Into a New Millennium — Test

Question 1

When President Nixon took office, he announced that an "era of confrontation" in foreign policy would be replaced by

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an "era of negotiation."

Question 2

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I) agreement in 1972 brought about

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the regulation of Soviet production of missiles that carried nuclear weapons.

Question 3

When President Nixon agreed to turn over only some of the Watergate tapes to the special prosecutor,

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the prosecutor’s case against Nixon was heard by the Supreme Court.

Question 4

The Patriot Act, which was passed by Congress following September 11th attacks,

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expanded the government’s right to monitor private communications.

Question 5

What most likely accounts for the difference in the debt level in the last year of the Bush presidency (1992) and the last year of the Clinton presidency (2000)?

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Clinton presided over economic growth with higher taxes, while the economy under Bush did poorly.

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