Chapter 24- An Age of Limits

Question 0

What was New Federalism?

Answer 0

a plan known to distribute a portion of federal power to state and local governments

Question 1

Who was Richard M. Nixon?

Answer 1

• Republican
• Born in Missouri
• 33rd president

Question 2

What was détente?

Answer 2

a policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions

Question 3

What is impeachment?

Answer 3

the process of accusing a public official of wrongdoing

Question 4

What was Watergate?

Answer 4

the scandal arising from the Nixon administration attempting to cover up its involvement in the 1972 break-in at the democratic National Committee headquarters in the watergate apartment complex

Question 5

What was the Camp David Accords?

Answer 5

a historic agreement between Israel and Egypt, reached in negotiations at Camp David in 1978

Question 6

What was Operation Desert Storm?

Answer 6

a 1991 military operation in which UN forces, led by the United States, drove Iraqi invaders from Kuwait

Question 7

What is environmentalism?

Answer 7

having an active care about our environment

Question 8

Who was Jimmy Carter?

Answer 8

U.S. president who was formerly a peanut farmer