Modern US

Question 1

New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, and transportation with the goal of total elimination of poverty and racial injustice.

Answer 1

Great Society & Programs

Question 2

Group of people known as “hippies” who opposed the war in Vietnam, commercialism, and societal norms.

Answer 2

Counterculture

Question 3

A break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate building organized by Nixon’s White House, which led to his resignation.

Answer 3

Watergate

Question 4

An administrative agency created by Congress in 1970 to coordinate the implementation and enforcement of federal environmental protection laws.

Answer 4

Environmental Protection Agency

Question 5

Passed by President Carter, it called for the gradual return of the Panama Canal to the people and government of Panama.

Answer 5

Panama Canal Treaty

Question 6

an agreement negotiated by President Carter between Egyptian and Israeli leaders that made a peace treaty between the two nations possible.

Answer 6

Camp David Accords

Question 7

Iranian militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took approximately 70 Americans captive for 444 days.

Answer 7

Iran Hostage Crisis

Question 8

The federal economic polices of the Reagan administration that sought to reduce the size of the federal government and stimulate economic growth through tax cuts that would “trickle down” money from the rich to the poor.

Answer 8

Reaganomics

Question 9

A secret operation in which the US government secretly sent weapons and financial aid to “Contra” rebels in Nicaragua.

Answer 9

Iran-Contra Affair

Question 10

A series of actions adopted by the U.S. government to end the import, manufacture, sale, and use of illegal drugs.

Answer 10

War on Drugs

Question 11

War fought between a US-led coalition and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders from 1990-1991

Answer 11

Gulf War

Question 12

A trade agreement between North American countries that reduced tariffs, eliminated trade barriers, created a common market, and increased trade/investment.

Answer 12

NAFTA

Question 13

A series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda terrorists against the United States on September 11, 2001. Hijackers intentionally crashed two airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City

Answer 13

9/11

Question 14

American politician who served as United States Secretary of State, a United States Senator, and as First Lady of the United States. Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president of the United States by a major political party when she won the Democratic Party nomination in 2016.

Answer 14

Hilary Clinton

Question 15

The first woman nominated and confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Answer 15

Sandra Day O’Connor

Question 16

American politician serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and is the only woman in U.S. history to serve as Speaker of the House.

Answer 16

Nancy Pelosi

Question 17

Retired four-star general who became first African-American Secretary of State.

Answer 17

Colin Powell

Question 18

Rice was the first female African-American secretary of state and the first woman to serve as National Security Advisor.

Answer 18

Condoleezza Rice