1920s and 1930s Study Guide



Unit 10

1970s to the present

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|19.1/19.2 The |Confidence in the federal government dropped due to this Nixon scandal. | | |

|Nixon | | | |

|Presidency | | | |

| |What year was Nixon elected? | | |

| |Tell me two people assassinated in 1968 |1. | |

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| |What were the White House burglars trying to do? | | |

| |What was Nixon’s enemies list? | | |

| |Why did Nixon bomb Laos and Cambodia? | | |

| |What department did Nixon create to fight the war on drugs? | | |

| |What two things did Nixon promise to do if elected? |1. | |

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| |What racist third party candidate ran for president? | | |

| |What state is Nixon from? | | |

| |Who was Nixon’s Secretary of State? | | |

| |What did the SALT Treaty do? Who signed it besides the US? |1. | |

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| |Nixon wanted to lesson tensions with the USSR. What was the word that | | |

| |described that? | | |

| |Nixon was the first president to visit this country in 30 years. | | |

| |What was the code name for the government worker who called the newspapers| | |

| |and ratted out Nixon? | | |

| |What happened to Nixon’s vice president? | | |

| |Nixon’s plan to hand over Vietnam to the South Vietnamese was called… | | |

| |What lasting effect did Watergate have on America? | | |

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|19.3/19.4 Jimmy|For the first time since WWII, the country experienced an economic ______ (like | | |

|Carter and |today) | | |

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| |The word for when the economy is stagnant but inflation is rising | | |

| |Women obtaining careers resulted in a lowering of the ___ and an increase in ___.|1. | |

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| |Who is the only President never voted into the office of President or Vice | | |

| |President? | | |

| |What was Jimmy Carter’s biggest accomplishment? | | |

| |What was the new genre of music in the 70s that had simple, shallow lyrics? | | |

| |In the 1970s, the US economy had become very reliant on what natural resource | | |

| |found in the Middle East? | | |

| |Because it was distracting Ford, he decided it would be best if he ______ Nixon. | | |

| |Many Muslim countries in the Middle East are angered by our continued support of | | |

| |_____. | | |

| |The people of Iran became very angry when the US granted asylum to a sick man | | |

| |named ____. | | |

| |The 70s are often referred to as the ____ Decade. | | |

| |Tell me the name of the speech where Carter lectured the US about their role in | | |

| |the recession. | | |

| |Iran purposely waited until _____ became president to release the hostages. | | |

| |Jimmy Carter made ____ _____ for all people worldwide a central focus of his | | |

| |presidency. | | |

| |How did Carter attempt to free the Iran hostages? What happened? |1. | |

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| |As disco became popular, this drug also gained popularity. | | |

| |Carter gave the _____ Canal back. | | |

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|Guide to the |The Eighties is sometimes called the Decade of ____. | | |

|1980s | | | |

| |What disease did Reagan largely ignore? | | |

| |What is a yuppie? | | |

| |Tell me two drugs who saw an increase in use in the eighties |1. | |

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| |Who did Mark David Chapman kill? | | |

| |In 1980 the ___ boycotted the Moscow Olympics. In 1984, the ____ boycotted the | | |

| |LA Olympics. | | |

| |Who was the first woman in space? | | |

| |Prince Charles married Princess ______ | | |

| |Nancy Reagan launched a anti-drug campaign called ___ ___ ____. | | |

| |The top two computer makes in the world were ____ and _____. | | |

| |What was the name of the shuttle that crashed with a teacher on board? | | |

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|20.1/20.2 |A conservative believes in _____ government and _____ taxes. | | |

|Ronald Reagan | | | |

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| |A liberal believes in ____ government and _____ taxes. | | |

| |Briefly explain the Iran-Contra scandal. | | |

| |Explain supply side economics | | |

| |Give me two more names for supply side economics |1. | |

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| |In American politics, a liberal is often called a ____ and a conservative is |1. | |

| |called a _____. |2. | |

| |Tell me two jobs Reagan had before being pres. |1. | |

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| |What was the Star Wars Program? What became of it? |1. | |

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| |Reagan’s spending policies forced the Soviet Union to… | | |

| |Why was Reagan called the Teflon President? | | |

| |Who was the first woman vice presidential candidate? | | |

| |Reagan increased military spending and cut taxes, leading to a massive ____ | | |

| |_____. | | |

| |How did Reagan feel about government? | | |

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|George Bush Sr.|Which organization is responsible for increasing trade between North American | | |

|And Bill |countries? | | |

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| |Bush referred to the world after the fall of the USSR as…. | | |

| |Who was president during the fall of the USSR? Who gets the credit for causing|1. | |

| |the fall? |2. | |

| |Who was the first African American to make a serious run for president? | | |

| |What is another name for The Gulf War? Why did it start? |1. | |

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| |Who is Monica Lewinsky? |1. | |

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| |Why did Saddam invade Kuwait? | | |

| |What happened to Saddam after the Gulf War? | | |

| |____ went against his promise of no new taxes but helped balance the budget. | | |

| |The fall of the ____ ____ signals the end of the Cold War. | | |

| |What third party candidate ran for Pres in 1992? | | |

| |Who tried to create national healthcare? What happened to the plan? | | |

| |Legally speaking, why was Clinton almost kicked out of office? | | |

| |What very rare occurrence happened with the federal budget under Clinton? | | |

| |What terrorist attack occurred under Clinton? | | |

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|George W. Bush |The 2000 election was so close! It all came down to what state? | | |

|and the 2000s | | | |

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| |Who ran against Bush Jr? | | |

| |Explain the Electoral College. | | |

| |Who ended the recount and declared Bush the winner? | | |

| |What was attacked on 9/11/2001? |1. | |

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| |During 9/11, bin Laden was in what country? Where was he eventually killed? |1. | |

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| |The _____ government of Afghanistan was attacked because they harbored | | |

| |terrorists. | | |

| |Why did the Iraq War begin? | | |

| |How many planes were hijacked on 9/11? Where was United 93 headed? |1. | |

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| |What terrorist organization was bin Laden the leader of? | | |

| |Iraq continues to have a civil war today because of differences between ___ and| | |

| |___ Muslims. | | |

| |The ____ was the strategy employed by Bush to bring more stability to Iraq. | | |

| |What law was passed after 9/11 that allows the government more powers to catch |1. | |

| |terrorists? What department did it also create? |2. | |

| |Towards the end of Bush’s presidency, many _____ began failing and we entered a| | |

| |recession. | | |

| |How many WMDs did we find in Iraq? | | |

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|Barack Obama |Obama was elected with a promise to commit more troops to the war in _____. | | |

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| |Obama ended what war on December 15, 2011? | | |

| |Barack Obama’s biggest achievement of his presidency was the passage of what | | |

| |law? | | |

| |However, the ____ ____ will soon decide the constitutionality of that law. | | |

| |What al Qaeda leader was killed on May 1, 2011? | | |

| |Obama’s $830 billion ______ package was passed to try to avoid entering a Great| | |

| |Depression. | | |

| |In the 2010 midterm elections, Obama lost the Democratic majority in _____. | | |

| |A right wing movement called the ____ Party has been effective in their push | | |

| |for low taxes and smaller government. | | |

| |Don’t ask, don’t tell was repealed by Obama. What does that mean? | | |

| |We are currently in the worst financial crisis since… | | |

| |Tell me the most popular part of Obama’s healthcare reform package. Tell me |1. | |

| |the most unpopular part. |2. | |

| |The presidential matchup for 2012 is between Obama and … | | |

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