1970’s to Modern America 1. How did Gerald Ford become President? 2. What goal did Ford have in regards to the office of the President? 3. What event cast a shadow on the integrity of Ford’s Presidency? 4. What was the primary domestic concern for much of Ford’s administration? 5. Which 1970’s politician was known as an “outsider” 6. Explain how he was an outsider? 7. How did Carter try to deal with the energy crisis in America? 8. What did the Carter administration do with the Panama Canal? 9. The Camp David Accords were an agreement between which nations? 10. Who was the Ayatollah Khomeini? 11. Which book of the 70’s helped raise concerns over the environment? 12. How did the government respond to the increased concerns? 13. What occurred at Three Mile Island that concerned many Americans? 14. Who won the election of 1980? 15. Which political group is given the credit for the philosophical shift in government? 16. Name the economic system that promoted lower taxes in order to spur economic growth? 17. Who did President Reagan call the “evil empire”? 18. What is the “Star Wars System”? 19. What industry had to be rescued by the federal government due to deregulation? 20. Which man followed Reagan’s eight year term? 21. What economic problem would plague his presidency? 22. What is the AIDS epidemic that started to spread in the 80’s? 23. This woman became the nation’s first female Supreme Court Justice during the 80’s?

1970’s to Modern America 24. This woman became the first female to run on a major ticket as a candidate for Vice-President? 25. Name the political scandal that erupted over military support of an anti-communist group in Nicaragua? 26. What major event in the Cold War happened in 1989? 27. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during its last few years in existence? 28. What policy did he use to open political speech in the USSR? 29. What policy did he use to reform the economic system of the USSR? 30. Which man became the new leader of Russia after a communist coup attempt failed in 1991. 31. What did Iraq do in 1990 that angered much of the world? 32. What was the name of the military operation to force Iraq’s withdrawal? 33. Name the three candidates in the 1992 election? 34. The main point of that campaign was what issue? 35. Identify NAFTA? 36. Identify the Brady Bill? 37. What was the name for the Republican party’s goal to reduce the size of the government? 38. What events seemed to dominate the 2nd term of the Clinton administration? 39. What was controversial about the election of 2000? 40. What occurred on Sept. 11th, 2001?