Chapter 29-30 Flashcards
Multiple Choice
Which issue represented the most pressing issue that President Reagan faced when he entered office?
A stagnant economy
Multiple Choice
In 1981, members of which profession staged a strike to demand better pay and better working conditions?
Air traffic controllers
Multiple Choice
Ronald Reagan announced that he had been diagnosed with which disease?
Alzheimer’s
Multiple Choice
What year did the Berlin Wall come down?
1989
True or False
Public discontent over the handling of the Persian Gulf War was a major factor to George H.W. Bush’s failure to win re-election in 1992.
False
Matching
Match the 1980s figure to the event or concept.
Nancy Reagan- The War on Drugs
Norman Schwarzkopt- Operation Desert Storm
Phyllis Schlafly- STOP ERA
Mikhail Gorbachev- Glasnost
Robert MacFarlane- Iran-Contra Affair
Fill in the Blank
_____ ran as an independent candidate in the 1992 presidential election.
H. Ross Perot
Multiple Choice
In 1993, the United States, in supporting the United Nations peacekeeping mission, got involved in a devastating military operation in which country?
Somalia
Multiple Choice
During the contested 2000 presidential election, the outcome depended on results from which state?
Florida
Multiple Choice
In the end, which body decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential election?
The Supreme Court
Fill in the Blank
Hurricane ______ made landfall in the United States in August 2005 and caused an enormous amount of damage. It was one of the worst hurricanes to ever hit the United States.
Katrina
Matching
Match the following politicians to their policy proposal.
Bill Clinton- “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Newt Gingrich- Contract with America
Hillary Clinton- Health Security Act (health care reform)
George W. Bush- No Child Left Behind
