💻 Unit 10 The 1980s part 1

Match

Match the following

• Policy which the U.S. forms a relationship with China and the Soviet Union

• Protect plants and animals who are facing extinction

• Nixon hired men to burglarize the Watergate building to steal documents and recorded himself

• • Gas prices increased & shortages led to long lines for gasoline

Détente

Endanger Species Act

Watergate Scandal

Oil Embargo Act of 1973

• Détente

• Endanger Species Act

• Watergate Scandal

• Oil Embargo Act of 1973

Multiple Choice

In what way were the Heritage Foundation and the Moral Majority similar?

• They opposed the election of Ronald Reagan

• They were united in their opposition to prayer in schools

• They wanted the Endangered Species Act to be declared unconstitutional

• They represented a resurgence of conservatism in America

Multiple Choice

The main goal of Reaganomics was to.....

• Increase staglfation to help the lower class.

• Tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy would help the lower class.

• Social welfare programs increased.

• Elimination of immigration quotas to benefit Europeans.

Match

Match the following scandals to the President at that time.

• Watergate

• Teapot Dome Scandal

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Iran Contra Affair

Richard Nixon

Warren G. Harding

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

• Richard Nixon

• Warren G. Harding

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan