The Ford Years
This president was never elected as either president or vice president.
Who is Gerald Ford?
This Democratic president was a former peanut farmer.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Reagan’s economic theory is also called this.
What is supply-side economics (Reaganomics)?
Policy of easing tensions with the Soviet Union continued under Ford.
What is détente?
Organization that raised oil prices dramatically in the 1970s.
What is OPEC?
Ford’s controversial decision that damaged his reputation.
What is pardoning Nixon?
Economic condition with high inflation and unemployment.
What is stagflation?
This group of workers Reagan fired after they went on strike.
Who are air traffic controllers (PATCO)?
Egyptian leader who made peace with Israel.
Who is Anwar Sadat?
This crisis involved rising oil prices and shortages.
What is the Energy Crisis?
The name of Ford’s anti-inflation campaign.
What is WIN (Whip Inflation Now)?
Carter’s popularity dropped to this low percentage by 1979.
What is 26%?
The first woman appointed to the Supreme Court by Reagan.
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor?
Agreement that brought peace between Egypt and Israel.
What are the Camp David Accords?
Reagan’s tax cuts mainly benefited these groups.
Who are the wealthy and corporations?
Ford’s economic policies helped lower inflation but caused this.
What is a recession?
The treaty that returned control of the Canal Zone.
What is the Panama Canal Treaty?
The nickname for Reagan’s missile defense program.
What is Star Wars (SDI)?
Country where a revolution brought Ayatollah Khomeini to power.
What is Iran?
Campaign slogan associated with the War on Drugs.
What is “Just Say No”?
The agreement Ford worked on with the Soviet Union in Vladivostok.
What is SALT II?
This event involved 52 Americans being held captive in Iran.
What is the Hostage Crisis?
This scandal involved secretly funding rebels in Nicaragua.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
This 1987 treaty eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons.
What is the INF Treaty?
This epidemic emerged in the 1980s and was initially ignored by Reagan.
What is the AIDS crisis?