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The End of the Cold War

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What policy is associated with Richard Nixon's approach to the Southern states?

a)

Revenue Sharing

b)

New Federalism

c)

Detente

d)

Southern Strategy

2.

Which term refers to the relaxation of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during Nixon's presidency?

a)

New Federalism

b)

Watergate scandal

c)

Detente

d)

Silent Majority

3.

What was the name of the scandal that led to Nixon's resignation?

a)

Saturday Night Massacre

b)

Silent Majority

c)

Watergate scandal

d)

CREEP

4.

What action is Gerald Ford known for during his presidency?

a)

Camp David Accords

b)

Stagflation

c)

Pardoning Richard Nixon

d)

Revenue Sharing

5.

Which international agreement is associated with Jimmy Carter's presidency?

a)

SALT I Treaty

b)

Camp David Accords

c)

New Federalism

d)

Detente

6.

What economic condition was a challenge during Jimmy Carter's presidency?

a)

Revenue Sharing

b)

New Federalism

c)

Stagflation

d)

Southern Strategy

7.

What policy is associated with Ronald Reagan that focused on tax cuts, decreased social spending, and deregulation?

a)

New Deal

b)

Keynesian Economics

c)

Reaganomics supply-side

d)

The Great Society

8.

Which initiative, often referred to as "Star Wars," was proposed by Ronald Reagan during the Cold War?

a)

Apollo Program

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Strategic Defense Initiative

d)

Operation Rolling Thunder

9.

What were the key reforms introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union known as?

a)

Sputnik and Mir

b)

Glasnost and Perestroika

c)

Bolshevik and Menshevik

d)

Khrushchev Thaw and Détente

10.

Which event marked the end of the Cold War symbolically?

a)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

b)

The Korean Armistice Agreement

c)

The signing of the INF Treaty

d)

Fall of the Berlin Wall

11.
He was the only President to resign.
a)
Bill Clinton
b)
John Kennedy
c)
Richard Nixon
d)
George W Bush
12.

What building is being portrayed as a giant tape recorder here?

a)

Capitol Records Tower

b)

Mar-a-Lago

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Watergate Hotel

e)

White House

13.

This is a name given to a day where two high-ranking Justice Dept. officials resigned and the Watergate Special Counsel was fire- hint: this happened during the Nixon Administration

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

Monday Night Football

c)

Saturday Night Fever

d)

Saturday Night Massacre

e)

Sunday Morning Showdown

14.

Five men were arrested when they were caught putting up surveillance equipment in this location:

a)

D.C. National Convention office building

b)

Democratic National Committee headquarters

c)

Republican Committee headquarters

d)

The Washington Post's office building located at the Watergate complex

15.

How long did the Iran Hostage Crisis last?

a)

144 days

b)

444 days

c)

Three weeks

d)

One year

16.

What two countries were involved in the Iranian Hostage Crisis ?

a)

North & South Africa

b)

Iran & United States

c)

Iran & Iraq

d)

China & Japan

17.

How many diplomatic Americans were held the whole time ?

a)

123

b)

543

c)

52

d)

21

18.

What president came into office when the hostages were released ?

a)

Carter

b)

Reagan

c)

Trump

d)

Bush

19.

Who was the president at the start of the Iranian Hostage Crisis ?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Donald Trump

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Ronald Reagan

20.

Identify the phrase or term that describes Reagan's theory that if there tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, they would stimulate the economy.

a)

TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS

b)
PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH
c)
BIG STICK DIPLOMACY
d)
INFLATION
21.
Selling weapons to Iran to free hostages and using the money to fund war in Central America
a)
Iran-Contra Affair
b)
Watergate Affair
c)
Reagonomics
d)
Camp David Accords
22.

President Nixon's policy of easing Cold War tensions.

a)
Challenger
b)

Detente

c)

Souther Strategy 

d)

Glasnost

23.

In the Iran-Contra Affair, __ sold weapons to __, then used the money from that sale to provide support for anti-Communist rebels fighting in __.

a)

Iran, Nicaragua, United States

b)

Nicaragua, United States, Iran

c)

United States, Iran, Nicaragua

24.

What significant event in China led to an event where a man stood in front of a military tank in opposition to the government?

a)

Iran Hostage Crisis

b)

Tianamen Square

c)

Camp David Accords

d)

Kent State

25.

 

During the Reagan era, the New Right apposed the movement of favoring one group over another on the basis of race or gender. They saw Affirmative Actions as...?

a)

Reverse discrimination

b)

Reverse Engergy

c)

Reverse Reaganomics

 

d)

 

Reverse Stagflation