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Unit 9 Test Practice

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
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1.

  One outcome of the Watergate Scandal was the

a)

Impeachment of Nixon.

b)

Resignation of Gerald Ford.

c)

Conviction of Nixon by the Senate.

d)

Resignation of Richard Nixon.

2.

What was the greatest foreign policy accomplishment during the Nixon years?

a)

keeping China’s seat in the united Nations away from the People’s Republic of China

b)

recognizing the Communist government of the Soviet union

c)

Bringing about American detente with the Soviet Union and China

d)

mending the rifts between China and the Soviet Union

3.

Why did the Watergate break-in occur?

a)

The Nixon White House wanted to get Daniel Ellsberg’s psychiatric records.

b)

The Committee to Reelect the President wanted to wiretap the democratic national Committee.

c)

The Committee to Reelect the President needed money to carry on its work.

d)

The FBI and the CIA wanted information about the democratic presidential campaign.

4.

   One major factor contributing to Ronald Reagan’s defeat of President Carter in 1980 was

a)

The Persian Gulf War.

b)

The Camp David Accords.

c)

The hostage crisis in Iran.

d)

The decline of the New Right.

5.

The Reagan administration rapidly increased spending on

a)

Social programs.

b)

Support of the Soviet Union.

c)

The American military.

d)

Enlargement of the federal government.

6.

What were two major components of Ronald Reagan’s economic plan?

a)

Expanding the government and reducing competition.

b)

increasing the demand for goods and cutting the supply of goods

c)

encouraging business growth and discouraging investment

d)

cutting taxes and increasing defense spending

7.

Who decided the outcome of the 2000 election?

a)

the voters

b)

the state of Florida

c)

the candidates

d)

the Supreme Court

8.

On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into the

a)

White House and the Pentagon.

b)

World Trade Center towers and the Capitol.

c)

World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon.

d)

Empire State Building and the White House.

9.

How has the growth of industries that use computer technology changed employment?

a)

made skills less important

b)

increased manufacturing jobs

c)

lowered wages for all

d)

increased demand for educated workers

10.

President Ford’s most controversial act as President was to

a)

pardon Nixon.

b)

bomb Vietnam.

c)

balance the budget.

d)

raise taxes.

11.

President Cater assumed the role of peacemaker to negotiate which of the following between Israel and Egypt?

a)

Geneva Accords

b)

Paris Peace Accords

c)

Camp David Accords

d)

Treaty of Versailles

12.

  President Bush declared the “war on terror” in response to

a)

Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait

b)

The attacks of September 11, 2001

c)

Operation Enduring Freedom

d)

News that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction

13.

The following list describes which election?

 - Closest presidential election in history

 - Intervention by the US Supreme Court

 - Electoral College a major Factor

 - Florida

a)

Presidential election of 1960

b)

Presidential election of 1980

c)

Presidential election of 1992

d)

Presidential election of 2000

14.

A good campaign strategy for Jimmy Carter in 1980 would have been to focus on

a)

Camp David Accords

b)

Iran Hostage Crisis

c)

State of the Economy

d)

 SALT II

15.

Watergate is remembered as an important event in US history because it

a)

resulted in only the second presidential impeachment

b)

nearly destroyed the Reagan presidency

c)

forced Richard Nixon to resign in disgrace

d)

ended the political career of Lyndon B. Johnson

16.

The charge that Bill Clinton had lied to a grand jury concerning his relationship with Monica Lewinski eventually led to

a)

The President’s impeachment

b)

the President’s resignation

c)

Republicans winning the 1994 congressional elections

d)

Clinton’s dismissal from office

17.

Jimmy Carter receives a lot of criticism for which of the following?

a)

Watergate

b)

His handling of the Iranian Hostage Crisis

c)

The Camp David Accords

d)

Institution WIN

18.

Reagan’s economic plan once he took office was nicknamed

a)

Conservative money theory

b)

Reaganomics

c)

National Debt

d)

Stagflation

19.

  What happened in the Clinton impeachment process once the vote was sent to the Senate?

a)

The Senate convicted President Clinton of both the charges passed by the House of Representatives.

b)

The Senate convicted President Clinton to the two charges that failed in the House of Representatives

c)

The Senate acquitted President Clinton of both the charges passed by the House of Representatives.

d)

The Senate acquitted President Clinton of earlier charges but filed new ones related to the House trial.

20.

  What was the purpose of Reaganomics?

a)

To tax and spend in an attempt to redistribute wealth to the middle class.

b)

To raise and cut spending in order to reduce the federal deficit.

c)

To cut taxes causing all profits to trickle-down through the economy

d)

To raise taxes on big businesses

21.

  Which concern has increased because more people use computers and the internet?

a)

Increased air pollution

b)

Decreased television viewership

c)

Protecting people’s right to privacy

d)

Decline in volunteering and civic participation.

22.

What significant event during Carter’s administration made it difficult for him to be re-elected as president?

a)

SALT Treaties

b)

Iran Hostage Crisis

c)

Camp David Accords

d)

Panama Canal Treaty

23.

Which of the following is not an effect of Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring?

a)

Creation of the EPA

b)

Banning the Use of certain pesticides, DDT

c)

Creation of Earth Day

d)

Creation of NOW

24.

What organization was founded by Betty Friedan?

a)

National Organization of Women (NOW)

b)

EPA

c)

Student Non-Violent Coordination Committee

d)

United Farmworkers Union

25.

  Who was responsible for helping fight for better working conditions for migrant farm workers?

a)

Betty Friedan

b)

Rachel Carson

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Fidel Castro

26.

  What did Kennedy do in response to the discovery of Soviet Missiles in Cuba?

a)

Sent in CIA trained rebels to overthrow Castro

b)

Blockaded Cuba and demanded the Soviet Union remove missiles

c)

Demanded Cuba become a territory of the U.S.

d)

Sent in air support to Cuba

27.

This was invasion, by CIA trained Cuban exiles, intended to overthrow the communist dictator, Castro, in Cuba.

a)

Bay of Pigs

b)

Cuban Missile Crisis

c)

Vietnam War

d)

Korean War

28.

What was Nixon’s policy of training South Vietnamese troops and slowly withdrawing U.S. Troops in Vietnam?

a)

The Tet Offensive

b)

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

c)

Vietnamization

d)

Vietcong