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Goal 12 – Ford to Bush Jr.
Complete the following chart
President
Years in Office
Party
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Define the following terms
National Energy Act:
Camp David Accords:
Ayatollah Khomeini:
Realpolitik:
Three Mile Island:
Moral Majority:
Affirmative Action:
SDI:
Sandra Day O’Connor:
Geraldine Ferraro:
Mikhail Gorbachev:
INF Treaty:
Operation Desert Storm:
NAFTA:
Contract with America:
Al-Qaeda:
PATRIOT Act:
Major Events
Department of Homeland Security:
Answer the following questions
What was Ford’s plan to fix the economy?
What was Carter’s foreign policy based on?
Name one success and one defeat for Carter in the Middle East.
What basic positions did members of the Moral Majority share?
What factors helped Reagan win the presidential election in 1980?
How did Americans respond to the problems of the 1980s?
Who was president when the Cold War came to an end?
Why was President Clinton impeached?
What was the outcome of the war in Afghanistan after 9/11?
Why did the U.S. decide to invade Iraq?
Complete the following chart
Reaganomics
Aspect
Describe
Write the letter of the best answer on the line
____ 1. Which of the following was an alliance of conservative groups that opposed liberal programs?
a. the New Left
c. Affirmative Action
b. the New Right
d. Silent Majority
____ 2. The first woman to run on a major party’s presidential ticket was
a. Sandra Day O’Connor
c. Peggy Noonan
b. Anita Hill
d. Geraldine Ferraro
____ 3. What was the policy that was intended to correct the effects of discrimination in the employment and
education of minority groups and women?
a. Affirmative action
c. Entitlement program
b. Pay equity
d. Deregulation