The Carter Presidency — Quiz

Question 1

President Carter’s stimulus plans

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did not improve economic growth.

Question 2

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 3

Between which two countries did Carter want to establish peace?

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Israel and Egypt

Question 4

According to the Panama Canal Treaty signed by President Carter, the United States would

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give up all control of the canal by 2000.

Question 5

To encourage economic growth, President Carter proposed

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increasing government spending to help create jobs.

Question 6

Stagflation in the US economy of the 1970s resulted in

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slow economic growth.

Question 7

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 8

Which of these 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 9

In the US economy of the 1970s,

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fewer jobs and lower wages gave Americans fewer resources.

Question 10

The actions of the Federal Reserve during Carter’s term resulted in

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Americans struggling to pay higher home and car interest rates.

The Carter Presidency — Quiz Answers