Carter/Reagan
This is the scandal that saw Reagan's administration sell weapons to the Middle East in return for the profits funding counter-revolutionaries in Nicaragua.
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the "Iran-Contra Affair?"
This is the name of the operation that would defend Kuwait from an invasion by Iraq.
What is Operation Desert Storm / The Gulf War?
(Bonus 100pts: How long did the war take to win?)
This is the legislation that would provide physical assistance to people with disabilities in public places, and prevent employment discrimination.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
This is the name of the building that was bombed in 1992 and hit by the planes on 9/11.
What is the World Trade Center / "Twin Towers?"
This is the agreement between the US and USSR to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons in each nation's arsenal.
What is SALT?
(Bonus 100pts: What does it stand for?)
This is the concept of wages not increasing along with high inflation, making the economy slow and weaken.
What is "stagflation?"
This is the leader of Iraq that we defended Kuwait from.
DAILY DOUBLE
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This was Clinton & Bush's independent opponent in the 1992 Presidential election.
Who is Ross Perot?
This is the legislation that passed after 9/11, expanding surveillance, along with establishing the DHS & TSA.
What is the Patriot Act?
This is the Supreme Court case that declared segregation to be unconstitutional and illegal.
DAILY DOUBLE
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
This is the leader of the USSR in 1987 when Reagan gave his famous speech to "tear down this wall."
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This is the act of Congress being unable to reach an agreement on funding, and therefore closes the operations of the government for an undetermined amount of time until it is passed.
What is a government shutdown?
This is a suspension of government pay and services due to a failed funding bill in Congress.
What is a government shutdown?
These two nations were the primary targets of the "War on Terror."
What are Iraq and Afghanistan?
(Bonus 100pts: Name at least 2 more nations targeted by the "War on Terror.")
This is the Executive Order that placed Japanese-Americans in internment camps for multiple years during World War II.
What is EO 9066?
This is the OPEC's retaliation to America's support of Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
What is the Oil Embargo?
H.W. Bush had to raise taxes to fix this problem with the national budget.
What is a deficit?
This is the reason why Clinton was impeached by the House, but acquitted by the Senate.
This is the name of the Supreme Court case that decided the contested election of 2000.
What is Bush v. Gore (2000)?
(Bonus 100 pts: What was the case about?)
This is the series of government programs that were meant to improve American infrastructure while offering jobs to combat the Great Depression.
What is the "New Deal?"
This was a great embarrassment for Carter as the people held prisoner in Tehran were not released until minutes after Reagan was sworn into office.
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
This is the investment that Reagan made into our national security in space.
This is the economic agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
What is NAFTA?
(Bonus 100pts: What does NAFTA stand for?)
This is the name of the grouping of loans that were sold to investment buyers without knowing the true risk.
What are Mortgage-Backed Securities?
These are the "Reconstruction Amendments" passed after the end of the Civil War.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
(Bonus 100pts: What individual rights do these protect? 2/3 acceptable.)