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Unit 10 Test Review. GPS U.S. History. SSCG 25. Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush. First U.S. President to resign from office?. Richard Nixon. Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush. Nixon was successful in doing this?. Opening China. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
First U.S. President to resign from office?
Richard Nixon
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Nixon was forming good relations with China in order to
use China as?
Leverage in negotiating with Soviet Union
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Nixon tried to cover-up his advisors being involved in the
Break-in of the Democratic National headquarters?
Watergate Scandal
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Watergate had this affect on the opinion of the U.S. people
about government?
Distrust of Government
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This person became President of the United States when
Richard M. Nixon resigned?
Gerald Ford
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This was Ford’s first official act as President of the United
States?
Pardoned Nixon
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
President Ford also did this while in office?
Granted Amnesty to Draft Dodgers
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This President tried to bring peace to the Middle East?
Jimmy Carter
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This was a meeting set up by Carter with Egyptian President
and Israeli Prime Minister in 1978 to sign a peace treaty?
Camp David Accords
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
The Egyptian President that met at the Camp David
Accords?
Anwar Sadat
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
The Israeli Prime Minister that met at the Camp David
Accords?
Menachem Begin
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
The Shah of Iran (Friend of U.S.) was ousted by Muslim
religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini?
Iranian Revolution 1979
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
President Carter allowed this person into the U.S. to receive
medical treatment which caused an outrage in Iran?
Shah of Iran
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-BushIranian revolutionaries invaded U.S. embassy in Iran and took
52 American Captives to retaliate to the Shah in the
U.S.?
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Conservative President in the 1980s that wanted to decrease the size and role of the federal
government?
Ronald Reagan
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Economic theory to cut social welfare programs, give tax cuts
to business, and increase Defense spending?
Reaganomics
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
In short, the main goal of Reaganomics was to?
Stimulate the U.S. economy by cutting
taxes
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
In Reaganomics, this term refers to workers benefiting
from the increase in business profits?
Trickle Down Economics
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This group of people was hurt by Reaganomics Budget Cuts?
Lower income Americans
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Reagan’s biggest failure in international policy; Used profits from gun sales to Iran to fund a
rebellion in Nicaragua?
Iran-Contra Scandal
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This individual accepted most of the blame for the Iran Contra
Affair during Reagan’ administration?
Oliver North
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This was President Reagan’s biggest International success?
Collapse of the Soviet Union / End of
the Cold War
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
President Reagan became friends with Soviet Prime
Minister Mikhail Gorbachev and Reagan gets credit for
this?
Fall of Berlin Wall
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) to implement
satellites in Space to be an anti-missile system defense was
called ?
Star Wars
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Second President of the United States to be Impeached?
Bill Clinton
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
President Clinton and the leaders of Canada and Mexico
signed this to remove trade barriers between their
countries?
NAFTA
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
NAFTA stands for this?
North American Free Trade Agreement
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
NAFTA provided this to Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.?
Free Trade (tariff free) trade zone
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Opponents (people who disagreed) with NAFTA believed
it would do this?
Send Jobs to Mexico / Harm the
Environment
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This is what President Bill Clinton was impeached for?
Perjury
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
President Bill Clinton was impeached for this because he
asked Monica to lie?
Obstruction of Justice
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
The importance of this was emphasized in the 2000 Presidential Election?
Electoral College
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, & the Pentagon were attacked
by Terrorists on this day?
September 11, 2001
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This Person was President of the United States during 9/11?
George W. Bush
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
U.S. Congress declared war on this after 9/11?
War on Terror
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This terrorist group was responsible for 9/11 attacks?
Al Qaeda
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
Leader of the terrorist group was responsible for 9/11
attacks?
Osama Bin Laden
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
U.S. invaded this nation to eliminate Al Qaeda Training
Camps?
Afghanistan
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
This was the name of the invasion of Afghanistan?
Operation Enduring Freedom
Changing Political Ideologies: Carter-Bush
U.S. invaded this nation to prevent Saddam Hussein from providing Al-Qaeda terrorists
with Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)?
Iraq