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