📉 Modern America (1970s–2000s)

Question 1

What was stagflation under President Ford?

Answer 1

High inflation and unemployment at the same time.

Question 2

What caused Carter’s energy crisis?

Answer 2

Oil shortages and dependency on foreign oil.

Question 3

What was Reaganomics?

Answer 3

Economic plan involving tax cuts, deregulation, and trickle-down theory.

Question 4

What happened to the federal budget under Reagan?

Answer 4

It increased due to military spending and tax cuts.

Question 5

What was the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy?

Answer 5

LGBTQ+ military policy – allowed service if orientation wasn’t disclosed.

Question 6

What key state decided the 2000 election?

Answer 6

Florida – led to Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision.

Question 7

What was the 2001 Education Law?

Answer 7

No Child Left Behind Act – increased testing and accountability.

Question 8

What was the goal of the Afghanistan invasion (2001)?

Answer 8

Remove the Taliban and destroy al-Qaeda after 9/11.

Question 9

What did the 2001 Tax Cut aim to do?

Answer 9

Stimulate the economy post-recession and 9/11 attacks.

Question 10

What major event shaped U.S. foreign policy post-9/11?

Answer 10

The War on Terror – led to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.