Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
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Presidential Scandals
100
Why did Ford become President?
Nixon resigned
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What did Jimmy Carter do before he became president?
He was a peanut farmer
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Reducing government spending.
Reducing income taxes and capital gains taxes.
Reducing government regulations.
Reducing inflation by controlling the money supply are all part of this economic policy from Reagan.
Reaganomics
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Which disease that emerged in the 1980s led to a worldwide epidemic and one of the largest health concerns?
AIDS
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How did the Endangered Species Act affect decision-making in the U.S. government?
U.S. government agencies must consider how any actions may threaten environments of endangered species.
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What is something different about the way Ford became President versus anyone else?
The only man never elected
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Why did the transition of Iran to an Islamic theocracy in 1979 result in a suspension of diplomatic relations with the United States?
Iran held American embassy officials hostage during the transition.
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Which 1980s conservative political organization was founded by the Southern Baptist pastor Jerry Falwell and advocated social policies that reflected the point of view of evangelical Christians?
The Moral Majority
200
In the 1970s changes in demographic patterns in the United States came about when people migrated from where to where?
Industrial centers in the Midwest to cities in the South
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Nixon adopts a policy of detente
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) is ratified
What did this help?
Cold War Tensions Decline
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What is stagflation?
Inflation with high unemployment/economic problem caused by inflation and stagnant economic growth
300
How did President Carter respond to the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979–1981?
Immediate economic sanctions, a failed military rescue, and negotiations for the release of the hostages
300
First Lady Nancy Reagan wanted to address what social concern of the 1980s?
Illegal drug use
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Which widely-respected Christian evangelical preacher has served often as a religious counselor to American presidents since the Truman administration?
Billy Graham
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How did President Nixon reduce tensions between the United States and communist governments?
He re-established diplomacy with China and negotiated arms reductions with the Soviet Union.
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What was the first thing Ford did as President that was not popular?
Pardoned Nixon for his crimes
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What has been the U.S. foreign policy approach to Israel?
Strong political support and billions of dollars in economic aid
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Who was the first Justice of the Supreme Court under Reagan?
Sandra Day O'Connor
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Why did the act of collecting, processing, and storing information greatly improve in the 1980s?
Expanded use of desktop computing
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In what decade did all of these happen?
Cease-fire goes into effect in Vietnam.
Watergate hearings rocked by revelation of White House topes.
Nixon Resigns, Ford to become President at noon.
1970s
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Why did oil prices spike under Ford in 1973?
An embargo of oil shipments to the United States by OPEC.
500
Why did Congress implement the Community Reinvestment Act?
To reduce discriminatory practices of banks
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Which decade in U.S. history was most characterized by a resurgence of political conservatism?
1980s
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Which political characteristic of the United States during the 1970s and 1980s best describes the time period?
Upheaval and protest
A resurgence of conservatism
Emergence of new political parties
The rise of powerful state governments
A resurgence of conservatism