Modern America mini review: 1970's to 1990's

What was the event that forced President Reagan to make this address?

• Marine barracks bombing in Lebanon

• Invasion of Grenada

• Iranian hostage crisis

• Iran Contra affair

What caused the Persian Gulf War in the Middle East during the early 1990’s?

• The Soviets invaded Afghanistan and tried to expand communism

• Saddam Hussein and Iraq invade Kuwait to take its’ oil fields

• Iran took Americans hostage and refused to release them until the U.S. sent in troops to get them back

• Israel was created and the Palestinian Liberation Organization invaded

What was the main reason the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001?

• to defeat a terrorist network

• to ensure delivery of humanitarian aid

• to remove a fascist dictator

• to protect locations of oil production

Which statement describes one result of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

• The pollution level in participating nations has decreased.

• The amount of exports from the United States has increased.

• The percentage of people voting in national elections has increased.

• The number of people migrating from Mexico has decreased.

What did the 2000 presidential election reveal about the political divisions among Americans?

• Fewer and fewer Americans are participating in national elections.

• The presidency cannot be won by the popular vote anymore.

• Support for Democrats and Republicans is split among geographic regions.

• Political parties are becoming less important to American voters.

Which statement describes one result of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?

• The number of people migrating from Mexico has decreased.

• The percentage of people voting in national elections has increased.

• The amount of exports from the United States has increased.

• The pollution level in participating nations has decreased.

President Carter met with foreign leaders at Camp David in 1978. What was the outcome of this meeting?

• The US and its allies halted grain sales to the Soviet Union

• The US persuaded Egypt and Israel to sign a future peace treaty

• The US signed a treaty promising the return of the Panama Canal Zone

• The US successfully rescued hostages held by Iranian students in Tehran

What was the Iranian-Hostage crisis?

• The Shah of Iran stopped cooperating with the U.S. and adopted a communist policy

• The Shah of Iran was overthrown and Americans were taken hostage by Iranian fundamentalists

• The Iranian government took Americans hostage to pressure the U.S. to provide Iran with nuclear weapons

Which scandal involved the National Security Council to become involved in secret weapons transactions prohibited by the U.S. Congress?

• Iran-Iraq War

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Persian Gulf War

• Iran Hostage Crisis

Which Supreme Court case ruled that separate schools are constitutional so long as they are equal?

• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

• Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

• Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)