crisis and resurgence 3

The Camp David Accords, negotiated by President Carter, were significant because they led to -

• the end of the Vietnam War

• a lasting arms-reduction treaty with the Soviet Union

• the first peace agreement between Israel and and Egypt

• the establishment of a worldwide human rights policy

What is the function of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?

• to develop America's natural resources

• to reduce air and water pollution and protect the environment

• to protect Americans from acts of terrorism

• to manage the nation's parks and forests

What was the purpose of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977?

• help low-income, minority areas to obtain loans and credit

• prevent banks from making risky loans in low-income areas

• stop the practice of some banks making high-interest loans

• encourage banks to compete with local businesses in providing credit

Elected President in 1976, struggled with economic problems and a hostage crisis in Iran

• Jimmy Carter
• George H.W. Bush
• Bill Clinton
• Richard M. Nixon

Former CIA agents were caught breaking in to the Democratic Party Headquarters in Washington, D.C. leading to the resignation of Pres. Nixon

• Iran Hostage Crisis
• Watergate Scandal
• Star Wars
• Camp David Accords

Economic policy of increasing supply and decreasing prices in order to increase consumer demand 

• Stagflation
• Reaganomics
• Socialism
• Reagan Doctrine

First women appointed to the Supreme Court by Pres. Reagan in 1981

• Sandra Day O'Conner
• Hillary Clinton
• Sonya Sotomayor
• Phyllis Schlafly 

Ronald Reagan's Vice President, was elected President in 1988

• Gerald Ford
• Bill Clinton
• Barack Obama 
• George H.W. Bush

The US would try to roll back communism in the Middle East and Asia and support "freedom-fighters" around the word

• Reagan Doctrine
• Monroe Doctrine
• Truman Doctrine
• Eisenhower Doctrine

Appointed Vice President by Nixon and assumes Presidency after Nixon resigns from office

• Joe Biden
• Gerald Ford
• Spiro Agnew
• Al Gore