History Exam on Units 26-30 Flashcards
Clinton had to face an ___ during his second term, but the effort to remove him from office failed.
impeachment trial
The 2000 presidential election was marked by controversy over the returns in the state of ___.
Florida
Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal included
participating in the cover-up of the scandal and obstructing the investigation of it
The attacks were masterminded by ___, who was later killed by Navy SEAL forces during the presidency of Barak Obama.
Osama bin Laden
Johnson decided not to run again in 1968, and the Democratic nomination went to his Vice President, ___
Hubert Humphrey
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 ___.
Operation Desert Storm
Also during Nixon’s presidency, the nation achieved an important space milestone in 1969 when the ___.
first men landed on the moon
President Nixon made bold foreign policy moves when he visited ___ in 1972.
China and the Soviet Union
During Jimmy Carter’s term, the economy suffered with a ___ and high interest rates.
high rate of inflation
Before becoming President, Ronald Regan had served as governor of ___.
California
Reagan once called the Soviet Union an
evil empire
Nixon was the Republican nominee, but the race was complicated by the independent candidacy of ___.
George Wallace
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.
Iran-Contra scandal
The U.S. pulled out of Vietnam, and the result was that ___.
the South Vietnamese government and military collapsed
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 ___.
home mortgages
The collapse of Communism in Europe was epitomized in 1989 when the ___.
Berlin Wall was torn down
The Democrats’ rise in power was disrupted in 1994, however, when the Republicans ___.
gained control of the U.S. House and Senate
Civil rights leader ___ was assassinated in 1968, as was Democratic senator and presidential candidate ___.
Martin Luther King Jr.; Robert Kennedy
The nation endured the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001
Carter was able to bring about an agreement between ___ at the Camp David summit talks
Israel and Egypt
After the House Judiciary Committee ___, Nixon resigned and Gerald Ford became President.
approved articles of impeachment
After Nixon won, he pursued his strategy of ending the war in Vietnam, which included the tactic of ___.
bombing Communist sites in Cambodia
Clinton succeeded in seeing NAFTA, a ___, go into effect.
trade deal involving the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
Kennedy’s administration was embarrassed by the failed attempt to invade Cuba with anti-Castro forces at the ___.
Bay of Pigs
