Nixon's Presidency
What country did Nixon visit?
Hint: First President to do so
China
What President was involved in Watergate?
Richard Nixon
What type of justices did President Reagan appoint to the Supreme Court?
Conservative
What year did the Soviet Union officially end?
1991
What state was contested in the 2000 presidential election between Bush and Gore?
Florida
What was the agreement that Nixon made with the Soviet Union called?
SALT I
Where did the Watergate burglars break into?
Democratic National Headquarters
What is glasnost?
Allowing new ideas to be discussed
Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?
Mikhail Gorbachev
The act of lying after swearing to tell the truth?
Perjury
What type of ethnic group surrounds Israel?
Arabs
Why did President Ford pardon Nixon?
He hoped it would allow the country to heal faster
The policy in the Soviet Union of less government control over the economy
What is the overthrow of a government called?
Coup
Spending more money then you take in as a government
Deficit Spending
What were the two wars fought between Israel and Palestine and other Middle Eastern nations?
Six Days War and Yom Kippur War
What happened at Three Mile Island in 1979?
An accident at the nuclear powerplant there.
Why did members of Reagan's administration sell weapons to Iran?
to gain the release of hostages in Lebanon
Why did Saddam Hussein invade Kuwait?
To join the countries together or for oil
Name of the third party candidate that ran against Bush and Clinton in 1992
Ross Perot
What is affirmative action?
Policy requiring employers to favor disadvantaged groups when hiring or promoting workers
What event led to President Carter being beaten by Reagan in the 1980 presidential election?
Hint: It involves a Middle Eastern country
Iran Hostage Crisis
Why was money sent to the Contras in Nicaragua?
Because they were fighting Communists there
What did president Bush promise not to raise during his election campaign, but eventually had to.
President Bush's plan for education
No Child Left Behind