagan Administration

• Woodward and Bernstein

• Rescue Failed Attempt

• US Embassy in Tehran

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

“Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Samuel M. Walton” This visit is not about Sam Walton’s wealth. He has earned his money, and that’s his business. He’s been generous with his fortune, and that is in the great tradition of America’s commitment to this concept that I call a Thousand Points of Light. . . . You see—you know this, but many around the country might not—you see, he had hit upon a combination that was to form the basis of the strategy of today’s Wal-Mart Stores, small town markets for name-brand merchandise sold at a discount. —President George H. W. Bush, March 17, 1992

How did Sam Walton benefit the U.S. economy?

• By providing jobs in rural areas across the country

• By inventing new technologies that helped create the internet

• By building jewelry shops that sold luxury goods

• By investing his money in the space technology industrywa

Based on the excerpt, how did Ralph Nader's third party candidacy affect the 2000 presidential election?

• Nader's candidacy shifted the issues discussed by the major-party candidates

• Nader's candidacy was unable to influence the outcome of the election

• Nader's candidacy decreased the media coverage given to major-party candidates

• Nader's candidacy was able to attract a majority of voters in the election

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USHS1877.C.19.b

USHS1877.C.11.c

Which statement correctly replaces the question mark in this diagram?

a

Iraq divided communist & democracy

Iraqi soldiers took US embassy hostages

vote to remove Iraq from UN

fought against Iraq in Persian Gulf War

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USHS1877.C.11.a

What does President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial reflect about modern U.S. politics?

• Congress conducts more thorough investigations of judicial nominees

• Campaign finances are monitored by a regulatory agency

• Media outlets focus more on policy issues than on the actions of elected officials

• Elected officials face greater scrutiny of their personal lives.

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USHS1877.C.18.c

This act has caused conflict between —

• individual rights and the authority of the government to maintain national security

• equal protection under the law and protection of minorities against discrimination

• economic stability and increased government spending on military readiness

• promotion of free-trade policies and protections for workers in domestic industries

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USHS1877.C.18.d

Match the following

• GATT

• Controlled oil supply

• OPEC

• Trade agreement between US, Mexico, and Canada

• NAFTA

• increase access to foreign markets for US businesses

• UN

• Created to help prevent wars and create global policy