History Exam on Units 26-30

Question 1

Clinton had to face an ___ during his second term, but the effort to remove him from office failed.

Answer 1

impeachment trial

Question 2

The 2000 presidential election was marked by controversy over the returns in the state of ___.

Answer 2

Florida

Question 3

Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal included

Answer 3

participating in the cover-up of the scandal and obstructing the investigation of it

Question 4

The attacks were masterminded by ___, who was later killed by Navy SEAL forces during the presidency of Barak Obama.

Answer 4

Osama bin Laden

Question 5

Johnson decided not to run again in 1968, and the Democratic nomination went to his Vice President, ___

Answer 5

Hubert Humphrey

Question 6

Near the end of Bush’s term, Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait. The multi-national effort to push the Iraqi forces out of Kuwait was called ___.

Answer 6

Operation Desert Storm

Question 7

Also during Nixon’s presidency, the nation achieved an important space milestone in 1969 when the ___.

Answer 7

first men landed on the moon

Question 8

President Nixon made bold foreign policy moves when he visited ___ in 1972.

Answer 8

China and the Soviet Union

Question 9

During Jimmy Carter’s term, the economy suffered with a ___ and high interest rates.

Answer 9

high rate of inflation

Question 10

Before becoming President, Ronald Regan had served as governor of ___.

Answer 10

California

Question 11

Reagan once called the Soviet Union an

Answer 11

evil empire

Question 12

Nixon was the Republican nominee, but the race was complicated by the independent candidacy of ___.

Answer 12

George Wallace

Question 13

Reagan had his own problems because of the ___, which involved a secret arms deal, an attempt to negotiate the release of American hostages, and undercover assistance to Central American freedom fighters.

Answer 13

Iran-Contra scandal

Question 14

The U.S. pulled out of Vietnam, and the result was that ___.

Answer 14

the South Vietnamese government and military collapsed

Question 15

Near the end of George W. Bush’s presidency, the nation suffered a credit crunch and recession caused in part by large-scale failures in ___.

Answer 15

home mortgages

Question 16

The collapse of Communism in Europe was epitomized in 1989 when the ___.

Answer 16

Berlin Wall was torn down

Question 17

The Democrats’ rise in power was disrupted in 1994, however, when the Republicans ___.

Answer 17

gained control of the U.S. House and Senate

Question 18

Civil rights leader ___ was assassinated in 1968, as was Democratic senator and presidential candidate ___.

Answer 18

Martin Luther King Jr.; Robert Kennedy

Question 19

The nation endured the terrorist attacks of

Answer 19

September 11, 2001

Question 20

Carter was able to bring about an agreement between ___ at the Camp David summit talks

Answer 20

Israel and Egypt

Question 21

After the House Judiciary Committee ___, Nixon resigned and Gerald Ford became President.

Answer 21

approved articles of impeachment

Question 22

After Nixon won, he pursued his strategy of ending the war in Vietnam, which included the tactic of ___.

Answer 22

bombing Communist sites in Cambodia

Question 23

Clinton succeeded in seeing NAFTA, a ___, go into effect.

Answer 23

trade deal involving the U.S., Canada, and Mexico

Question 24

Kennedy’s administration was embarrassed by the failed attempt to invade Cuba with anti-Castro forces at the ___.

Answer 24

Bay of Pigs

Question 25

America faced an energy crises in the early 1970s because of

Answer 25

the decision by OPEC to cut oil sales

Question 26

The new president (Kennedy) called his legislative program the ___.

Answer 26

New Frontier

Question 27

8The ___ was the justification for sending more troops and material to Vietnam.

Answer 27

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Question 28

Bill Clinton, governor of ___, was elected president in 1992 and 1996.

Answer 28

Arkansas

Question 29

After George H.W. Bush became President, the nation struggled through the collapse of the ___ industry.

Answer 29

savings and loan

Question 30

Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gobachev to ___.

Answer 30

tear down the Berlin Wall

Question 31

Johnson called his program the ___.

Answer 31

Great Society

Question 32

List the first 45 presidents.

Answer 32

Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Cleveland, McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama, Trump

Question 33

In the 1960 presidential contest, ___ defeated Richard Nixon.

Answer 33

John Kennedy