1970s
Conservatism
Domestic Issues
Foreign Issues
Miscellaneous
100
What was the main significance of the Watergate affair?
it showed that the laws of the United States are superior to the actions of a President
100
What was the most controversial action of Gerald Ford's presidency?
pardoning Nixon for any known or unknown crimes he had committed while president.
100
The razor-thin 2000 presidential election was finally settled by what?
the Supreme Court's ruling ending a recount of Florida's votes.
100
The most populous group of Latinos in the United States comes from what country?
Mexico
100
Which region has contributed the most to immigration to the US in the 21st century?
Latin America
200
What did President Nixon do to control creeping inflation in the early 1970s?
Imposed a ninety-day wage and price freeze.
200
In contrast to the Old Right, many New Right activists of the 1980s were most concerned about what issues?
cultural and social issues.
200
What did the Supreme Court decide in the Bakke Case?
racial quotas were unconstitutional but race could be taken into account as one factor in college admissions.
200
The United States joined its allies in the Persian Gulf War in order to do what?
roll back Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
200
The original home of Osama bin Laden, the organizer of Al Qaeda and presumed organizer of the September 11 attacks, was what country?
Saudi Arabia
300
What was President Nixon's Southern Strategy?
soft-pedaling civil rights and opposing school busing to achieve racial balance.
300
What was Ronald Reagan's essential domestic goal as president?
dismantle the welfare state and shrink the size of the federal government.
300
What was President Clinton's approach to the controversial policy of affirmative action?
a plea to "mend it, not end it."
300
What was the result of the Persian Gulf War?
Kuwait was liberated but Saddam Hussein stayed in power.
300
Why did the Latino immigrant population maintained their language and culture better than most previous immigrant groups?
their large numbers and geographic concentration.
400
Richard Nixon tried to resist giving his taped conversations to the special prosecutor and the Congress by claiming what?
he had executive privilege (confidentiality).
400
The policy objectives of Reagonomics were based on what theory?
Broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion
400
The two articles of impeachment passed by the House of Representatives against President Clinton charged him with what crimes?
perjury and obstruction of justice.
400
To President George W. Bush, "the axis of evil" that menaced American security consisted of what nations?
Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
400
The bombing of the World Trade Center in NYC in 1993 was an example of the growth of which of the following issues at the end of the 20th century?
Terrorism
500
Why was President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic of China in 1972 significant?
reduced tensions between the United States and Communist China, first time a US president visited the country
500
What did the Iran-Contra Affair essentially involve?
selling arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and using the profits to illegally fund the Nicaraguan Contras.
500
What was the most significant demographic change in America of the 2010s?
Latinos replaced African Americans as the country's largest minority.
500
Why did the US sent military forces to the Balkans in the 1990s?
To prevent ethnic conflict from resulting in broader political and economic problems
500
African Americans' goal of achieving higher education received a substantial boost when the Supreme Court ruled what in 2003 in the Bakke case?
affirmative action in admissions was legitimate so long as rigid quotas or point systems were not used.
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