U.S. Presidents
This President founded OSHA and the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) but was also involved in a Scandal to cover up a break-in to the Watergate Hotel to spy on political opponents.
Richard Nixon
Which country took U.S. citizens hostage in 1979?
Iran
Inflation means the price of something increasing over time. This term happens when inflation is present but unemployment also increases meaning Americans have less money and can't afford as much.
Stagflation
What was located at the Watergate Building that got broken into?
The Democratic-party National Headquarters
How many US hostages were held for the full 444 days?
52
This President gave a speech known as the "Malaise Speech" or also known as the "Crisis of Confidence Speech". American's initially supported the speech but overtime it led to this President being viewed as ineffective.
What were the two main countries that were involved in the Yom Kippur War of 1973
Egypt, Israel and Syria
In the midwest; inflation and high oil prices caused industrial factories and jobs to leave for foreign countries causing high unemployment and the abandoning of factories and industrial centers. What was the nickname of this region?
The Rust Belt
What was the secret nickname of the burglars who broke into the Watergate Hotel?
"The Plumbers"
What was the nickname Reagan gave the USSR in his famous speech speaking out against Communism?
"Evil Empire"
This 1980's US President spent 2.6 trillion dollars on the Military.
Ronald Reagan
In 1978 President Jimmy Carter signed a peace deal with Israel and Egypt. What were the meetings between the three countries called?
The Camp David Accords
What happened to unemployment rates throughout the 1970's. (Be careful, ask yourself: What does it mean if unemployment increases or decreases?)
Unemployment Increased; meaning more people were unemployed
What was the name of the failed military operation to rescue the Hostages held in Iran?
Operation Eagle Claw
Reagan granted _____________ in his Immigration Reform and Control Acto fo 1986 to illegal immigrants already in the U.S.
Amnesty
What legal reason did Nixon use to try and keep the tapes from being released to the Congressional Committee investigating him?
Executive Privilege
During the Iranian Revolution, this leader by the name of _____________________ returned from exile and declared he would make Iran into an Islamic Republic as their Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Khomeini
In the 1970's OPEC retaliated against U.S. support of Israel by implementing a ____ __________ causing the Energy Crisis of the 1970's.
President Ford lost a lot of support from Americans after issuing a _______________ in wake of the Watergate Scandal.
Presidential Pardon
After signing the Camp David Accords with Israel and the US and receiving a Nobel Peace Prize, what happened to Egypt's President Sadat in 1981?
He was assassinated
"Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for it's own existence"
Who said this?
Reagan
What reason did Shah Mohammad Reza Pehlavi use to flee Iran during the Iranian Revolution
Went on "Vacation"
This term is a president-inspired nickname for Supply-Side Economics meaning cutting taxes for business owners and wealthy Americans in order to encourage economic growth
"Reaganomics"
Why were the Nicuraguan "Contras" banned from receiving aid from the U.S? It was because of how the "Contras" made most of their money in Nicaragua. How did they make most of their money?
Cocaine-trade; Drug-trade; etc.
What was the movie inspired nickname of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Missle Defense strategy that Reagan authorized with his 2.6 trillion dollar spending on the military?
"Star Wars"