HIUS 222 Quiz 8 Content Quiz

[Solved] HIUS 222 Quiz 8 Content Quiz

·         Question 1

2 out of 2 points

President George W. Bush received a mandate from the 2000 presidential election.

·         Question 2

2 out of 2 points

Who participated in illegal arms sales to Iran in order to fund the contras in Nicaragua?

·         Question 3

2 out of 2 points

Which third party candidate in 1992 influenced the presidential election?

·         Question 4

2 out of 2 points

Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev became bitter enemies.

·         Question 5

2 out of 2 points

Where did the United States fight wars between 2001 and 2013?

·         Question 6

0 out of 2 points

Selected Answer:

False

·         Question 7

2 out of 2 points

What issues in the 1960s and 1970s led to the emergence of the Religious Right?

·         Question 8

2 out of 2 points

Who was Jerry Falwell, Sr.?

·         Question 9

2 out of 2 points

What country did President Ronald Reagan describe as an “evil empire” in the early 1980s?

·         Question 10

2 out of 2 points

Jimmy Carter orchestrated a formal peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in what was known as the Camp David Accords.

·         Question 11

2 out of 2 points

OPEC raised the price of oil by 400 percent in 1974 alone.

·         Question 12

2 out of 2 points

What did Reagan’s “supply-side” economic theory call for?

·         Question 13

2 out of 2 points

What Soviet policy encouraged the weakening of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s?

·         Question 14

2 out of 2 points

What was uncovered in 1986 that led the Reagan administration to suffer a serious political scandal?

·         Question 15

2 out of 2 points

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the constitutionality of provisions in the Affordable Care Act twice, in 2012 and 2015.

·         Question 16

2 out of 2 points

What was the most divisive cultural issue in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s?

·         Question 17

2 out of 2 points

What happened on the day of the 2000 election?

·         Question 18

2 out of 2 points

Which nations are part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (or NAFTA?

·         Question 19

2 out of 2 points

Which states were most affected by Hurricane Katrina?

·         Question 20

2 out of 2 points

Why did the House vote to impeach President Clinton in 1998?

·         Question 21

Needs Grading

What issue undermined the popularity of George H. W. Bush more than any other?  Why?