Worksheets7th Grade US History - Chapter 26
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
What bill was designed to allow the president to cut individual items in the federal budget without approval from Congress?
(a)
What happened to the federal government two times in late 1995 when the president and Congress could not agree on spending legislation?
(a)
Which independent counsel collected and presented evidence for the impeachment of Clinton?
(a)
What country tested a nuclear device in 2006?
(a)
In what African country did U.S. troops suffer a humiliating defeat while attempting to track down a powerful warlord?
(a)
What agreement was intended to bring free trade between the United States and its two neighbors?
(a)
What international organization enforces GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)?
(a)
The Soviet invasion of what country in 1979 created tension in Soviet-American relations?
(a)
What independent candidate received 19 percent of the popular vote in the 1992 presidential election?
Ross Perot
Bob Dole
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
Which statement is true about the major tax plan that Clinton passed soon after becoming president?
It balanced the budget.
It increased taxes by $496 billion.
It passed by a wide margin.
It cut taxes on the middle class.
In 1986, the United States, in an effort to curb terrorist activities, made a surprise bombing raid on
Iran
Egypt
Ethiopia
Libya
What two issues led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton?
adultery and dishonesty
sexual harassment and theft
sexual harassment & witness tampering
perjury and obstruction of justice
The Dayton Accords helped to end the fighting in
the Balkan Peninsula.
Haiti.
Kosovo.
Somalia.
NAFTA created free trade between Canada, the United States, and
Mexico
Chile
Brazil
Argentina
Reagan’s remedy for the nation’s economic troubles was
regulation of industry.
supply-side economics.
a wage-and-price freeze.
a “Whip Inflation Now” campaign.
An unfunded federal mandate is
the power of a president to veto specific items on funding bills.
a requirement not paid for by the federal government.
a shortage of money in paying federal bills.
a slowdown in the national economy.
What disastrous decision led to Bush’s defeat in his reelection campaign?
invasion of Panama
Persian Gulf War
Americans with Disabilities Act
1990 budget deal
Which phrase was spoken by Ronald Reagan?
“evil empire”
“no new taxes”
“a thousand points of light”
“a kinder, gentler nation”
Which foreign success occurred during Bush’s administration?
Iran-Contra affair
bombing of Libya
invasion of Grenada
invasion of Panama
All of the following were justices on the U.S. Supreme Court except
Warren Burger.
Walter Mondale.
Sandra Day O’Connor.
William H. Rehnquist.
