Presidents
Who created the Department of Energy to oversee energy use and production?
Carter
What is inflation?
Inflation is an increase in the cost of goods and a decrease in the value of the dollar.
What was America's birthday event in 1976 called?
the bicentennial
Soviet Union
Which company introduced the cell phone?
Motorola
Which president was never elected?
Gerald Ford
What is a recession?
A recession happens when people buy less because of higher prices.
What protected the US interests in the Persian Gulf region?
The Carter Doctrine
What was the purpose of SALT?
It limited nuclear weapons.
What did Roy Tomlinson invent?
Which president resigned from the office of vice president?
Spiro Agnew
What is an embargo?
An embargo is a ban on trade, or buying and selling, between countries.
Where did the nuclear accident in Pennsylvania occur?
Three Mile Island
What was detente?
The policy Nixon used to end the Vietnam War.
What machine was invented in the 1970s to help with medical testing?
The MRI
What was the Watergate Affair? Who covered it up?
Men broke into the Democratic Headquarters to steal information about politicians. Nixon covered it up.
What was the Arab Oil Embargo?
Event when Arab countries cut off shipments of oil to the US to protest the US assistance to Israel in time of war.
How long were Americans held prisoner for during the Iran Hostage Crisis? Who held them?
444 days; Iranian university students
What did the Vietnam War not put an end to?
Communism
What did Jimmy Carter do before becoming president?
Peanut farming
He accepted bribes and didn't pay his income taxes.
What did Carter do to show the Soviet Union he was serious about their interest in Afghanistan?
What were the Camp David Accords?
How is taking care of our environment biblical?
God gave us the earth to care for and to provide for our needs.