American History Exam 5
Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives.
A- True
In Germany, the destruction of the Berlin Wall came with no conflict.
A- True
In the presidential election of 2016, many national intelligence agencies believe that Russia attempted to influence the vote.
A- True
North Korea with the dictator Kim Jung Un, has attempted to build a nuclear missile capability.
A- True
Operation Desert Storm drove Saddam Hussein from Kuwait
A- True
The election of 2012 was won by Barack Obama
A- True
The strategic Defense initiative was also known as "Stars wars."
A- True
When AIDS emerged in the 1980s, many in the Reagan administration viewed it largely as a gay disease.
A- True
Within a few weeks of the 9/11 attacks, US forces led an attack on
Afghanistan
As his vice presidential running mate, Bill Clinton chose:
Albert Gore Jr.
The terrorist attack on September 11, 2001
All are true
Nixon's triumph concerning China was:
American diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China.
The Grenada invasion resulted in:
An easy American victory
Reagan viewed the Soviet Union as:
An evil adversary
Bill Clinton was the governor of
Arkansas
American hostages in Iran were released within a week of their capture
B- False
As he predicted, Reagan's tax cuts helped reduce the federal deficit.
B- False
ISIS, The Tailban, and AI Qaeda are all part of the same organization.
B- False
In the election of 2016 the presidential race was between the Republic candidate Hillary Clinton and the democratic candidate Donald Trump.
B- False
The "Arabic Spring" refers to the growing fear that human activities were cause a world- wide climate change.
B- False
The "Brady Bill" called for an end to the sale of all hand guns
B- false
The camp David accords were agreements between Iran and Iraq.
B- false
The election of 2008 was won by George W. Bush.
B- false
Nixon's Vietnam policy included all of the following except
Continued buildup of American armed forces in Vietnam.
In 2005, hurricane Katrina
Destroyed much of New Orleans
The Twenty- Sixth Amendment:
Gave eighteen- year olds the right to vote.
Who said, " Read my lips: no new taxes"?
George H.W. Bush.
By the end of 1991, the Soviet Union:
Had fallen apart
The figure who most influenced Nixon's foreign policy was:
Henry Kissinger
The "Whitewater" case:
Involved a failed investment by the Clintons in an Arkansas resort project
"Reagananomics"
Was Regan's version of supply- sided economics
The United Farm Workers:
Was especially concerned with Hispanic migrant workers.
Jimmy Carter
Was peanut farmer and former naval officer
The Bush Doctrine emphasized:
Preemptive military action against terrorists and terrorist regimes
The Gulf War resulted from
Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait
The gulf war resulted from
Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait
The SALT agreement:
Set limits on certain types of nuclear weapons.
The presidential election of 2000 saw:
The Supreme Court rule 5 to 4 in Bush v. Gore.
President Carter said American foreign policy should be based on:
The defense of human rights.
"Reagananomics" :
Was Reagan's version of supply- side economics.
The "Silent majority" referred to:
Middle American, those citizens fed up with liberal politics and social radicalism
The "silent majority" referred to:
Middle American, those citizens fed up with liberal politics and social radicalism
The reform- minded Soviet premier who emerged in the mid- 1980s was:
Mikhail Gorbachev
The reform-mixed soviet premier who emerged in the mid- 1980s was :
Mikhail Gorbachev
Who was the architect of the "contract with America"?
Newt Gingrich
In the aftermath of the Iraq war and its defeat
No weapons of mass destruction were found
On April 19, 1995, 168 were killed with a truck bomb explored outside a federal office building in:
Oklahoma City
Nixon's Watergate- related downfall came with the revelation that he had:
Ordered a cover-up of the original Watergate break-in.