Carr - Ford/Carter Quiz

Why was it important for the government to pass the Freedom of Information Act during the Ford Administration?

• People had lost faith in government after the Nixon/Watergate Scandal

• People were still convinced of government racism following the Vietnam draft

• To ensure the privacy of American citizens

• To promote public participation in government decisions

According the the Commission on Civil Rights, the proportion of African American students in mostly white schools was higher in the...

• higher in the south than the north

• higher in the north than the south

• higher than previously indicated

• being mis-represented by the census data

Despite the period of Detente, President Carter thinks that the Soviet Union is still an eminent threat to the United States.

• True

• False

What did the US Olympic committee decide to do to protest the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan?

• Boycott the Olympics in Moscow

• Impose economic sanctions on the Soviet Union

• Send a diplomatic delegation to Moscow

• Launch a military intervention in Afghanistan

Threats to the Persian Gulf region will be viewed as "an assault on the interests of the United States"

• Carter Doctrine

• Monroe Doctrine

• Truman Doctrine

• Reagan Doctrine

The Camp David Accords were a treaty between Israel and Egypt, but more significantly it was a treaty between ________ and _________

• Judaism

  and

  Islam

• Christianity

  and

  Hinduism

• Buddhism

  and

  Confucianism

• Atheism

  and

  Agnosticism

Fifty-two Americans were taken hostage in Iran as protest against the US allowing the Iranian Shah into the country.

• Iranian Hostage Crisis

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Watergate Scandal

• Vietnam War

How long were American hostages held at the US Embassy in Iran?

• 444 days

• 500 days

• 14 days

• 365 days

How would you describe the US economy during the Carter Administration?

• Recession

• Booming

• Stable

• Fluctuating

During the Carter Administration there was an energy crisis...what was one result?

• Americans waited in gas lines

• Americans were willing to spend more for fuel

• Americans started using more solar energy for fuel

• Americans increased their reliance on foreign oil