Nixon and Carter
Reagan
The 1990s
21st Century
MISC
100

Nixon's policy to have equal funding for boys and girls in school

Title IX

100

Reagan's economic policy

Reaganomics


100
Scandal that led to Clinton being impeached

Lewinsky Scandal

100

These were the terror attacks on New York City and Washington DC

9/11 Terror attacks
100

Why is the election of 2008 important?

Election of the first Black president

200

Scandal that caused Nixon to Resign

Watergate

200

What are two parts of Reaganomics?

Lower taxes and deregulation

200
Clinton's free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico

NAFTA

200

This is the name of Obama's major reform

Affordable Care Act

200

Name one of the government reactions to the 9/11 terror attacks

Department of Homeland Security, ICE, TSA

300

Carter's major success where he negotiated a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel 

Camp David Accords
300

Reagan's foreign policy where he increased military spending in the hopes of destroying communism


Peace through Strength

300

Who was President for the end of the Cold War? 

George HW Bush

300

The United States invaded this country after 9/11 because they harbored Al-Qaeda 

Afghanistan

300

This was a major technological invention in the 1990s that greatly connected the country 

The internet

400

The name of Carter's major failure

Iran Hostage Crisis

400

Reagan was caught illegally selling weapons to Iran to funding anti-communists in Nicaragua

Iran-Contra Affair


400

Who was the Soviet leader who worked with Reagan and oversaw the collapse of the Soviet Union?

Mikhail Gorbachev

400

This was the name of the economic event that Obama had to deal with when he was elected president in 2008.

Great Recession

400

This refers to the spread of US culture to other parts of the world 

Diffusion

500

What do we call it when people no longer trust the government, such as after Watergate?

Credibility Gap


500

Name one other decade that was economically or politically similar to the 1980s.

Answers may vary.

500

Identify the scandal for Reagan and the scandal for Clinton. Make sure to say which is which. 

Iran-Contra: Reagan

Clinton-Lewinsky: Clinton

500

The Bush administration said that Iraq had these as a justification for war. Iraq turned out to not have them. 

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

500

These regions saw increased migration after the 1960s

Latin America and Asia

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