Period 9

Question 1

Reaganomics

Answer 1

Decreasing taxes, regulations, domestic policies, and money supply

Question 2

Supply-Side Economics

Answer 2

Focusing on increasing supply and services, rather than demand

Question 3

Trickle Down Economics

Answer 3

Economic benefits for the rich will stimulate economic growth and overall benefit everyone

Question 4

Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 4

Scandal during Reagan administration where the US secretly sold arms to Iran in exchange for the release of hostages

Question 5

INF Treaty

Answer 5

Arms control treaty between US and Soviet Union that banned all intermediate-range nuclear weapons

Question 6

Invasion of Panama

Answer 6

Depose Panama leader and put in place a democratically-elected one
Caused international outrage

Question 7

Persian Gulf War

Answer 7

A war fought between a coalition led by the United States and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders
Introduction of live news broadcasts from frontlines

Question 8

Americans with Disabilities Act

Answer 8

Passed by Congress in 1991, this act banned discrimination against the disabled in employment and mandated easy access to all public and commercial buildings

Question 9

NAFTA

Answer 9

North American Free Trade Agreement
Trade agreement between America, Canada, and Mexico

Question 10

Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal

Answer 10

Scandal between President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky