Reagan and the 1980s

Question 1

Between which two countries did Carter want to establish peace?

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Israel and Egypt

Question 2

Which of the following did Carter do to free the hostages in Iran?

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Carter refused to buy any Iranian oil.

Question 3

Because Somoza refused to improve his human rights policies in the 1970s,

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the United States refused to get involved when the socialist Sandinistas overthrew the Nicaraguan regime.

Question 4

What was the outcome of the Iran hostage rescue attempt?

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The United States was humiliated when the military rescue failed miserably.

Question 5

In the US economy of the 1970s,

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fewer jobs and lower wages gave Americans fewer resources.

Question 6

Which of the following was true of the US economy in the 1970s?

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Prices for goods and services were increasing, and the dollar bought less than it previously had.

Question 7

Stagflation in the US economy of the 1970s resulted in

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slow economic growth.

Question 8

What was the outcome of Carter’s meeting at Camp David in 1978?

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Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty.

Question 9

President Carter’s stimulus plans

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did not improve economic growth.

Question 10

To encourage economic growth, President Carter proposed

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increasing government spending to help create jobs.

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