U.S. History II Test 4

Question 1

What was environmentalism?

Answer 1

-1970’s
-Earth Day and Silent Spring (book by Rachel Carson)
-EPA (environmentalist protection agency)

Question 2

Feminism

Answer 2

-Women’s Rights Movement
-goal: social equality and an end to gender-based job postings
-National Organization of Women (NOW) formed in 1966

Question 3

What happened in the Reagan Years?

Answer 3

-After Jimmy Carter
-Modernized the military
-considered building SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative)
-got Saudi Arabia to lower gas prices

Question 4

How was the Soviet Union affected during Reagan Years?

Answer 4

-Gorbachev was leader after Stalin and wanted to reform Soviet Union in response to Arms Race
-Perestroika (economic rebuilding)
-Glasnost (political reform)
-too much change for Soviet Union

Question 5

When did the Soviet Union collapse?

Answer 5

-1989

Question 6

What was the Invasion of Grenada?

Answer 6

-island nation of Grenada was building close ties to Cuba and the Soviet Union
-Iran-Contra Affair
-Contras: anti-socialist Nicaraguan rebels
-Reagan administration wanted to support them but Congress wouldn’t fund it
-Lt. Colonel Oliver North sold weapons to Iran and funded Contras with the money

Question 7

What was Reaganomics?

Answer 7

-Reagan’s economic policy
1. Reduce gov. spending
2. Reduce income tax and capital gains tax
3. Reduce government regulation
4. Control the money supply to reduce inflation
-The economy grew, but debt went up

Question 8

Who was George H.W. Bush?

Answer 8

-Bush (R) was president after Reagan
-Operation Desert Storm was an invasion of Iraq to protect Saudi Arabia and liberate Kuwait
-Saddam Hussein was president of Iraq
-Signed NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)