Economy Amend- ments Facts MISC

What did Reaganomics do to the nation’s debt? Doubled it

What did Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) call for? A weapon system that would destroy nukes fired at the U.S. before they hit the U.S.

What conservative group that was founded by Southern Baptists to support policies that evangelical Christians liked? Moral Majority

Pardoned Nixon What did President Ford do that caused his approval ratings to drop?

What part of Congress impeached President Clinton? House of Representatives

What part of Congress did not impeach President Clinton? The Senate

To what country did the U.S. send the Marines to stop Communism from spreading in the Caribbean? Grenada

What was Reagan’s most important achievement? Ending the Cold War

What political party did Nixon, Reagan, and Bush belong to? Republican

To steal campaign information from the headquarters of the Democratic Party Why did burglars break into the Watergate building?

Contract with America What was the mission statement that was to “formulate & promote conservative public policies based on principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional values” and more?

U.S.’s largest in peacetime ever How could Reagan’s military buildup be described?

to the Contras in Nicaragua who were anti- Communists In the Iran-Contra Scandal, where was the money made from the sell of weapons to Iran go?

so that Iran would help to get our hostages released In the Iran-Contra Scandal, why did the U.S. sell weapons to Iran?

Israel To what country did the U.S. send the weapons to then sell to Iran ?

CIA or Central Intelligence Agency What government agency sent the money to the Contras in Nicaragua?

1. laws passed to monitor campaigns; 2. media exposed gov’t misconduct; 3. proved no one above the law; 4. less people trusted gov’t What were 4 impacts of the Watergate Scandal?

She was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Why is Sandra Day O’Connor important to U.S. History?

Richard Nixon Which president began relations with Communist China?

Phyllis Schlafly Who was the conservative opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion, and radical feminism & feared women would be drafted and the traditional family destroyed?

Bill Clinton Who was impeached for lying under oath, obstructing justice, and abuse of power?

Richard Nixon Which president was the first president to resign?

Orval Faubus Who was the govern of Arkansas who called in the National Guard to prevent integration of Little Rock High School in 1957?

Lester Maddox Who was the store restaurant owner who sold his restaurant to keep from having to serve African Americans and was later elected governor of Georgia ?

George Wallace Who was the governor of Alabama who tried to keep African American students out of the University of Alabama, but later changed his racist ways to gain votes from blacks?

spoiled with post-WWII prosperity, weak discipline, and TV showed them new cultures What caused the counter- culture or hippies?

Board of Regents v Bakke What court case outlawed discrimination and racial quotas in colleges?

Mendez v Westminster What court case decided it is illegal to segregate Mexican-American kids from other students without a state law requiring it?

Hernandez v Texas What Supreme Court case decided Mexican Americans and other races have equal protection under the 14 th Amendment, allowing Mexican Americans to be judged by some jurors of their own race?

Dolores Huerta Who was the civil rights activist who organized movements that would provide more rights for immigrant workers and still fights for women’s rights and protection of the environment?