U5 Q2- history

After the 9/11 attacks, the United States launched a military offensive against the Taliban government in __________.

Afghanistan

Why was there conflict in Bosnia?

Bosnian Serbs opposed independence.

Why were U.S.-Soviet relations strained during the Carter presidency?

Carter supported Soviet dissidents who spoke out against the Soviet regime; The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan

Why is the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty important?

It was the first treaty to provide for the destruction of nuclear weapons.

U.S.-Soviet relations improved when ____ became the Soviet leader in the mid-1980s.

Mikhail Gorbachev

How did Watergate affect American public opinion?

The Watergate scandal caused many Americans to have a strong distrust of government.

In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court ruled that racial quotas in the admissions process are unconstitutional.

True

How did President Nixon deal with inflation?

by imposing wage and price controls

The Iran-Contra Affair ______.

involved the use of profits from Iranian arms sales to support the Contras; was a scandal during the Reagan presidency

Supply-side economic theory holds that tax cuts will ______.

lead to economic growth

George H.W. Bush ______.

lost support when he agreed to new taxes; was president when the Soviet Union collapsed

President Ford's decision to ______ was unpopular.

pardon Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan ______.

sought to cut the size of the Federal government; proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI); greatly increased defense spending

Violence or the threat of violence carried out for political purposes is called ______.

terrorism

Why did the United States fight the Persian Gulf War?

to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation