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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 14mins
Who helped helped Nixon in foreign affairs by adopting policies of détente to ease Cold War tension along w/ realpolitik to shift U.S. foreign policy to real power, not principles?
*His name is Henry
Barry Goldwater
Henry Ford
Henry Kissinger
Bob Woodward
In the Iran-Contra Affair, __ sold weapons to __, then used the money from that sale to provide support for anti-Communist rebels fighting in __.
Iran, Nicaragua, United States
Nicaragua, United States, Iran
United States, Iran, Nicaragua
In November 1979, revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage. The Carter administration tried unsuccessfully to negotiate for the hostages release. On January 20, 1981, the day Carter left office, Iran released the Americans, ending their 444 days in captivity.
Iran Contra Affair
OPEC Hostage Crisis
Iran Hostage Crisis
Tehran Hostage Crisis
Broad tax cuts, cuts to the federal budget, and increased military spending, Reagan believed all of these would promote economic expansion, these are examples of what policy:
Reaganomics
Strategic Defense Initiative
Containment
Fiscal Responsibility
After which event were East and West Germany reunited?
the collapse of the Berlin Wall
the formation of the CIS
the Berlin Airlift
the creation of the EU
What law was passed after 9/11 in order to stop future terrorist attacks?
Community Reinvestment Act
Title IX
No Child Left Behind
Patriot Act
What caused the massive flooding with Hurricane Katrina?
The levees were breached (broken)
The bridges fell down
The sea level was too high
The houses were made of weak materials
What war was caused by 9/11?
Persian Gulf War
War with Iraq (#2)
War on Terror (Afghanistan)
Desert Storm
What terrorist group, led by Osama bin Laden, organized the September 11 attack on the US?
Taliban
Hezbollah
al-Qaeda
PLO
