The 70s, 80s, and 90s (Ch 16-18)

(a)   resigned after the Watergate affair.

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

Answer explanation

Richard Nixon is the only president to resign from office.

What two people insisted on a policy called detente?

• Henry Kissinger

• Spiro Agnew

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

Answer explanation

Detente means to relax tensions. Kissinger and Nixon made several important agreements with Communist countries, including the cease-fire in Vietnam.

President Jimmy Carter was not successful in resolving the (a)   Crisis.

• Iran Hostage

• Trans-Alaska

• Arab Oil

Who withdrew the United States from the 1980 Olympics?

• President Carter

• President Bush

• President Nixon

• President Ford

The (a)   was made to transport oil to Alaska.

• Trans-Alaska Pipeline

• Trans-Siberian Pipeline

• Trans-Atlantic Pipeline

Match the following people to their correct description.

• Jerry Falwell

• Known as the "Great Communicator"

• Robert Jarvik

• Inventor of the artificial heart

• Sanda Day O'Connor

• First female astronaut in the United States

• Sally Ride

• Founder of the Moral Majority

• Ronald Reagan

• First woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice

What was the first space shuttle called?

• Columbia

• Voyager
• Challenger

• Discovery

What did Ronald Reagan's critics call his financial plan?

• Reagan Plan

• Reaganomics
• Reagan Doctrine

(a)   made the first personal computer.

• International Business Machine (IBM)

• Apple

• Dell

• Hewlett-Packard (HP)

What was designed to be a defensive system to destroy missiles before they reached the United States?

• National Missile Defense
• Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)

• Missile Defense Organization