Lbj - Carter

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.

The president after Nixon that pardoned him from Watergate and also created the Helsinki Accords with the Soviet Union.

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Created during President Carter's presidency to try and establish peace in the Middle East, mainly between Israel and Egypt.

• United Nations

• Middle East Treaty

• Camp David Accords

• OPEC

A major goal President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society was to--

• End poverty by expanding social welfare programs

• Reduce tension in society by limiting immigration

• Make the states rather than the federal government support the people

Why did gasoline (oil) prices spike (rise) during the 1970s and early 1980s?

• A natural disaster impeded offshore drilling for oil

• Conflicts in the Middle East with OPEC disrupted the distribution of oil

LBJ's Great Society failed because the U.S. Government was forced to redirect funds to:

• Vietnam War

• NASA

• Cuba

• Peace Corps

What was a significant achievement of President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration in the realm of civil rights?

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964

• The Voting Rights Act of 1965

• The Fair Housing Act of 1968

• All of the above

Which program was a part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society initiative?

• The New Deal

• The Square Deal

• Medicare

• The Marshall Plan

What was one of the main objectives of President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy?

• Promoting human rights

• Expanding military power

• Increasing nuclear arsenals

• Strengthening colonial ties

Which event is associated with President Jimmy Carter's efforts in the Middle East?

• The Camp David Accords

• The Yalta Conference

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The Potsdam Conference