The Last 35 Years Reading Guide - Winston-Salem/Forsyth ...



Name: ______________________ Period: ____

Mr. Dunham - American History 2 Date: __________________

"The Last 35 Years"...Well Not Really Anymore!?

Reading Guide: 24.3

Section 3: "The Ford and Carter Years" (Page 810)

1. Who granted Richard Nixon a full pardon?

2. Upon taking office, in an attempt to put Watergate in the past, Gerald Ford declared, “

3. Regarding the economy, what two things were on the rise after Ford took office?

4. What did WIN stand for?

5. What were the Helsinki Accords?

6. After the Communist government of Cambodia seized the US ship the Mayaguez, how did Ford respond and what was the result of that action?

7. Who was the democratic nomination in the election of 1976?

8. What key issues did Carter and Ford square off over?

9. What was the result of the popular vote in 1976? _____________votes to ________________ votes.

10. According to Carter, what was the most important issue facing the nation?

11. What did the National Energy Act do?

12. True or False: The energy crisis only got better towards the end of the 1970s.

13. What led to a second major fuel shortage in the US?

14. World Stage Box (p. 815) Why did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan in 1979?

15. What religion was prevalent in Afghanistan? __________________ When did the Soviets leave? ________.

16. What two countries were involved in the Camp David Accords peace negotiations? _____________ & ____________.

17. In 2-3 sentences, summarize what happened in the Iran Hostage Crisis: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Reading Guide: 25.1

Section 1: "A Conservative Movement Emerges" (Page 832)

1. Who won the 1980 Republican nomination? _______________________ Who was his V.P.? _____________

2. What key issues did Reagan’s campaign run on? _______________________________________________.

3. What career did Ronald Reagan have before politics? ________________________

4. Conservatives had voted for Reagan. What conservative values did Reagan believe in: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Reading Guide: 25.2

Section 2: Conservative Policies Under Reagan and Bush (p. 834)

1. “Reaganomics” rested heavily on supply-side economics. What did this theory say?

2. What was the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and what was its nickname?

3. True or False: The economy continued to prosper under Reagan.

4. What was George Bush’s motto during the 1988 campaign?

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Reading Guide: 25.3

Section 3: Social Concerns in the 1980s (p. 839)

1. What does AIDS stand for?

2. What became the slogan for Nancy Reagan’s anti-drug campaign?

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Reading Guide: 25.4

Section 4: Foreign Policy After the Cold War (p. 848)

1. Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?

2. What did Glasnost & Perestroika stand for?

3. What happened in December of 1991 regarding the Soviet Union?

4. What was the CIS?

5. When did East Germany open the Berlin Wall?

6. Describe what happened at Tiananmen Square in China in 2-3 sentences.

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7. Why were American Hostages taken in Iran?

8. What happened on August 2, 1990?

9. What was the purpose of Operation Desert Storm? Did the operation achieve its objective?

10. Due to rising deficits and a recession, what was Bush forced to do?

Reading Guide: 26.1

Chapter 26 Section 1: The 1990s and the New Millennium (p. 860)

1. Why was Maya Angelou honored on Jan 20, 1993?

2. When William (Bill) Clinton captured the White House at age of 46, what did he vow?

3. What was the result of Clinton’s balanced budget that he and Republican-controlled Congress agreed upon in 1997?

4. What happened in April 1999 in Colorado?

5. What happened in 1993 in New York City?

6. What happened in 1995 in Oklahoma City?

7. How many people were killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?

8. What did NAFTA do?

9. What actions led to Clinton’s impeachment?

10. Who won the popular vote in 2000?

11. Why was there an automatic recount?

12. Who ultimately won the election?

13. Under George Bush, what was the Department of Homeland Security created for?

14. Why did Bush send troops to Iraq in 2003?

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