Environment-Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Foreign Policy

Question 0

Nixon created this government agency. he also signed legislation for clean air, water, and the protection if endangered species. Nixon was responding to public support for the environment

Answer 0

EPA

Question 1

the environmental movement received a strong boost after this caught fire

Answer 1

Cuyahoga River

Question 2

Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring, warned of danger to the environment from overuse of ___

Answer 2

pesticides

Question 3

the first ___ on April 22, 1970 was largely a respond to the publics growing concern over the effects of pollution. this in turn led to the passage of the Clean Air Act

Answer 3

Earth Day

Question 4

environmental crisis over toxic waste during the Carter Administration

Answer 4

Love Canal

Question 5

crisis involving nuclear energy during the Carter Administration

Answer 5

Three Mile Island

Question 6

the ___ played a key role in getting Ronald Reagan elected

Answer 6

New Right

Question 7

during the 1970s religious conservatives were concerned about too much ___ regulation

Answer 7

government

Question 8

Jerry Falwell founded this organization to promote traditional values

Answer 8

Moral Majority

Question 9

a social security check and Medicare and Medicaid payments are examples of ___ programs

Answer 9

entitlement

Question 10

during the 1980s the conservative coalition often supported ___ in order to decrease what it saw as too much government control over business

Answer 10

deregulation

Question 11

the nickname for the national defense program, The Strategic Defense Initiative

Answer 11

Star Wars

Question 12

this became the First Nation to break away from the Soviet Bloc in Eastern Europe. Soviet influence had been high in this country because it shared a border with the USSR

Answer 12

Poland

Question 13

this nation experienced the “Velvet Revolution” a peaceful move away from Communism and the Soviet Bloc

Answer 13

Czechoslovakia

Question 14

Gorbachev reform that resulted in more freedom of the press

Answer 14

glasnost

Question 15

Gorbachev record that attempted to restructure the Soviet economy by allowing some private enterprise

Answer 15

perestroika

Question 16

in this famous speech Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an ___

Answer 16

evil empire

Question 17

the location in China where hundreds of unarmed people were gunned down

Answer 17

Tianamen Square

Question 18

Russian president who along with President George H.W. Bush that the Cold War was over

Answer 18

Boris Yeltsin

Question 19

the current president of Russia

Answer 19

Vladmir Putin

Question 20

in what became known as the ___ scandal the Reagan Administration negotiated with terrorists to secure the release of American hostages held in Lebanon

Answer 20

Iran Contra

Question 21

in 1991 the US led coalition attacked Iraq to protect Kuwait and ___

Answer 21

Saudi Arabia

Question 22

Reagan increased defense spending because he did not believe that ___ disarmament would halt Soviet expansion

Answer 22

nuclear

Question 23

the Bush administration launched an invasion of ___ and captured Manual Noreiga in order to crack down on drug trafficking in Latin America

Answer 23

Panama

Question 24

many analysts believe that Reagan’s increased defense spending help speed and end to the ___

Answer 24

Cold War

Question 25

she became the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court

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Sandra Day O’Connor

Question 26

she became the first woman to be nominated as a vice presidential candidate on major party ticket

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Geraldine Ferraro

Question 27

Communist rebel group that took power in Nicaragua

Answer 27

Sandinistas

Question 28

the Iranian hostages were released shortly after ___ was sworn in as President

Answer 28

Reagan

Question 29

to emphasize that the federal government had too much power Reagan pointed out that the ___ created the federal government and not the other was around

Answer 29

states

Question 30

Ronald Reagan’s nickname because if his easy going style and ability to speak to average Americans

Answer 30

great communicator

Question 31

to help the needy, liberals often rely on using government programs whereas conservatives tend to favor the use of ___ organizations

Answer 31

private

Question 32

during the 1970s liberals pushed for laws protecting women, the elderly, and ___

Answer 32

minorities

Question 33

conservative got a major boost during the 1970s when white ___ began switching parties over civil rights issues

Answer 33

southerners

Question 34

he made the famous campaign pledge, “Read my lips, no new taxes”

Answer 34

George H.W. Bush

Question 35

a policy that seeks to correct the effects of past discrimination by favoring groups that were previously disadvantaged

Answer 35

affirmative action

Question 36

the economic policies of Ronald Reagan that promoted budget cuts, tax cuts, and increased defense spending

Answer 36

reaganomics

Question 37

the view that there is discrimination against whites to make up for past discrimination against others

Answer 37

reverse discrimination

Question 38

a 1983 government report that US schools were performing worse than those in other industrialized nations

Answer 38

nation at risk

Question 39

the two fastest growing minority groups in the US are ___ and Asian Americans

Answer 39

Latinos

Question 40

in 1991 the Cold War ended when the ___ broke up into 15 separate republics

Answer 40

Soviet Union

Question 41

in 1991 fighting began between the Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and Muslims came into conflict after ___ broke up into six separate republics

Answer 41

Yugoslavia

Question 42

this family gained power with US help and ruled Nicaragua as a dictatorship for 42 years

Answer 42

Somoza

Question 43

this group was supported by the Reagan Administration to overthrow the Sandinistas

Answer 43

Contras

Question 44

name for the 1991 military operation to force the Iraqi military to leave Kuwait

Answer 44

desert storm

Question 45

George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind initiative stressed how success in ___ would lead to other successes

Answer 45

education

Question 46

in the 2000 election ___ won the popular vote but did not become president

Answer 46

Al Gore

Question 47

George W. Bush became president in 2000 after winning the electoral votes in ___

Answer 47

Florida

Question 48

this democrat was elected president after 12 years of republican control of the White House largely because if his centrist policies

Answer 48

Bill Clinton

Question 49

this trade agreement was criticized by some for allowing cheaper Mexican goods to enter the US

Answer 49

NAFTA

Question 50

in 2003 the US again attacked Iraq because the Bush Administration believe Iraq possessed weapons of ___

Answer 50

mass destruction

Question 51

in 1994 the US refused to intervene in the genocide in Rwanda because in the previous year 18 Americans had been killed in ___ the capital city if Somalia

Answer 51

Mogadishu

Question 52

during the Clinton impeachment the ___ did not produce the 2/3 vote necessary to remove the president from office

Answer 52

senate

Question 53

during his ___ speech after 9/11 President George W. Bush condemned terrorist regimes for cooperating with each other

Answer 53

Axis of Evil

Question 54

he ran as a third party candidate in the 1992 election against George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. he won 19% of the popular vote

Answer 54

Ross Perot

Question 55

group responsible for the 9/11 attacks

Answer 55

Al Qaeda

Question 56

conservative Islamic group that took control of Afghanistan after the Soviets withdrew

Answer 56

Taliban

Question 57

Newt Gingrich drafted this document to outline the republicans conservative plans during the Clinton Administration

Answer 57

Contract with America

Question 58

this system of racial segregation in South Africa was ended in the 1990s

Answer 58

Apartheid