The Late 20th Century — Test

Question 1

When he took office in 1980, what action did President Reagan take regarding the Cold War?

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He sought a new approach known as “peace through strength.”

Question 2

When President Nixon finally turned over all the Watergate tapes to the special prosecutor, the tapes

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contained an important, unexplained gap of eighteen-and-a-half minutes.

Question 3

An example of workplace inequality would be

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women earning less than men for similar work.

Question 4

The Senate hoped to learn from the Watergate tapes

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what did the president knew and when he knew it.

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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