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Welcome! The Topic For Today Is…. Unit 10. Topic 1: 200. Question: To bring charges of wrongdoing against the President Answer Impeach. Back. Topic 1: 400. Question: Policy that a president must be free to keep his or her official conversations and meetings private Answer

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  1. Welcome! The Topic For Today Is…

  2. Unit 10

  3. Topic 1: 200 • Question: • To bring charges of wrongdoing against the President • Answer • Impeach Back

  4. Topic 1: 400 • Question: • Policy that a president must be free to keep his or her official conversations and meetings private • Answer • Executive Privilege Back

  5. Topic 1: 600 • Question: • A written record of a spoken event • Answer • Transcript Back

  6. Topic 1: 800 • Question: • Formal legal forgiveness for a crime • Answer • Pardon Back

  7. Topic 1: 1000 • Question: • South Africa’s policy of legalized racial segregation • Answer • Apartheid Back

  8. Topic 2: 200 • Question: • The Watergate scandal began when they broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Hotel • Answer • The Plumbers Back

  9. Topic 2: 400 • Question: • Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigated the burglary for this newspaper • Answer • The Washington Post Back

  10. Topic 2: 600 • Question: • This Tennessee senator was the vice-chairman of the senate committee was famous for saying; “What did the president know and when did he know it?” • Answer • Howard Baker Back

  11. Topic 2: 800 • Question: • The special prosecutor who was eventually fired during the “Saturday night massacre” • Answer • Archibald Cox Back

  12. Topic 2: 1000 • Question: • The lawyer that Nixon hired to investigate the Watergate scandal and then fired. • Answer • John Dean Back

  13. Topic 3: 200 • Question: • Ronald Reagan’s economic plan to reduce taxes and cut government spending • Answer • Reaganomics Back

  14. Topic 3: 400 • Question: • The economic theory that tax cuts for the wealthy would eventually “trickle down” to all levels of society • Answer • Supply Side Economics Back

  15. Topic 3: 600 • Question: • Agreement among the United States, Mexico and Canada making it one large free-trade zone • Answer • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Back

  16. Topic 3: 800 • Question: • Caused by Reagan’s tax cuts and increased military spending • Answer • Budget Deficits Back

  17. Topic 3: 1000 • Question: • President who pushed through a major increase in taxes that resulted in a budget surplus • Answer • Bill Clinton Back

  18. Topic 4: 200 • Question: • The war that began when Iraq’s dictator ordered the invasion of Kuwait • Answer • Persian Gulf War Back

  19. Topic 4: 400 • Question: • Nixon’s policy to ease tension with Cold War enemies • Answer • detente Back

  20. Topic 4: 600 • Question: • Ronald Reagan’s plan to use space weapons to protect the United States from Soviet missiles • Answer • Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI or Star Wars) Back

  21. Topic 4: 800 • Question: • American President who finally convinced Egypt and Israel to reach a peace agreement with the Camp David Accords • Answer • Jimmy Carter Back

  22. Topic 4: 1000 • Question: • Summit meetings between the United States and the Soviet Union aimed at limiting the building of new offensive weapons • Answer • Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I, SALT II) Back

  23. Topic 5: 200 • Question: • Founder of Microsoft who made it easier to use computers • Answer • Bill Gates Back

  24. Topic 5: 400 • Question: • Founder of the Moral Majority whosupported the election of Ronald Reagan • Answer • Jerry Fallwell Back

  25. Topic 5: 600 • Question: • A new policy of openness in the Soviet Union announced by Mikhail Gorbachev that contributed to the breakup of the USSR • Answer • Glastnost Back

  26. Topic 5: 800 • Question: • Astronaut who was the first human to set foot on the moon • Answer • Neil Armstrong Back

  27. Topic 5: 1000 • Question: • South African who was released from prison after 27 years and became South Africa’s first black president • Answer • Nelson Mandela Back

  28. Bonus Question: 5000 pts. • Question: • Became speaker of the House when the Republicans regained the majority in the 1994 mid term elections with their Contract With America campaign • Answer • Newt Gingrich Back

  29. Daily Double The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question right you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!

  30. Daily Double The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question rightyou win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!

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