Download Emmanuel Grande Questions - Front Page 1. Diplomatic

Emmanuel Grande Questions - Front Page
1.
Diplomatic developments during the Carter administration included all of the
following EXCEPT
Your Answer: strengthening trade and cultural ties to Taiwan
2.
Which of the following did NOT occur in Iran-Contra?
Your Answer: President Reagan's pardon of Admiral John Poindexter
prevented the full disclosure of the story
3.
The Reagan administration was involved in all of the following EXCEPT
Your Answer: attempted unsuccessfully to free American hostages in Iran
1.
All of the following terms deal with economic issues EXCEPT
Your Answer: "glasnost"
2.
The greatest increase in immigration in the past twenty-five years has come
from
Your Answer: Southeast Asia and Latin America
3.
The Sandinistas
Your Answer: were defeated in the 1990 Nicaraguan elections
4.
SALT II was rejected by the United States Senate in the aftermath of
Your Answer: the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
5.
According to the Ayatollah Khomeini, the "Great Satan" was
Your Answer: capitalism
6.
All of the following occurred during the Carter administration EXCEPT the
Your Answer: Iran-Contra affair
1.
In the 1976 presidential election, Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter, a
southern governor, won overwhelming support from African American voters.
Your Answer: True
2.
When he became president, Jimmy Carter was noted for his close working
relationship with Congress and the consistency of his policies.
Your Answer: False
3.
President Carter claimed that his most important concern in foreign policy was
to defend basic human rights around the globe.
Your Answer: True
4.
In the 1978 Camp David Agreement, the United States, Israel, and Egypt
signed a mutual-defense treaty.
Your Answer: False
5.
To try to control double-digit inflation in 1978, the Federal Reserve Board
devalued the American dollar.
Your Answer: False
6.
Until 1977, the shah of Iran tended to follow a neutralist policy, playing the
Americans and Soviets against each other.
Your Answer: False
7.
During the early stages of the Iranian hostage crisis, Americans generally
approved of President Carter's restraint in handling the problem.
Your Answer: True
8.
During the last weeks of Carter's presidency, he devoted himself to getting
the SALT II treaty ratified by the Senate.
Your Answer: False
9.
President Reagan's first priority as president was to cut taxes.
Your Answer: True
10.
The immediate effect of Reaganomics was to reduce unemployment, the
federal deficit, and interest rates.
Your Answer: False
11.
During the 1984 presidential election campaign, Democratic candidate Walter
Mondale promised to raise taxes if he was elected.
Your Answer: True
12.
President Reagan's "Star Wars" plan was designed to encourage a mutual,
staged reduction of Soviet and American nuclear weapons-delivery systems.
Your Answer: False
1.
Soviet-American relations took a turn for the worse when Soviet armies
invaded __________ in 1979, leading President Carter to cut trade with the
Soviets, cancel SALT II arms reduction, and boycott the Moscow Olympics.
Your Answer: Afghanistan
2.
Perhaps President Carter's most important achievement was mediating the
Camp David Agreement between Israel and __________.
Your Answer: egypt
3.
In the late 1970s wages and salaries rose in response to inflation, but taxes
went up more rapidly because larger dollar amounts put people in higher
income tax levels. This situation is referred to as "__________."
Your Answer: bracket creep
4.
In the summer of 1979, President Carter gave a speech in which he
complained of a "moral and spiritual crisis" that had sapped people's energies
and undermined civic pride. The press called this Carter's "__________"
speech.
Your Answer: malaise
5.
President Gorbachev used two Russian words, __________ and perestroika,
to refer to political and economic reforms underway in the Soviet Union in the
late 1980s?
Your Answer: glasnost
6.
At a summit meeting in __________, President Reagan defended his strategic
defense initiative to the extent that he walked out of the conference.
Your Answer: reykjavik iceland`
7.
In 1973 and 1974, the United States operated a successful orbiting space
station known as __________.
Your Answer: skylab
Correct Answer: Skylab
8.
The term "__________"was used in the 1980s to refer to immigrants who
entered the United States illegally.
Your Answer: undocumented aliens
9.
The __________ virus destroys the body's defenses against infection, making
victims susceptible to many diseases.
Your Answer: human immunodeficiency
10.
In the 1980s, many profited on risky investment known as __________,which
offered unusually high interest rates.
Your Answer: junk bonds
11.
What term was used to refer to the striking decline of traditionally heavy
industries in the Midwest? __________
Your Answer: rust belt
12.
President Reagan referred to the Nicaraguan Contras as "__________."
Your Answer: freedom fighters
13.
In 1973, Congress pegged Social Security payments to the __________ in an
effort to alleviate financial burdens on retirees.
Your Answer: cost of living index
Correct Answer: cost of living index
14.
For a time in 1974, President Ford wore a lapel button bearing what three
letters of the alphabet?__________
Your Answer: win
15.
Lieutenant Colonel __________, a National Security Council aide, arranged
the secret sale of arms to Iran and the use of $12 million in profits to aid the
Nicaraguan Contras.
Your Answer: oliver north
16.
Reagan believed that tax cuts would leave people with more money, which
they would invest in productive ways. The new investments would generate
more goods and jobs and ultimately taxes for the government. Democrats
and the media referred to this idea as __________.
Your Answer: reaganomics
17.
As a result of a 1979 revolution in __________, American embassy personnel
were held hostage for 444 days.
Your Answer: iran
18.
The Income Tax Act of 1986 undermined the principle of __________
taxation, the belief that tax rates on higher incomes should be greater than
rates on lower incomes.
Your Answer: progressive
19.
To combat communism in Central America, President Reagan assisted the
Contras, counterrevolutionaries who were trying to overthrow the government
of __________.
Your Answer: nicaragua