iranian students took americans hostage in response to
president carter's decision to admit the shah into the united states for medical help
during the 1990s, American foreign policy was
focused on solving a variety of new conflicts around the world without engaging in long term strategies
the process of deindustrialization resulted in a drop of
oil prices
the immediate cause of the soviet union's collapse was
a failed military coup
in the end, the persian golf war could be considered to be a
military success but political failure
In response to watergate which of the following pieces of legislation was enacted?
freedom of information act
the panama canal treaty negotiated by president carter
agreed to turn control of the canal over to panama on December 31,1999
First computer was made by
Apple
the layoff of permanent workers in firms during the 1990s came to be called
downsizing
Both the u.s. senate and president George Bush's administration refused to ratify the kyoto treaty because
the treaty targeted only developed nations and would hurt the american economy
ronald reagan believed that the federal government was
too large and too intrusive
the 2000 census showed the largest minority to be
hispanics
the _______________ were classified documents about the vietnam war that were leaked to the press
pentagon papers
a notable aspect of the 1984 presidential election was
the selection of Geraldine Ferrero as democratic Vice President
the u.s. economy experienced stagflation in the 1970s when
unemployment and inflation rates rose dramatically
during the nixon administration,the supreme court issued major ruling calling for all EXCEPT
The requirement that police warn criminal suspects of their legal rights
__________ was the name of the cartel formed by oil exporting countries in 1960
OPEC
The OPEC oil embargo of 1973 caused all EXCEPT
intensive government research into alternative energy sources
Susan Faludi's book
Backlash
The persian golf war was fought by
a coalition of states led by the united states
stagflation was the term coined to describe the combination of
inflation and unemployment
the military operation that drove iraq out of kuwait was called
Operation desert storm
the process of deindustrialization saw the largest US corporations
earn a considerable percentage of their profits from their overseas operation
during the reagan administration the federal government
increased spending
during the 1990s the state of california
passed a series of laws and regulations ending affirmative action
during the 1970s,native americans
had their right to self government restored
ronald reagan won the 1980 election by appealing to all groups exceptttt
feminists
_____________ launched public interest research group
ralph nader
president bush responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks
all of the above
in the 1970s the united states faces rising competition in industrial production from
japan and west germany
inflation in the united states during the 1970s was sparked by
rapidly rising oil prices
bill clinton was officially impeached for
perjury and obstruction of justice
although the LA riots of 1992 were begun over the acquittal of four white police in beating rodkey king, they also reflected
class based protest against the failure of the american system
Opponents of the equal rights amendment falsely claimed that the amendment would result in the following EXCEPT
The prerogative of divorced fathers to not have to pay child support
the reagan legacy included all EXCEPT
The end of social welfare programs
by the 1970s,the united states began to rely more on foreign oil because
production increased but did not keep up with consumption
the gains of the women's movement in the 1970s included
all of the above
during clinton's administration, american military forces were active in all of the following countries except
nicaragua
oliver north came up with the idea of sending funds from covert arms sales to ____________ counterrevoutionaries in Nicaragua.
Iran
the 1988 bush campaign was noteworthy for
negative campaigning
the 1980 election was referred to as the 'reagan revolution' because
reagan captured numerous democratic voters
american policy toward soviet union during ronald reagan's first term was characterized by
an increasingly hard-line approach
the united states funded the contras as an opposition force in
el salvador
conservatives believed that multiculturalism would
fragment american society by dividing people by race and gender
the USA Patriot act of 2002, which passed with only one dissenting vote,granted all of the following except
unparralled increase in civil liberties
the persian gulf war was fought to libertate
Kuwait
the reverend Jerry Falwell founded _______ to inject issues such as abortion, busing, school prayer into politics.
the Moral Majority
The reagan administration's policies toward central america were hampered by
congressional opposition
the healthcare crisis of the 1990s included all of the following except
a lack of new medical technology
representative ___________ used the contract with america to formulate the legislative agenda for the republican controlled congress
Newt Gingrich
a serious accident at the ____________ nuclear power plant led to the reassessment of nuclear power industry.
three mile island
racial violence broke out in boston in 1974 and 74 over the ______________ issue
busing
During the 1970s the U.S GDP
grew at SLOWER rate than the 1960s
during the 1990s the conflict over abortion rights
became more violent
the 1973 supreme court ruling in Roe v. Wade
said that states could not prohibit abortion in the first trimester
southern whites and conservative catholics voting for ronald reagan in 1980 became known as
reagan democrats
the diverting of profits from arms sales to iran to assist the nicaraguan contras
was never connected to ronald reagan
reaganomics was based on the belief that
tax cuts would increase tax revenues
richard nixon resigned after being ordered to turn over the watergate
tapes
the treaty that created a free-trade zone in all of north america is known as
NAFTA
just weeks after the destruction of the twin towers, _______________ collapsed on wall street after its announcement of 618 million loss
Enron
Title IX of the amended 1964 civil rights act
prohibited colleges and universities taht received federal fund from discrimination on the basis of sex
in 1993, the united states intervened in __________ to help restore the exiled president to power
Haiti
At the close of operation desert storm, all of the following was true EXCEPT
The short war helped to create a booming american economy
the cover up of the watergate break in was
one of the many crimes comitted by nixon's administration
the soviet union's invasion of ____________ resulted in american boycott of olympics
afghanistan
the watergate hearings revealed that a special clandestine intelligence group called the ___________ worked for Nixon
the plumbers
the break up of ___________ in eastern europe after the collapse of the soviet union led to a series of violent civil wars & NATO intervention
Yugoslavia
president nixon strengthened the regulatory functions of the federal government by establishing all EXCEPT
The president's committee on Competitiveness
the purpose of affirmative action was to
expand access to employment to minorities and women
under reagans administration, the supreme court
became more conservative
the first response led by the U.S. to the invasion of Kuwait was
a U.S. sponsored resolution in the U.N. imposing economic sanctions
impeachment proceedings against president Nixon,all of following EXCEPT
Secretly bombing Cambodia
____________ of the educational amendments act of 1972 prohibited colleges and universities that received federal funding from discrimination on the basis of sex.
Title IX
The supreme court decision in Bakke v. University of Cali was
both victory and a defeat for opponents of affirmative action
in the 1990s, the US economy was characterized by all of the following except
a broad based prosperity similar to that of years spanning from 45 to 60
Reagans policies toward central america were
intended to stop the spread of communism
the reason for the OPEC embargo in 1973 was
to punish the US for supportting Israel in the Yom Kippur War
Operation Desert Storms success helped the banish the ghost of
Vietnam