1970s/1980s

Detente was about:

• Easing tensions between the US and USSR

• Increasing tensions between the US and USSR

• Punishing the USSR

• Containing the USSR

The Watergate Scandal resulted in President __________ resignation.

• Kennedy's

• Johnson's

• Nixon's

• Ford's

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What was the primary goal of discussions between these two leaders?

• To recognize the independence of former satellite states.

• To reach a formal agreement on weapons control.

• To negotiate the reunification of Germany.

• To develop a global environmental-protection policy.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which course of action did President Carter propose in order to solve this problem for the next generation?

• Contract with foreign nations to build wind turbines.

• Reduce federal spending on solar cell energy research.

• Drill fewer offshore wells to conserve marine life.

• Develop alternative energy sources.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Earth Day was created for the purpose of —

• Celebrating the diversity of humankind.

• Honoring the world’s agricultural workers.

• Raising awareness of environmental issues.

• Promoting peace throughout the world.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

How did this treaty contribute to the end of the Cold War?

• By reducing tensions associated with the threat of nuclear war.

• By providing an exchange of weapons for war hostages.

• By allowing secret weapons technologies to be shared.

• By establishing an official cease-fire.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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 antiwar and civil rights protests.

• Cynicism about government and elected politicians.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Failed rescue, economic sanctions, and negotiations for the release of the hostages were-

• responses by Nixon toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War

• responses by Carter during the Iran Hostage Crisis

• responses by Reagan during the Iran-Contra Affair

• responses by Ford when he pardoned Nixon for the Watergate Scandal

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What is the purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• It creates and enforces regulations for pollution in the US

• It researches diseases and health in the US

• It manages an emergency oil supply in the United States

• It oversees the National Parks Service

When did the first personal computers become available?

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1990s

• 2000s