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History Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nixon | "silent majority" - (power to states);;;; improved relations with soviet union and china;;; ended vitenam war;;; watergate scandal;;; |
| Ford | forgave nixons crimes;;; detente=relaxation of international affairs;;; |
| Carter | "citizens presidents";;; camp david aggrement - eypt and israel |
| Camp David Agreement | Peace agreements btw israel and sgypt |
| REAgan | reaginomics; AIDS; conservative; cold war ends; peace talks btw US and USSR |
| Bush | won electoral votes against al gore;;; war on terror;; immagrants |
| Clinton | "new democrat";;;hanf gun and medical leave;;; ec. boom;; affairs;;; NAFTA;;; 270 trade aggreements |
| HW Bush | |
| Watergate | ruined nixons presidency; lied abotu breaking into hotel |
| energy crisis | 1970s; rocked america; linits on gas and heaters; europe affected; lifted in 1974; only lasted one year; |
| iran hostage crisis | 1979 invasion of US embassy; 66 americans; over 1 yr; jan 1981 last hstages freed |
| irian contra affair | US sold arms to irainian govt; irainian govt pressured lebansese terrorist to released us hostages; moey made were givens to contras in nicaragua to fight govt. |
| olympic boycots of 1980 | SOVIETS ATTACK AFGHANASTAN makes carter pull out from olympics;;; "The socialist olympics" |
| olympics boycotts 1984 | the soviets didnt participate in response to the 80boycotss; "the capatlist olympics" |
| persian gulf war | aug 2 1990-march 3 1991;;; KUWAIT AND UN vs. Iraq;;; oil in kuwiat;;; operation desert sheild (defend SA) tuned into storm in january 17, 1991 |
| World trade center attacks | 9/11;;; war on terror;; operation anaconda |
| OPeration Iraqi freedom/ 2nd gulf war | saddam husssein |
| operation enduring freedom | afghanistan; war on terror |
| US in the middle East | NAFTA; free trade; military inventions in regional conflicts; HAITI, SOMALIA, SE EUROPE; KENYA; TANZANIA; IDRAEL;;; US to help israel and palestinians peace agreements |
| End of the cold war | Under reagans admin; nov-dec 1989; east german govt fell; warsaw pact nations |
| 1970's - crisis in confidence | oil crisis; watergate; iran hostages |
| 1980's conservation resurgence | oppose big givt; reduce taxes; support strong military; reaganomics; AIDS |
| 19990's rise of information age | communications revolution; computers affect business and home life; decreased organized labor; NAFTA; CLinton |
| 2000's Security immagration and war on terror | iraq war helped bush'd reelection; faced challenges with domestic issues;; increased immagration = latinos and asians;; bin laden "war on terror" |