Fast & Curious 70s & 80s

Which federal agency creates programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment?

• Watergate Scandal

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Policy of Detente

Nixon's policy of decreasing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the U.S. is known as:

• Watergate Scandal

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Policy of Detente

The break-in to the Democratic National Convention, organized by the White House, led to Nixon's resignation to avoid impeachment. This event is known as:

• Watergate Scandal

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Policy of Detente

__________: organization that signed an embargo which caused an oil shortage and economic hardship in the U.S.

• A) Camp David Accords

• B) OPEC Oil Embargo

• C) Community Reinvestment Act

__________: Iranian citizens took American hostages at the embassy after the U.S. allowed the exiled Shah to seek medical care.

• A) Iranian Hostage Crisis

• B) Stagflation

• C) Camp David Accords

What was Reagan's military spending strategy that resulted in a bolstered military?

• Reaganomics

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Peace Through Strength

• Sandra Day O’Conner

What scandal involved Reagan's administration illegally selling weapons to Iran to fund an anti-communist group in Nicaragua?

• Reaganomics

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Peace Through Strength

• Sandra Day O’Conner

What term describes the collection of economic policies under Reagan's administration that concentrated on tax breaks for wealthy citizens to encourage a 'trickle-down' effect in the economic system?

• Reaganomics

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Peace Through Strength

• Sandra Day O’Conner

Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court under Reagan's administration?

• Reaganomics

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Peace Through Strength

• Sandra Day O’Conner

Lines for gas such as the ones in this photograph resulted from ______.

• the dissolution of Standard Oil Company

• an oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico

• the construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline

• an embargo by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries