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Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
a) First woman in space
b) First woman to die in space
c) First woman Supreme Court Justice
d) First woman to run for President

Who is Sally Ride?
a) First woman in space
b) First woman to die in space
c) First woman Supreme Court Justice
d) First woman to die in space

What is the significance of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics?
a) Sports used as political leverage
b) The US won both
c) The USSR won both
d) The games were cancelled

What was the evil empire?
a) France
b) USA
c) USSR
d) United Kingdom

What was “Star Wars?”
a) A great movie in the 80s
b) A term use for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
c) Conflict in the space race between the USA and USSR
d) I just made it up

What did John Hinckley Jr. attempt to do?
a) Attempted to assassinate Carter
b) Attempted to assassinate Obama
c) Attempted to assassinate Reagan
d) Attempted to assassinate Clinton

Iran Contra Affair
a) Scandal during the Carter administration
b) Scandal during the Reagan administration
c) Terminology used in the Clinton Affair
d) Government gun running to the Cartels

The 26th (right to vote at 18) gained support based on the belief that people should have the right to vote if they are old enough to —
a) drive motorized vehicles
b) serve as members of juries
c) pay federal income taxes
d) be drafted into the military

Many modern innovations that we now enjoy such as polarization (sunglasses), plastics, prepared food, electronics are a result of ----
a) They are all products initially created for use in the U.S. communications industry.
b) They each include material that was first grown on U.S. experimental farms in the late nineteenth century.
c) They each include technology that was originally developed for use in the U.S. space exploration program.
d) They are all special tools first created for U.S. transportation workers in the early twentieth century.

How was Reaganomics achieved?
a) Lowering taxes
b) Increasing taxes
c) Increasing personal debt
d) Increasing social programs

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