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CB 255-261

CB 255-261. What are the Helsinki Accords, and which president are they associated with? What caused tensions to increase between the US and the Soviet Union under President Carter? What 2 actions did President Carter take in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?

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CB 255-261

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  1. CB 255-261 What are the Helsinki Accords, and which president are they associated with? What caused tensions to increase between the US and the Soviet Union under President Carter? What 2 actions did President Carter take in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? What did President Reagan call the Soviet Union? What did President Reagan believe would lead to the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union?

  2. What was Reagan’s defense plan known as? • What 2 programs did the Soviets under Gorbachev initiate to help the Soviet economy? • What event in 1989 marked the end of communism in the Soviet Union? • What happened at Tiananmen Square? • Who was the leader of the PLO and what was the primary goal of this group? What is its primary goal today? • How did the Arab members of OPEC respond to the US supporting Israel?

  3. 12. What were the Camp David Accords, and which president is associated with them? 13. What is perhaps President Carter’s greatest achievement? What probably cost him reelection in 1980? 14. What caused the Iranian Hostage Crisis? 15. What was the motivating factor for US involvement in the Persian Gulf War? 16. What is the difference between the Sandinistas and the Contras? 17. What was the Iran-Contra Affair?

  4. 18. Why did the US get involved in Ethiopia and Somalia? 19. What is apartheid? 20. How did the US respond to apartheid?

  5. 261-264 What is New Federalism, and which president is most associated with it? How did Supreme Court decisions change under Chief Justice William Rehnquist? Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court? What sparked national debate in the appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court? What did the Supreme Court decide in “Swann v. Charlotte Mechlenburg Board of Education?” What did the Supreme Court decided in “Texas v. Johnson?”

  6. Why was Title IX needed? • What is the ADA? • What issue does the 27th Amendment deal with? • What is a PAC? • What does a lobbyist do? • What issue does the McCain-Feingold bill deal with?

  7. 265-269 What was perhaps one of the toughest problems President Ford had to deal with? What is stagflation? What was Ford’s plan to deal with it? Which industry was deregulated in the late 1970s? What is “Reaganomics?” What are 2 other names for it? Under which president did we experience a budget surplus? What is NAFTA and why was it controversial?

  8. In 1973, why did OPEC impose an oil embargo on the US? • How did the automobile industry respond to the 1973 oil embargo? • What happened at Three Mile Island?

  9. 270-277 • What was one of the first acts by Ford as president that caused controversy? • Which president ran his campaign as a “Washington outsider?” • For whom did President Carter grant amnesty? • What were the political views of the New Right Coalition? • What was the Moral Majority known for and who was their leader?

  10. The US economy entered the worst recession since the Great Depression under which president? • Who was the first female vice presidential candidate in US History? • What hurt Walter Mondale’s chances of winning in the Election of 1984? • What did George H.W. Bush promise that won him the Election in 1988? • What did Bill Clinton mean by “New Democrats?”

  11. 11. What made the Election of 1992 different from earlier elections? 12. What role did Hillary Clinton serve under when Clinton became president in 1992? 13. Who was Newt Gingrich and what was the Contract with America? 14. Which state determined the outcome of the election of 2000? How was the outcome determined? 15. What are the pros and cons of educational vouchers?

  12. 278-281 In recent years, where are most immigrants coming from? What is affirmative action? What do critics of affirmative action call it? What did the Supreme Court decide in Regents of UC v. Bakke?

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