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Unit 12 Modern US History Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

First African American to hold the office of the presidency.

a)

Colin Powell

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Michelle Obama

2.

This president got America out of the War in Vietnam and pardoned Richard Nixon.

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Gerald Ford

3.

Created the Environmental Protection Agency and was forced to resign as President of the United States.

a)

Bill Clinton

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Richard Nixon

4.

Egypt and Israel agree to peace in the Middle East with the help of Jimmy Carter

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Camp David Accords

c)

Tet Offensive

d)

Watergate Scandal

5.

Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson were both impeached and acquitted of their crimes.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

This limited the Executives power to declare war.

a)

War Powers Act

b)

Iranian Hostage Crisis

c)

Camp David Accords

d)

Watergate Scandal

7.

President during the attacks of September 11, 2001.

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Bill Clinton

8.

Economic plan to lower taxes on businesses, decrease the size of the government, and increase the size of the military.

a)

Nixonomics

b)

Obamanomics

c)

Reaganomics

d)

Clintonomics

9.

Nixon's official break into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters and getting caught by the police.

a)

Iran Hostage Crisis

b)

Watergate Scandal

c)

War Powers Act

d)

Camp David Accords

10.

He asked the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War.

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Jimmy Carter

d)

Gerald Ford

11.

One result of Betty Friedan's book called the Feminine Mystique.

a)

Iran Hostage Crisis

b)

National Organization for Women

c)

War Powers Act

d)

Reaganomics

12.

Terrorist attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon

a)

WWII

b)

WWIII

c)

Attacks of September 11th

d)

Cold War

13.

He was president during the Camp David Accords and the Iran Hostage Crisis.

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Gerald Ford

14.

This government department was a result of the attack on September 11th.

a)

Department of Treasury

b)

Department of the Interior

c)

Department of Homeland Security

d)

Department of Justice

15.

Which President was the first to open up the U.S. for trade with China

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Gerald Ford

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Jimmy Carter

16.

This agency was created to use and conserve resources wiser.

a)

Department of the Interior

b)

Department of

Agriculture

c)

Environmental Protection Agency

d)

Department of Commerce

17.

Reagan wanted to cut taxes on business and the wealthy so that they would invest in the economy.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Iranians invade the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take all those inside as hostages.

a)

Attacks of September 11th

b)

Cold War

c)

Camp David Accords

d)

Iranian Hostage Crisis

19.

One result of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring.

a)

Environmental Protection Agency

b)

National Organization of Women

c)

Watergate Scandal

d)

Camp David Accords

20.

Many people gathered in Washington D.C. in January of 2009 to watch the inaugural address of _____________.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

George W. Bush

d)

Barack Obama