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JEOPOARDY! Unit XVII Mr. H. Mayo Mrs. B. Merritt American History II
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PeoplePresidentsForeignAffairsPolitics Odds and Ends Hodgepodge 100 200 300 400 500 FINAL JEOPARDY
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What Soviet leader started the policies of perestroika and glasnost? 100
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Gorbachev People
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What president called for less federal involvement in the lives of American citizens? 200
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Ronald Reagan People
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Which President want the US to depend more on Nuclear Power and get off its dependency on Foreign Oil ? 300
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Richard Nixon BONUS People
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Bonus: What program created an increase in the national debt during the 1980 ’ s?
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Reaganomics
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What defense system was proposed by Reagan to use lasers and shoot down enemy nuclear missiles? 400
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SDI (Star Wars) People
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Who campaigned unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988? 500
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Jessie Jackson People
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President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed this major arms limitation treaty in 1987 which provided for the dismantling of all short-range and intermediate-range missiles in Europe was know as? 100
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INF Treaty Presidents
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Why did Richard Nixon resign the office of president? 200
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He knew he would be impeached Presidents
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Which two presidents were not reelected because of weak economies? 300
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Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush Presidents
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What person served as Vice-president and President, but was not elected to either office? 400
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Gerald Ford Presidents
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What president had to deal with Americans being held hostage by Iranians in Tehran ? 500
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Jimmy Carter BONUS Presidents
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Bonus: President Ford’s voluntary policy that tried to reduce oil and gas consumption. ?
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WIN Presidents
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What issue became a major part of Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy ? 100
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Human Rights Foreign Affairs
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What region was affected by the Camp David Accords? 200
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Middle East Foreign Affairs
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What event led to the capture of the American embassy in Iran? 300
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The United States refused to return the Shah. Foreign Affairs
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What foreign policy scandal involved Ronald Reagan and Oliver North ? 400
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Iran-Contra Affair. BONUS Foreign Affairs
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Bonus: Name three leaders who were involved in the Camp David Accords.
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Carter, Begin, al Sadat Foreign Affairs
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What organization punished the U.S. for supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur War? ? 500
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OPEC Foreign Affairs
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What political philosophy was followed by Ronald Reagan? 100
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Conservative Politics
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What is the most likely reason President Ford pardoned Nixon? 200
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He felt he could not govern with the distraction of pending criminal action against Nixon Politics
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Which of the following helped Ronald Reagan win the election of 1980? 300
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Jimmy Carter had not solved the hostage crisis Politics
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Who were the two reporters that first broke the news about the Watergate break-in? 400
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Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Politics
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In the 1980’s Name a group closely associate with the Conservative Coalition the election of Ronald Reagan ? 500
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the Moral Majority, BONUS Politics
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Bonus: The Helsinki Accords, signed by Gerald Ford and leaders of thirty- four other nations pledged to support ?
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certain basic human rights Politics
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What presidential economic program depended on supply-side theories? 100
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Reaganomics Odds and Ends
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What case ruled that affirmative action resulted in reverse discrimination ? 200
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BAKKE Odds and Ends
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What was decided in Roe v. Wade? 300
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States could not make abortion illegal Odds and Ends
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What population trend continued during the 1970’s 400
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Into sunbelt States Odds and Ends
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What two events raised concern about nuclear accidents? 500
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Chernobyl and Three Mile Island Odds and Ends
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The relaxation of strained political relations and Cold War tensions between the superpowers. ? 100
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Detente Hodgepodge
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Which NC Senator served on the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities that pursued the Watergate Scandal ? 200
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Sam Irvin Hodgepodge
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What is the law that prevents federally funded schools from discriminating against girls and young women in all aspects of their operations? 300
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Title IX Hodgepodge BONUS
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What caused the Space Shuttle Challenger to explode just after take off in January of 1986 ?
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A defect seal around the fuel tanks Hodgepodge
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What program prevented Ronald Reagan from reducing the deficit? 400
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Star Wars Hodgepodge
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A 1972 agreement between the superpowers to limit the production of specific types of nuclear weapons. ? 500
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SALT I Hodgepodge
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FINAL JEOPARDY: Over 200 US Marines were killed during a peace keeping action in Lebanon during the Presidency of : answer
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Ronald Reagan The End
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