General Knowledge
Tea Pot Dome, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the Clinton Affair
What are presidential scandals?
What is Watergate?
This rare economic condition combines stagnant growth, high unemployment, and high inflation.
What is stagflation?
This economic type reduces the role of the federal government, slashes federal programs, reduced taxes on business, and reduced federal regulation.
What is Reaganomics?
This war was the first of its type. The USA invades Kuwait to liberate it from Iraqi Occupation.
What is Desert Storm?
Who is Barack Obama?
What federal law intended to limit the President's authority to commit U.S. armed forces to hostile foreign situations without congressional approval?
What is the War Powers Act of 1973?
This pivotal geopolitical and economic crisis, where Arab members of OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, slashed oil production and banned exports to the U.S. and other nations supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War
What is the Arab Oil Embargo?
First woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court
Who was Sandra Day O' Connor?
This invasion involved the U.S overthrowing General Manuel Noriega
What is the Panama invasion
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
What country did Nixon open relations with?
What is China?
What pair of political agreements was signed by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978?
What were the Camp David Accords?
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
What is Desert Shield?
This lady was the first to serve as the first hispanic person to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who was Sonia Sotomayor?
What event led to the creation of the War Powers Act?
What is the bombing of Cambodia?
What event involved 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel, who were taken hostage at the Embassy of the United States in Tehran?
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
This group consisted of the religious right, cultural conservatism, and evangelicals.
What is the Moral Majority?
This is another name for the Desert Storm.
What is the First Persian Gulf War?
This event is characterized by Russian President Putin criticizing and accusing the U.S. of uncontained hyperuse of force in international relations for global domination.
What is the Munich Speech?
What years did this president serve?
What was 1969-1974?
What is the Torrijos-Carter Treaties?
This was a missile defense system or shield.
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative or Star Wars?
The Soviet Union couldn't afford to keep up with the U.S. arms race, so it went bankrupt and collapsed into 15 countries, due to what economic choice?
What is the continuation of Reagan's policies?