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Carter to ClintonEOC
US History EOC Vocabulary - Carter to Clinton
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| __ WOULD MOST LIKELY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUOTE “THE POWER I EXERT ON THE COURT DEPENDS ON THE POWER OF MY ARGUMENTS, NOT ON MY GENDER.” | Sandra Day O’Connor |
| THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT WOULD MOST APPLY TO AN EMPLOYEE QUALIFYING FOR TIME OFF TO CARE FOR A ___. | Newborn |
| BILL CLINTON’S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL SHOWED THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS FACE GREATER ____ OF THEIR PERSONAL LIVES. | Scrutiny |
| THE REASON FOR GASOLINE PRICES SPIKING IN THE 1970’S AND EARLY 1980’S WAS DUE TO THE CONFLICTS IN THE _____ THAT DISRUPTED THE DISTRIBUTION OF OIL. | Middle East |
| SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR WAS THE FIRST WOMAN NAMED TO THE U.S. ___. | Supreme Court |
| RONALD REAGAN’S ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTED CONTRA REBELS IN NICARAGUA AFTER CONGRESS CUT FUNDING FOR MILITARY AID BY SELLING WEAPONS IN EXCHANGE FOR HOSTAGES. THIS IS CALLED THE _____. | Iran Contra Scandal |
| THE PROMISE TO AMERICA FROM REPUBLICANS THAT WAS RUN BY NEWT GINGRICH WAS CALLED THE _______. | Contract With America |
| ON OCTOBER 23,1983, IN ____, SUICIDE BOMBERS DROVE TRUCK BOMBS INTO THE U.S. MARINE AND FRENCH MILITARY BARRACKS KILLING OVER 200 PEOPLE. | Beirut, Lebanon |
| THE MAIN REASON WHY BILL CLINTON SENT TROOPS TO ___ IN THE MID -1900’S WAS TO HELP BRING ABOUT POLITICAL STABILITY IN THE AREA. | Bosnia |
| THE _____ WAS FOUNDED WITH THE GOAL OF MOBILIZING CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS TO BECOME MORE POLITICALLY ACTIVE. | Moral Majority |
| THE OIL PRICE SAFEGUARD ACT WOULD HELP MODERATE SHARP SPIKES IN OIL AND GAS PRICES AND WOULD STOP ___ MEMBER NATIONS FROM HAVING SO MUCH POWER ON THE PRICE OF OIL. | OPEC |
| IN 1979, THE ____ INVOLVED A MOB OF ISLAMIST REVOLUTIONAIRES WHO OVERRAN THE U.S., EMBASSY AND TOOK WORKERS HOSTAGE IN PROTEST OF THE ATTEMPTS MADE BY THE U.S. TO UNDERMINE THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION. | Iran Hostage Crisis |
| THE FOREIGN POLICY AGREEMENT, MADE BY JIMMY CARTER, THAT HAD THE MOST DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THE MIDDLE EAST WAS THE _____. | Camp David Accords |
| THE FACTOR THAT CONTRIBUTED MOST TO INFLATION IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE 1970’S WAS THE ___. | Oil Embargos |
| THE ____ DEALT WITH THE US, MEXICO, AND CANADA DISMANTLING TRADE BARRIERS AND STIMULATING THEIR ECONOMIES WITH FREE TRADE. | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| THE RESULT OF THE U.S.-LED MILITARY COALITIION ENGAGEMENT IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR WAS That __ BECAME LIBERATED. | Kuwait |
| THE SHAH OF IRAN ENTERED THE U.S. FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND THE RESULT WAS THE REVOLUTIONARIES KIDNAPPED A GROUP OF U.S. CITIZENS AT THE EMBASSY IN _____. | Iran |
| PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN’S “PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH” POLICY LED TO AN INCREASE IN ______ STRENGTH TO DISCOURAGE AGGRESION BY OTHERS. | Defense |
| THE POLICY Objectives OF REAGANOMICS WERE BASED ON THE THEORY THAT BROAD TAX CUTS AND FINANCIAL ____ WOULD PROMOTE ECONOMIC EXPANSION. | Deregulation |
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