Late Cold War Unit
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- Q 1/20Score 0The best selection to complete 1 is -29taxembargoquota
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- Q1The best selection to complete 1 is -taxembargoquota30s
- Q2The best selection to complete 2 is -OPECNAACPHUAC30s
- Q3This quote was by Sandra Day O’Connor who made history as the first -female Supreme Court justiceAfrican American presidential candidatefemale Secretary of Statefemale elected to Congress30s
- Q4This 1974 newspaper headline proved that -Supreme Court decides the President’s guilt in an impeachment trialPresident would appeal his case to a higher courtexecutive power of the President was protected by the CongressPresident is not above the rules of the Constitution30s
- Q5What event caused the headline below?American frustrations over delayed natural disaster warningsThe American U-2 spy plane shot down by the Soviet UnionThe buildup up nuclear weapons by the U.S.The U.S. space exploration program30s
- Q6This photograph most accurately describes which of the following events -CIA agents were discovered and captured in Irantop ranking German officers on trial for their atrocitiesAmerican hostages taken when Iranians seized the U.S. embassy in IranAmerican spies found guilty for leaking atomic secrets30s
- Q7An agreement between Reagan and Gorbachev to end the Cold War was reached -by dismantling nuclear missiles that led to the reduction of nuclear weaponsby signing a treaty to open trade with communist Chinawith the exchange of military and space technologywith the exchange of weapons for hostages30s
- Q8What was the significance of President Nixon’s visit to China in 1972?It decreased U.S. dependence on Chinese oil exportsIt improved relations with a communist nationIt led to a ceasefire in the Korean WarIt was an end to the policy of détente30s
- Q9President Ronald Reagan’s foreign policy dealing with the Cold War consisted of -reducing spending on social programs to balance the deficitselling arms to communists in Iran in exchange for hostagesdecreasing military spending to reduce tensions with the Soviet Unionincreasing military spending to create an anti-ballistic defense system in space30s
- Q10Which statement best completes this diagram?Presidents who expanded U.S. relationships with communist countriesAmerican citizens question their trust in their government officialsThe U.S. commitments to unnecessary foreign warsEvents that led to the impeachment of American Presidents30s
- Q11What foreign policy event damaged President Carter’s administration?The bombing of Marine barracks in BeirutHis inability to bring home American hostages in IranThe illegal sale of weapons to Iran an exchange for hostagesAn energy crisis caused by the OPEC oil embargo30s
- Q12Which statement best completes this diagram?Israel refused to recognize Egypt and other Arab nationsU.S airlifted arms to support IsraelU.S. illegal sale of weapons to IranEnd of the Vietnam War30s
- Q13This technology was developed primarily to -shield tanks from explosivesuse as material needed to launch a satelliteprotect from radiation in the event of a nuclear attackprotect astronauts with a flame-retardant space suit30s
- Q14This political cartoon explains an event that led to criticism of Ronald Reagan’s administration for -misleading the nation in the Watergate Scandalfailing to monitor his top officials for negotiating with terrorists.developing weapons Congress had previously prohibitedsending military to support the communists in China30s
- Q15One can conclude by the events on the timeline that the -Presidents of the 1970s were concerned with having access to energy sourcesarms race of the Cold War led to alternative weaponsPresidents were concerned with a nuclear spillPresidents passed measures to limit the use of nuclear energy30s
