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WorksheetsAPUSH UNIT 8
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 25mins
What were the Main drivers of the Election of 1980
Inflation
Foreign policy
Communism
Interest Rates
Backlash against New Deal + Great Society
Who was in the Democratic Primary?
Senator Edward Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagon
Republicans representative(s) in the 1980 election:
Jimmy Carter
Senator Edward Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
What was the Moral Majority against?
Sexual Permissiveness
Conservatism
Abortion
Feminism
Gay Rights
What did Reagonomics stand for:
Smaller Government
Freer Markets
Less Bureaucracy
Cuts to Welfare State
What did Reagonomics do?
Lower individual tax rates
Reduced federal estate taxes
Created new tax-free savings plans (401(k) Plans)
Supply-side economics
Ronald Reagon Foreign Policy: What is the Strategic Defense Initiative
High tech Missile that could shoot lasers to vaporize missiles on lift off
A restart to the arm races
The Space project to weaponize space satellites
Restarted the space race
New research towards making a more powerful bomb than the nuclear one
Didn't work and resulted in loss of money
A New war started between Russia and America
Resulted in growing conflicts
Ronald Reagon Foreign Policy: What Happened in Afghanistan?
The people were dying so the US left it alone for NATO to deal with it
Gave soldiers to the country to use it as they please
Sent arms to the forces battling the invading soviets
Sent food and materials to help the people starving
Ronald Reagon Foreign Policy: What Happened in Lebanon?
Gunmen rammed into the US base and killed 60 people
Rallies in the country destroyed the US reputation
Suicide bomber drove explosives into Marines base
The US started bombing because they became communist
Ronald Reagon Foreign Policy: Central American Countries had revolutions, coups, and upsets of power?
Nicuragua
El Salvador
Grenda
Honduras
Hati
George H.W. Bush: How did the Iraq War of 1990 start?
Iraq was invaded by Serbia
Iraq invaded Kuwait
Iraq invaded Kuwait with the help of china
Iraq had a civil war
George H.W. Bush: What Act prohibited discrimination against the disabled?
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Disability Protection Act (DPA)
Equal Rights Act (ERA)
Fighting Inequality Act of 1990
George H.W. Bush: What was the 1990 Tax Bill moto?
"Read my lips, no new taxes"
"Taxes shall be lowered"
"Make America great again"
"Read my heart, I shall fight for american tax rights"
George H.W. Bush: What Did the Water Conservation Do?
Made it clear water was not important to the people
Created new water systems in the West
Decrease water conservation in the West
Implement water policy on the West
Bill Clinton: What did the 1993 Budget Bill do?
Made spending increases + Tax cuts - resulting in larger deficits
Made spending cuts + Tax increases - resulting in larger deficits
Made spending cuts + Tax increases - resulting in smaller deficits
Didn't change the spending + Increased taxes- resulting in smaller deficits
Bill Clinton: What did the 1994 Anti-Crime Bill do?
funded more police, prisons, + federal ban on some weapons
forcefully put suspected criminals in prison to clean the streets
funded judges making sure corruption puts the right criminals in jail
created new programs to capture drug lords
Bill Clinton: What did the 1996 Welfare Reform Bills do?
Deep cuts on Welfare gains
Increased Welfare availability
Required all able bodied Welfare recipients to find Jobs
Enforced welfare on every American
Made Welfare increases
Bill Clinton: The US's New Foreign Policy was "World Police" (Keep the peace). What country did they do this in?
Rwanda
Somalia
Kosovo (Serbia)
China
Iran
Bill Clinton: Which Voting Shifts are Correct?
Men: Republican
Women: Democratic
Young: Democratic
Cities:
Republican
Urban: Democratic
Christians: Republican
Bill Clinton: What did the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) do?
Free trade agreements w/ Cuba and Mexico
Better trade agreements w/ Mexico and Canada
Free trade agreement w/ Mexico and Canada
United States Became Isolationists
Bill Clinton: What did World Trade Organization (WTA) do?
The goal was global free trade
The goal was global imperialism
The goal was to isolate the global economies
The goal was to spread captialism
George W. Bush: What did the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) do?
Not the answer
I think it makes religion more acceptable in the government. I have no idea
What did the 2001 + 2003 Tax Cuts do?
The cut taxes a large amount
The cut taxes a small amount
The cuts benefited the majority of americans
The cuts decreased government Deficit
What Major Event Happened during George W. Bush's Presidency?
End of the Cold War
9/11
What Major Event Happened in George H.W. Bush's Presidency?
End of the Cold War
9/11
George W. Bush: Which Terrorist Group plotted the 9/11 attack?
Alistaben
Al Quency
Al Quada
The Black Hand
George W. Bush: What did the USA Patriot Act do?
Your devices can be surveillanced anytime by the government
The americans must ban together to fight this oppressor
Communism is back we must attack China
The government can now draft both men and women into the army
What Big Event started during George W. Bush's Presidency and leaked over into Obama's Presidency?
The Great Recession
The Great Depression
WW3
The 6th Extinction
Barack Obama: What did Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac do?
government owned housing systems
government owned mortgage companies
government own banking systems
government agencies power increased.
Barack Obama: What Companies did the US GOVERNMENT give $10 Billion to? (Go by Alphabetical)
(a)
Barack Obama: What did the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) do?
Government bought toxic assets
Government loaned money to the people
Government bought more money from other countries
Government bought corporations in Bankruptcy
Barack Obama: What did The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act do?
Nearly $1 Trillion in tax cuts
Money spent towards new jobs and infastructure
Shored up bankrupt auto comp. (to serve jobs)
Gave money out to the American people to encourage spending
Barack Obama: What did the Wall Street Reform + Protection Act do?
Aimed at lowering risk w/ new control on banks, investment, and stock market
Protected the people's assets within the banks growing American trust in government
helped create new jobs within the banking industry
reformed the banking system with the main concept on risk control as the dirver
What is the largets problem in our economy?
Richer get Poorer
Richer get Richer
Poorer get Richer
Poor get Poorer
