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Quiz 8.2
Test Description: Eisenhower to Carter
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What law gave the government the power to regulate air and water pollution?
A
Environmental Protection Act
B
Child Nutrition Act
C
GI Bill
D
Endangered Species Act
2) What government agency is in charge of regulating air and water?
A
Social Security Administration
B
Housing and Urban Development
C
Environmental Protection Agency
D
Department of Labor
3) Conflict in what region hurt the American econonmy in the 1970's?
A
East Asia
B
Africa
C
Middle East
D
Europe
4) Which decade did America first face a struggling economy, rising oil prices and conflict in the Middle East?
A
1960's
B
1950's
C
1970's
D
1980's
5) What is it called when a President is brought to trial?
A
Impeachment
B
Expulsion
C
Filibuster
D
Containment
6) What is it called when a President is removed from office?
A
Impeachment
B
Expulsion
C
Cloture
D
Censure
7) What scandal forced President Nixon to resign in 1970's?
A
Lewinsky
B
Benghazi
C
Watergate
D
Teapot Dome
8) The programs of President Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) to fight poverty were called the...
A
Progressive Era
B
Contract with America
C
New Deal
D
Great Society
9) Which minority group created the Blues, an influential form of music in the creation of Rock and Roll?
A
Women
B
Hispanic-Americans
C
African-Americans
D
Asian-Americans
10) What was the name of the music festival in 1969 that embodied the countercultural attitudes of the 1960's?
A
Woodstock
B
Austin City Limits
C
Seneca Falls
D
Freedom Rides
11) Rising prices of what commodity led to an economic crisis in the 1970's?
A
Exports
B
Oil
C
Cotton
D
Timber
12) The Watergate Scandal forced which President to resign?
A
Lyndon Johnson
B
Richard Nixon
C
Gerald Ford
D
Jimmy Carter
13) An increasing decline in trust of government after the by the American people was most affected by which two events?
A
Collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Venona Papers
B
Domino Theory and Lewinsky Scandal
C
Watergate Scandal and Vietnam War
D
Teapot Dome Scandal and Korean War
14) Which agency was created in response to Sputnik to explore space?
A
NASA
B
GATT
C
EPA
D
WTO
15) Which agency invented a lot of every day and household products?
A
EPA
B
NASA
C
SSA
D
FDIC
16) What was the goal of Lyndon Johnsons Great Society programs?
A
To stop the spread of communism.
B
To eradicate poverty.
C
To defeat the Soviet Union.
D
To win the Korean War.
17) Which country had a political revolt in 1979 that led to the American embassy being taken hostage?
A
Iraq
B
Israel
C
Afghanistan
D
Iran
18) What location did Jimmy Carter start negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians?
A
Camp David
B
Pearl Harbor
C
Seneca Falls
D
The Pentagon
19) Flame-resistant clothes, smoke detectors, and swimsuits were all invented by NASA in their attempts to...
A
Fix the economy.
B
Stop communism.
C
Explore space.
D
Build the Berlin Wall.
20) What group was created to control oil prices in the 1970's?
A
OPEC
B
GATT
C
NASA
D
EPA
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