Modern America Unit review

How was Gerald Ford portrayed on shows like Saturday Night Live

• A clumsy fool

• An intelligent scholar

• An elite athlete

• A brave leader

What does the Election of 2000 have in common with presidential elections in 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2016?

• They were all won by Republicans.

• Each election had accusations of fraud by a foreign adversary.

• Each election required that the Supreme Court intervene.

• The winner of each election actually received fewer popular votes than their main opponent.

What did John Hinkley Jr. do that made Reagan even more popular

• He wrote a song about him

• He portrayed him on Saturday Night Live

• He tried to kill him

• He took a famous photograph of him

Washington Post reporters received information regarding the illegal break in from an anonymous source nicknamed...

• “Deep Throat”

• “Secret Bob”

• “Con Man”

• “John Doe”

Obama ended “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” lifting the ban of what group of individuals from military service

• women

• the disabled

• homosexuals

• pacifists

Before becoming Governor of California, Ronald Reagan was

• A stockbroker

• An actor

• A career politician

• A professional athlete

Social security and Medicare are examples of what type of spending:

• Discretionary

• Mandatory

Who won the election of 1992, defeating the incumbent president and a surprisingly successful 3rd party candidate

• George H.W. Bush

• H. Ross Perot

• Bill Clinton

• Admiral Stockdale

After previously losing to Kennedy, he won a very close election, by only .6%, in 1968...

• Carter

• Nixon

• Bush

• Reagan

The Persian Gulf War began when this leader invaded Kuwait.

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Saddam Hussain

• Osama bin Laden

• Norman Schwarzkopf