Review for U.S. History test tomorrow

• What did President Nixon cover up in 1973? What political party was Nixon affiliated with?

• Burglary of Democrat National Headquarters : Republican

• What was the name of the scandal that happened during Nixon’s Presidency?

• Watergate

• Who was the only president to not be elected president by the people?

• Gerald Ford

• How did Nixon leave office?

• He Resigned

• Who granted President Nixon a pardon?

• Gerald Ford

• What country did President Nixon open economic & diplomatic relations with in 1971?

• China

• What as the result of all the bad situations with government, Vietnam war, Watergate, and president’s with too much power?

• Cynicism (changing attitude) toward ALL public officials

• Roe vs. Wade (1973) was about what controversial issue?

• Abortion

• Bakke vs. Univ Ca (1978) was about what controversial issue?

• Affirmative Action

• What was the result of Bakke vs. Univ. CA?

• Schools can consider race as One factor in admission decisions to achieve a diverse student body.

• What portion of government had a great effect on American life and culture after 1968?

• Supreme Court

• What is another word for Affirmative Action?

• Quota

• What two countries were involved in the Camp David Accords?

• Israel and Egypt

• What U.S. President was responsible for forging peace between two rival countries at Camp David?

• Jimmy Carter

• What area had troops withdrawn in the results of the Camp David Accords?

• Sinai Peninsula

• Where was a U.S. embassy seized and hostages taken in 1979?

• Iran

• What did the U.S. do that infuriated rebels to seize a U.S. embassy in 1979?

• Allowed the former Shah to enter the U.S. for cancer treatments.

• What religious group lead the overthrow of the corrupt leader (shah) of Iran ?

• Muslim

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• What Carter era act placed a tax on gas-guzzling cars and tax credits for developers of alternative energy?

• National Energy Act

• What theory had a reduction in size and influence of government to encourage private investment, reduction in taxes, and reduction in government spending?

• Supply side Economics

• What was the nickname given to Reagan’s increased defense spending?

• Star Wars

• What was the proposal that President Reagan had for defending the U.S. from enemy missiles (satellites shooting them down)?

• Strategic Defense Initiative?

• What country began implementing openness and restructuring of their society during the Reagan Administration?

• USSR

• What president was in office when the cold war ended?

• Reagan

• What group was in Nicaragua that fought against Communists sympathizing leadership?

• Contras

• What did President Reagan’s staff do in Nicaragua that led to an investigation?

• Sent profits from arms sales to Contras in Nicaragua

• In 1986, it was revealed that President Reagan approved ____________ for promise of hostage release?

• Sale of arms to Iran

• What are the three reforms that were sought by President Bill Clinton?

• 1. Health Care 2. Balanced Budget 3. Welfare

• What two terrorist events happened during President Clinton’s Era as President?

• 1993 Bombing of the World Trade Center

• 1995 Bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building

• What removed trade and investment barriers among U.S., Mexico, and Canada?

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

• What was Bill Clinton charged with in his impeachment proceedings?

• Perjury and Obstruction of justice

• What amount of majority does the Senate need to convict in an impeachment proceeding? Did they reach this in 1999?

• 2/3: No

• Who were the two candidates in the 2000 presidential election?

• Al Gore and George W. Bush

• What state was there a controversy centered on the Presidential Election of 2000?

• Florida

• What played a major role in this election (25) in this situation in 2000?

• Electoral College

• What body made the final decision (5-4) on awarding the winner by ending the recounts?

• Supreme Court

• What two areas were hit by airplanes on September 11, 2001?

• World Trade Center- NYC

• Pentagon- Washington DC

• Missed- Pennsylvania (plane brought down by passengers)

• What is the name of the man (and his group) that claimed responsibility to the events of 911?

• Osama Bin Laden

• Al-Qaeda

• What group is/ was harboring terrorist s in Afghanistan? When is the war in Afghanistan scheduled to end?

• Taliban; 2014

• What man was accused of manufacturing WMD’s (weapons of mass destruction) in Iraq?

• Saddam Hussein