1980s and 1990s Test

This photograph is a result of -

• US involvement in the Vietnam War

• an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico by the Exxon Valdez

• an embargo on the United States by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

• U.S. involvement in the Korean War

Sandra Day O'Connor

• first female elected to serve as governor

• first woman named to US Supreme Court

• first woman nominated as candidate for vice president

• first female member of the US Senate

President Jimmy Carter attempted to end hostilities between the groups that fought these wars by ​​ (a)  

• negotiating the Camp David Accords
• deploying US troops to defeat the PLO
• boycotting the Olympics in Moscow
• severing diplomatic ties with Syria

These are all examples of ​ (a)  

• technologies developed for space flight
• programs to monitor national security
• research conducted by the EPA
• testing by the Federal Civil Defense Initiative

Match the following President with their foreign policy

• ending wars between Israel and Egypt

• Nixon

• opened diplomatic relations with a communist country

• Carter

• increased military spending to bankrupt the Soviet Union

• Reagan

Reagan's demand to "tear down this wall" was part of his foreign policy goal to end

• the Iranian Hostage Crisis

• the Vietnam War

• the Iran-Contra Scandal

• the Cold War

• the US government secretly sold weapons to fund anti-communists in Nicaragua

• 52 Americans hostages are held for 444 days

• the US invades Iraq

• increased defense spending bankrupts the Soviet Union

• SALT II

• Camp David Accords

• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

• Iranian Hostage Crisis

America's support for ​ (a)   ​ caused OPEC to place an oil embargo on the United States in 1973.

• Israel
• Iran
• China
• Egypt

This severely damaged American prestige and likely cost Jimmy Carter re-election.

• Watergate Scandal

• Camp David Accords

• creation of the Department of Energy

• Iranian Hostage Crisis