US HIST U10

Question 1

______ balanced the budget.

Answer 1

william cliton

Question 2

helped uninsured families gain health insurance

Answer 2

affordable care act

Question 3

designed to stimulate the economy

Answer 3

american recovery and reinvestment act

Question 4

created the Department of Energy

Answer 4

jimmy carter

Question 4

prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Answer 4

gitmo

Question 5

sent the Marines to free the Mayaguez

Answer 5

gerald ford

Question 5

instituted WIN (Whip Inflation Now)

Answer 5

gerald ford

Question 6

created the windfall profits tax for oil companies

Answer 6

jimmy carter

Question 7

witnessed the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt

Answer 7

jimmy carter

Question 7

provided assistance for preschoolers

Answer 7

head start

Question 8

The Chinese government attacked protestors at ___.

Answer 8

Tiananmen Square

Question 8

became President when Richard Nixon resigned from office

Answer 8

gerald ford

Question 9

signed an agreement giving control of the Panama Canal to Panama

Answer 9

jimmy carter

Question 9

provided leave time for medical situations

Answer 9

family medical leave act

Question 10

Premier ___ declared the Soviet Union to be disbanded.

Answer 10

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 10

limited purchases of handguns

Answer 10

brady bill

Question 11

The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court was ___.

Answer 11

Sandra Day O’Connor

Question 11

The Soviet policy of “openness” was called ___.

Answer 11

glasnost

Question 12

President George H. W. Bush lost popularity because he broke his promise not to ___.

Answer 12

raise taxes

Question 12

was President when Black Monday saw the stock market lose $500 billion in one day

Answer 12

ronald reagan

Question 12

The dictator of Panama, Manuel Noriega, was arrested on ___ charges.

Answer 12

drug

Question 13

planned a missile-defense system called SDI and nicknamed “Star Wars”

Answer 13

ronald reagan

Question 14

signed SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union

Answer 14

jimmy carter

Question 14

appointed the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court

Answer 14

ronald reagan

Question 15

criticized for his administration’s handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

created the Department of Homeland Security

signed the Patriot Act

Answer 15

george w. bush

Question 16

The nation’s 200th birthday celebration was called the ___.

Answer 16

bicentennial

Question 17

appointed the first Hispanic to the Supreme Court

signed the Affordable Care Act

authorized Operation Neptune’s Spear

Answer 17

barack obama

Question 17

______ provided access for the disabled.

Answer 17

americans with disabilities act

Question 18

planned and carried out assaults on the United States on 9/11

Answer 18

Al-Qaeda

Question 19

required industrial nations to reduce carbon emissions

Answer 19

kyoto protocol

Question 20

sought during operations in Iraq

Answer 20

WMD

Question 21

Saddam Hussein and Iraq invaded ___.

Answer 21

kuwait

Question 22

demanded that Premier Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall

Answer 22

ronald reagan

Question 23

lost popularity because he broke his promise not to raise new taxes

Answer 23

george w. bush

Question 24

________ attempted to return authority to the state governments.

Answer 24

new federalism

Question 25

______ ensured that the Soviet bloc would respect human rights.

Answer 25

Helsinki Accords

Question 26

This was a framework for agreements between Egypt and Israel

Answer 26

camp david accords

Question 26

Who was the first Hispanic appointed to the Supreme Court?

Answer 26

sonia sotomayor