Politics and Economics
Quiz by Paul Bachman
Grade 9-12
Social Studies
California Public Schools Standards
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- Q1first African American woman to serve in CongressRachel CarsonArchibald CoxShirley ChisholmJesse Jackson30s
- Q2author who sounded the alarm on the effect of pesticides on birds, fish, and other creaturesBob WoodwardJesse JacksonRachel CarsonShirley Chisholm30s
- Q3civil rights leader who founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity)Archibald CoxJesse JacksonRachel CarsonBob Woodward30s
- Q4historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, brokered by President CarterCamp David AccordsOPECLove CanalRehabilitation Act of 197330s
- Q5stated that no person with a disability can be discriminated against by an entity receiving federal fundingWounded KneeCamp David AccordsRehabilitation Act of 1973Love Canal30s
- Q6cartel that placed an embargo on petroleum to the United StatesLove CanalOPECWounded KneePUSH30s
- Q7special prosecutor who took Nixon to court to give up the Watergate tapes and was eventually fired by Nixon’s orderArchibald CoxRachel CarsonBob WoodwardJesse Jackson30s
- Q8Washington Post reporter who helped break the Watergate storyBob WoodwardArchibald CoxJesse JacksonShirley Chisholm30s
- Q9Détente began when President Nixonannounced his policy of New Federalismsigned the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treatyset out to improve relations with China’s communist governmentattended an American-Soviet summit30s
- Q10The House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Nixon in the summer of 1974, just days after the presidentturned over the Watergate tapesblocked release of the Watergate tapesordered the Watergate break-infired the special prosecutor investigating Watergate30s
- Q11The economic condition called “stagflation” had its beginnings in the early 1970s, whenthe increasing cost of goods took a toll on the economymillions of workers lost their jobsmanufacturing declined while prices were risingprices for consumer goods began to fall30s
- Q12The crisis in Iran that undermined Jimmy Carter’s presidency began in November 1979, whenthe Shah, a monarch supported by the United States, was forced to flee the countryreligious leader Ayatollah Khomeini declared an Islamic republic in IranCarter helped broker a historic peace treaty known as the Camp David Accordsmilitants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage30s
- Q13Affirmative action, an approach to civil rights that emerged in the 1970s, called for companies and institutions todevelop and provide diversity training for all employeesactively recruit African American employees and studentshire candidates without regard to race, gender, or national originestablish and meet quotas in hiring African Americans30s
- Q14seized and occupied for 70 days by Native American activistsLove CanalCamp David AccordsOPECWounded Knee30s