Worksheets70's -80's Test Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 48mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Organization formed to fight for traditional values
a)
Moral Majority
b)
Conservative Coalition
c)
New Right Group
d)
Freedom Riders
2.
Proposed system to defend the United States against missile attacks, known by critics as Star Wars
a)
Deregulation
b)
Strategic Defense Initiative
c)
Supply-Side Economics
d)
Raeganomics
3.
Fatal disease with no known cure, that became a U.S. and world-wide epidemic
a)
AIDS
b)
SIDS
c)
HIV
d)
ADSK
4.
Place in Beijing where Chinese protesters demonstrated against the Communist government
a)
glasnot
b)
perestroika
c)
INF Treaty
d)
Tianamen Square
5.
First woman Supreme Court justice
a)
Jesse Jackson
b)
Sandra Day O'Connor
c)
Antonia Scalia
d)
Laura Busch
6.
Rebel forces supported by Ronald Reagan to over throw the
Sandinistas
a)
Contras
b)
Anti-Sandista
c)
Desert Strom League
d)
Missile Crisis Oversion
7.
This Right-Wing think tank heavily influenced President Reagan's administration.
a)
The Soros Foundation
b)
Koch Industries
c)
The Heritage Foundation
d)
Traditional Values Foundation
8.
Reagonomics was also known as _____ economics
a)
Supply-Side
b)
Demand-Side
c)
Option-Side
d)
Teacher-Side
9.
Reagan's policy of preventing war by showing the US was willing to use military force was called:
a)
Command and Conquer
b)
Peace Through Strength
c)
Call of Duty
d)
Modern Warfare
10.
Profits from weapons sales to Iran were used to fund:
a)
Reagonomics
b)
Domestic Programs
c)
Nicaraguan Contras
d)
Social Security
11.
Signed into law by Pres. Nixon to protect the environment.It sets air and water pollution standards.
a)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
b)
Endangered Species Act
c)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
d)
New Deal
12.
A law requiring the Fish & Wildlife Service to list species of plants and animals that are threatened with extinction.
a)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
b)
New Deal
c)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
d)
Endangered Species Act
13.
Amendment was finally approved by Congress and sent to the states for ratification, it failed.
a)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
b)
19th Amendment
c)
18th Amendment
d)
26th Amendment
14.
Opposed the ERA, thinking it would reduce the rights of wives and harm family life.Claimed it would deprive women of the ‘right’ to be ‘supported and protected’ by men.
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Phyllis Schlafly
c)
Frances Willard
d)
Sonia Sotomayor
15.
Relaxing of tensions with the USSR.Nixon and Soviet leaders signed an agreement (SALT) limiting development of defensive missile systems.
a)
Domino Theory
b)
Truman Doctrine
c)
Marshall Plan
d)
Detente
16.
Pres. Nixon attempted to cover up the investigation on the grounds that it involved national security.
a)
Watergate Scandal
b)
Iran-Contra Affair
c)
Teapot Dome Scandal
d)
The Petticoat Affair
17.
Struck down a law requiring Amish kids to attend High School, violated 1st Amendment right of religious freedom.
a)
Wisconsin v. Yoder
b)
Brown v. Board of Education
c)
Tinker v. Des Moines
d)
Hernadez v. Texas
18.
Is inflation but with high unemployment.
a)
Stagflation
b)
Trickle-down economics
c)
Reaganomics
d)
Bull Market
19.
Used oil as a political weapon by placing an oil embargo on the USA & Western Europe for supporting Israel in a Middle East war. Overnight the price of gas shot up!
a)
OPEC
b)
FDIC
c)
CCC
d)
NAFTA
20.
Required banks to make loans available for low-income, minority communities.
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps
b)
Community Reinvestment Act
c)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
d)
Reaganomics
21.
Face to face negotiations produced the ending 30 years of war between Israel and Egypt.
a)
Camp David Accords
b)
Camp Fun Accords
c)
Detente
d)
Arms Race
22.
Iranian students seized 66 people at the American Embassy in Tehran.
a)
Iran Hostage Crisis
b)
Afghanistan Hostage Crisis
c)
Iran-Contra Affair
d)
Camp David Accords
23.
Nixon is the first president to go and visit...
a)
China
b)
Australia
c)
Vaudeville
d)
Transylvania
24.
Nixon's new policy of __________ with the Soviet Union is meant to ease tensions.
a)
detente
b)
gelatin
c)
hotline bling
d)
Moxley
25.
Which is an example of detente'?
a)
building the Berlin Wall
b)
blockade of Cuba by the US
c)
Soviet invasion of Afganistan
d)
Nixon's visit to the Soviet Union
26.
CONTROL OIL PRICES AROUND THE WORLD
a)
OPEC
b)
NATO
c)
UNITED NATIONS
d)
IRAN
27.
What was the name of President Nixon's policy of letting South Vietnam take over the war there?
a)
Vietnamization
b)
Operation Swap-Out
c)
Operation Transition
d)
Vietnam-in-Control
28.
A formal halt to trade with a particular country for economic and political reasons is known as
a)
A tariff
b)
A quota
c)
An embargo
d)
A natural trade barrier
29.
At the Camp David Accords, Carter negotiated a peace treaty between what two long-time rival nations?
a)
the Soviet Union & the USA
b)
Israel & Egypt
c)
North Vietnam & South Vietnam
d)
the USSR & Afghanistan
30.
Which president pardoned Richard Nixon?
a)
Jimmy Carter
b)
Ronald Reagan
c)
Gerald Ford
d)
Lyndon B. Johnson
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