WorksheetsCh. 15: Crisis and Resurgence
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
President George H.W. Bush sent troops to Iraq after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait
a)
Persian Gulf War
b)
Detente
c)
Star Wars
d)
Reagan Doctrine
2.
Elected President in 1980, beginning a resurgence of conservitism
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
Ronal Reagan
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Gerald Ford
3.
Created to protect the environment from air and water pollution
a)
OPEC
b)
EPA
c)
ERA
d)
NAFTA
4.
Policy of relaxing tensions between US and Soviet Union by limiting strategic missile systems
a)
Deterrent
b)
Watergate
c)
Detente
d)
Arms Race
5.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, designed to control oil distribution around the world
a)
WTO
b)
GATT
c)
OPEC
d)
NRA
6.
Elected President in 1976, struggled with economic problems and a hostage crisis in Iran
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
George H.W. Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Richard M. Nixon
7.
Former CIA agents were caught breaking in to the Democratic Party Headquarters in Washington, D.C. leading to the resignation of Pres. Nixon
a)
Iran Hostage Crisis
b)
Watergate Scandal
c)
Star Wars
d)
Camp David Accords
8.
Designed to protect the plants and animals on the verge of extinction
a)
EPA
b)
GATT/ WTO
c)
Endangered Species Act
d)
NAFTA
9.
A peace negotiated by Pres. Jimmy Carter between historic Middle Eastern enemies, Egypt and Israel
a)
Camp David Accords
b)
Iran Hostage Crisis
c)
Contract With America
d)
Watergate
10.
Made up of fundamentalist Christians who favored a more socially conservative agenda
a)
Contract with America
b)
Heritage Foundation
c)
Moral Majority
d)
Reagan Doctrine
11.
Economic policy of increasing supply and decreasing prices in order to increase consumer demand
a)
Stagflation
b)
Reaganomics
c)
Socialism
d)
Reagan Doctrine
12.
North American Free Trade Agreement which created a trade association between the US, Canada, and Mexico
a)
GATT
b)
WTO
c)
NRA
d)
NAFTA
13.
First women appointed to the Supreme Court by Pres. Reagan in 1981
a)
Sandra Day O'Conner
b)
Hillary Clinton
c)
Sonya Sotomayor
d)
Phyllis Schlafly
14.
Critic of the Women's Liberation Movement and the Equal Rights Amendment
a)
Sandra Day O'Conner
b)
Betty Friedan
c)
Phyllis Schlafly
d)
Susan B. Anthony
15.
Ronald Reagan's Vice President, was elected President in 1988
a)
Gerald Ford
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
Barack Obama
d)
George H.W. Bush
16.
Areas of the Northeast and Midwest with coal and iron resources
a)
West Coast
b)
Rust Belt
c)
Sun Belt
d)
Bible Belt
17.
The US would try to roll back communism in the Middle East and Asia and support "freedom-fighters" around the word
a)
Reagan Doctrine
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Truman Doctrine
d)
Eisenhower Doctrine
18.
Appointed Vice President by Nixon and assumes Presidency after Nixon resigns from office
a)
Joe Biden
b)
Gerald Ford
c)
Spiro Agnew
d)
Al Gore
19.
Appointed by Pres. Clinton to head up a task force to investigate health care reform
a)
Phyllis Schlafly
b)
Sandra Day O'Conner
c)
Hillary Clinton
d)
Estee Lauder
20.
National Rifle Association, became political when it endorsed Ronald Reagan as President
a)
WTO
b)
GATT
c)
ERA
d)
NRA
21.
Constitutional process of removing an elected official
a)
Impeachment
b)
Sanction
c)
Cesunre
d)
Pardon
22.
Increase in military spending to show America's enemies that it would act to stop aggression
a)
Reagan Doctrine
b)
Detente
c)
Peace Through Strength
d)
Contract With America
23.
Introduced as a program of conservative principals arguing that government was too big
a)
Mein Keimf
b)
Contract With America
c)
Heritage Foundation
d)
Communist Manifesto
24.
Sought to promote conservative policies and influence legislators to pass conservative laws
a)
Heritage Foundation
b)
Tea Party
c)
Moral Majority
d)
Contract With America
25.
Strategic Defense Initiative, using lasers to shoot down missiles in order to prevent nuclear attack
a)
Star Trek
b)
Mission Impossible
c)
Star Wars
d)
SALT II
26.
Elected President in 1992 defeating George H.W. Bush, 2nd President to be impeached
a)
Hillary Clinton
b)
Al Gore
c)
Ross Perot
d)
Bill Clinton
27.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (formally known as World Trade Organization)
a)
WWE
b)
UN
c)
GATT/ WTO
d)
NATO
28.
1979 Iranian students seized 42 staff members at the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran
a)
Iran Hostage Crisis
b)
Watergate
c)
Energy Crisis
d)
Iran-Contra Affair
29.
Southwestern region of the United States which experience population growth as people left the Rust Belt
a)
Northeast
b)
Midwest
c)
Rust Belt
d)
Sun Belt
30.
Elected Pres. 1968, moved the nation in a more conservative direction, 1st Pres. to resign
a)
Gerald Fod
b)
LBJ
c)
Richard M. Nixon
d)
JFK
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