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Watergate and The Conservative Revolution Unit Test Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the image shown represent?

a)

The "Dirty War" in Chile

b)

Nixon's trip to the Soviet Union

c)

Nixon's trip to China

d)

"New Federalism"

2.

What role did the two men in the image play in the Watergate scandal?

a)

They were accused of wiretapping the Watergate Hotel

b)

They chaired the special investigative committee

c)

They spread false information about the Democratic candidates

d)

They reported on the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post

3.

Which of the following best describes the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Nixon?

a)

The Court ruled that all the requested tapes must be turned over.

b)

The Court ruled in favor of executive privilege.

c)

The Court ruled that President Nixon must resign.

d)

The Court ruled that President Nixon could fire Archibald Cox.

4.

Which of the following did Congress do in response to the government corruption the Watergate investigations uncovered? Select all that apply.

a)

established the Federal Election Commission

b)

passed the Ethics in Government Act

c)

created an Office of Government Ethics

d)

ended corporate campaign funding and advertising

5.

Which of the following strategies did President Carter promote during the Energy Crisis?

Select all that apply.

a)

He provided tax breaks for electric cars and buses.

b)

He promoted the development of coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, and solar power.

c)

He banned the production and sale of air conditioners.

d)

He placed taxes on cars that burned a lot of fuel.

6.

What was President Reagan's primary foreign policy goal?

a)

reduce U.S. trade deficits with Asia

b)

fight global terrorism

c)

contain communism

d)

spread democracy to the Middle East

7.

For which groups did President Clinton make repeated attempts to broker a peace agreement?

a)

Croats and Serbs

b)

Iraqis and the Kurds

c)

Israelis and Palestinians

d)

Poles and Russians

8.

Which of the following describes why President Clinton used the U.S. military in the Balkans?

a)

to restore democracy after a string of military coups

b)

to disrupt terrorists' ability to train new recruits

c)

to end violent conflicts between ethnic groups

d)

to deliver humanitarian aid following natural disasters

9.

President Reagan took which action in response to a suicide-bomb attack on a U.S. Marine Corps barracks?

a)

He ordered air strikes against targets in Libya.

b)

He announced an end to U.S. military aid to Israel.

c)

He condemned the Soviet Union for supporting terrorism.

d)

He withdrew U.S. peacekeeping troops from Lebanon.

10.

In which area did President Clinton fail to achieve his foreign-policy objective?

a)

promoting free trade and capitalist development in North America

b)

brokering a lasting peace agreement between Israel and the PLO

c)

pressuring NATO to bomb military sites in Serbia

d)

recognizing Kosovo as an independent country

11.

Which foreign policy problem did the United States face as a result of the Persian Gulf War?

a)

reduced U.S. access to oil supplies from the Middle East

b)

development of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East

c)

resentment of the presence of U.S. troops in the Middle East

d)

rise of dictatorships in several countries in the Middle East

12.

In the years immediately after the Cold War, what was the main foreign policy challenge facing the United States?

a)

the rise of totalitarianism in underdeveloped Asian nations

b)

growing political and economic instability in Latin America

c)

the sharp increase in terrorist attacks on American businesses

d)

regional conflicts in Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East

13.

Which president was most affected by the Iran Hostage Crisis?

a)

Carter

b)

Nixon

c)

Reagan

d)

George H.W Bush

14.

Which president is famous for saying "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."

a)

Carter

b)

Obama

c)

Trump

d)

Reagan

15.

What was the effect the image below on President Carter.

a)

He attempted to free the hostages using diplomacy, and economic sanctions, but it did not work and he was seen as weak, thus costing him the election.

b)

He ordered American special forces units to extract the hostages, and was deemed a hero by Americans, easily winning re-election

c)

He was impeached on the grounds that he allowed American citizens to become hostages in a foreign country.

d)

He ignored the crisis and left Reagan to deal with it.

16.

Which group, with Osama Bin Laden as a leader and American support, fought against the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in the early 1980s?

a)

Al-Qaeda

b)

ISIS (Islamic State in Syria)

c)

Taliban

d)

Mujahideen

17.

The Persian Gulf war, or Operation Desert Storm, was a military and diplomatic success for the United States

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Saddam Hussein was left in power in Iraq after the hostilities ended in Operation Desert Storm in 1991, only to be later captured by US forces in 2003.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

History the best and most important subject in the world because how can we collectively know where we are going if we do not know where we have been?

a)

True

b)

False