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President that pardoned Nixon.
Who is Gerald Ford?
100
Boycotted the Olympics.
Who was Jimmy Carter?
100
When Clinton balanced the budget and we had extra money.
What is surplus?
100
Economic program in the Soviet Union making their economy more like capitalism.
What is perestroika?
100
A worldwide information network.
What is the internet?
100

What years was Obama Senator?  And from what state?

He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008

200
Did this to win the votes of Southern white Democrats by slowing down advances in African-American voting rights.
What is Southern Strategy?
200
Acted as a peacemaker between Israel and Egypt.
What was the Camp David Accords?
200

Ford wanted to lower the inflation by encouraging personal savings and fixed spending habits.

What is WIN?  Whip Inflation Now (WIN) was a 1974 attempt to spur a grassroots movement to combat inflation in the US, by encouraging personal savings and disciplined spending habits in combination with public measures, urged by U.S. President Gerald Ford. 

200
Tied to communist Cuba so U.S. sends in troops and puts in a dictator to overthrow communism.
What is Grenada?
200
The first president to be this.
What is impeachment?
200

Who is Obama's wife?

In June 1989, Obama met Michelle Robinson when he was employed as a summer associate at the Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin.[69] Robinson was assigned for three months as Obama's adviser at the firm, and she joined him at several group social functions but declined his initial requests to date.[70] They began dating later that summer, became engaged in 1991, and were married on October 3, 1992

300
Nixon made a historic visit to this communist country. They were given a seat in the United Nations in 1971.
What is China?
300
An agreement with 30 European nations Canada and the Soviet Union to cooperate economically and promote human rights.
What is the Helsinki Accords?
300
When 747 businesses had to be rescued with $160 billon in taxpayer dollars.
What is the S & L Scandal?
300
Gave more responsibility to state and local governments to create and pay for social programs.
What is New Federalism?
300
The United States supported this and worked to promote greater economic opportunities around the world.
What is NAFTA?
300

What controversial minister was the Obama's pastor starting in 1992?

Obama met Trinity United Church of Christ pastor Jeremiah Wright in October 1987 and became a member of Trinity in 1992.[102] During Obama's first presidential campaign in May 2008, he resigned from Trinity after some of Wright's statements were criticized.

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French word meaning relaxation of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is detente?
400
Congress had passed this to curtail the power of the president to involve the United States in foreign conflicts.
What is the War Powers Act?
400
A policy that focused on cutting taxes and putting more money into the hands of businesses.
What is supply side economics?
400
Sells arms in hopes to obtain the releases of U.S. hostages in Lebanon. Then the arms go to Nicaragua to over throw the communists.
What is the Iran-Contra?
400
The Cold War ended in Soviet Bloc countries revolted against communist rule.
What is the breakup of the USSR?
400

Who ran against Obama for president in 2008?

John McCain was nominated as the Republican candidate, and he selected Sarah Palin as his running mate.

500
Name the treaty that limited arms with the Soviet Union.
What is SALT I?
500
The 40th president.
Who was Reagan?
500
A stalled economy where both inflation and unemployment soured in the early 1970s.
What is stagflation?
500
Would provide a missile shield in space to counter any Soviet aggression.
What is SDI?
500
When diplomatic efforts failed to persuade Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait, America's ally,Bush launched this.
What was the Persian Gulf War?
500

What two women did Obama nominate (and have confirmed) to the Supreme Court during his first two years of the presidency?

Sotomayor and Kagan -- Obama appointed two women to serve on the Supreme Court in the first two years of his presidency. He nominated Sonia Sotomayor on May 26, 2009 to replace retiring Associate Justice David Souter; she was confirmed on August 6, 2009,[227] becoming the first Supreme Court Justice of Hispanic descent.[228] Obama nominated Elena Kagan on May 10, 2010 to replace retiring Associate Justice John Paul Stevens. She was confirmed on August 5, 2010, bringing the number of women sitting simultaneously on the Court to three justices for the first time in American history