WorksheetsModern America Unit
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following did Richard Nixon install in the White House?
a gumball machine
a swimming pool
a recording device
a video-based surveillance system
Which man leaked the "Pentagon Papers" on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War to news agencies . . .
Spiro Agnew
Bob Woodward
Gordon Liddy
Daniel Ellsberg
The group hired to break into the Watergate hotel was nicknamed the
electricians
roofers
cleaners
plumbers
When Nixon resigned, who became the only President who was never elected by the people?
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Johnson
Ronald Reagan
The Iranian Revolution in 1979 put who in power?
Khomeini
Phalavi
Hussain
Mossadeq
Washington Post reporters received information regarding the illegal break in from an anonymous source named
John Doe
Secret Bob
Deep Throat
Con Man
Name the covert operation launched by President Jimmy Carter to save Iranian hostages in 1980.
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation El Dorado Canyon
Operation Eagle Claw
A positive moment during Carter's presidency was the peace agreement called
Camp Hope Accords
Camp David Accord
Washington Protocol
None of the Above
The 1984 campaign ad "Morning in America" helped President Ronal Reagan achieve a landslide win against
Hubert Humphrey
Ross Perot
Barry Goldwater
Water Mondale
Which was not part of Ronald Reagan's economic plan dubbed "Reaganomics"
a reduction in military spending
a reduction in government spending
a reduction in interest rates
a reduction in personal and business taxes
The ending of the Cold War resulted in part due to Reagan's increase in military spending. Name the Soviet leader who realized changes had to be made to dismantle the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Putin
The Persian Gulf War began when Iraq invaded what country?
Israel
Saudia Arabia
Kuwait
None of the Above
During the Persian Gulf War, who was the leader of Iraq?
Ayatollah Khomeini
Osama bin Laden
Norman Schwarzkopf
Saddam Hussain
In 2000, which state determined the winner
New York
Ohio
Florida
California
On September 11, 20011 how many aircraft were hijacked and used as weapons by the al-Quaeda?
2
3
4
5
Today, what rests in the footprint of the World Trade Center towers to honor those who died in the 9/11 attacks?
Tribute in Light
The Tower of Voices
184 benches
Two Memorial Pools
The yearly amount of money that separates what government spends versus its revenue is
inflation
the national debt
its gross domestic product
a deficit
The European Union has issued a common currency called the
Dollar
Pound
Euro
Rial
Most of the world's largest petroleum reserves are located in
Africa
Alaska
Middle East
None of these
NAFTA was implemented to discourage trade between the US, Mexico, and Canada.
True
False
High illiteracy rates are an effect of lesser developed nations.
True
False
Which court case (1973) legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy
Plessy v Ferguson
Roe v Wade
Loving v Virginia
Brown v Topeka Board of Education
Which President went to China to show the US public he was going to use diplomacy
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
Name a political scandal in which the Nixon administration was accused of abuse of power; Nixon resigns
Waterbridge
Waterdoor
Watergate
Watercolor
The Fall of the Berlin Wall united East and West Germany and marked the end of the Cold War
True
False
Which U.S. President changed decades of US policy. Built-up military in the US and lowered welfare budget
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Barack Obama
The codename for the US-led UN operation to liberate Kuwait from Iraq
Operation Desert Storm
Iraqi Freedom
Operation Middle East
Operation Freedom
The 2000 decision that ended the manual recount of ballots in Florida was between
Carter vs. Reagan
Clinton vs. Bush
Bush vs. Gore
None of the above
O' Connor became the first female Supreme Court justice in 1981
True
False
Name the Islamist terrorist organization that launched a series of attacks against U.S.
Al Qaeda
· Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)
Afghan Taliban
Al-Shabaab
Increased security at airports in response to 9/11, buffed up homeland security
Homeland Act
Patriot Act
Security Act
Airport Act
This was created after 9-11 attacks in October 2002 to protect our nation from terrorists attacks
Patriot Act
Homeland Act
Patriot Security
Homeland Security
Name the American policy under President George W. Bush to fight global terrorism in all its forms
War on Terror
War on the Middle East
War on Terrorism
None of the Above
