US_Ch12_Homework-2

=**U.S. History Chapter 12 Homework #2**= Answer the following on notebook paper:

1. After Vietnam fell to Communism, how did the domino theory prove true? (A) Cambodia fell to Pol Pot (B) China fell to Mao (C) North Korea fell to Kim (D) USSR spread to Afghanistan

2. Conflict in the Middle East today stems from (A) Arab nations competing for oil (B) peaceful nations vs. oppressive ones (C) Muslims against Jewish homeland Israel (D) Communism (E) all

3. What is the oil cartel that caused an oil crisis in 1973? (A) NATO (B) OPEC (C) Arab League (D) United Arab Emirates (E) all (F) none

4. They cut oil to nations that (A) were not Muslim (B) were not Communism (C) supported NATO and the free world (D) supported Israel (E) all (F) none

5. Which agreement did Ford make with the USSR, which put the U.S. at a disadvantage since it limited launchers (Soviets didn’t have many anyways)? (A) NATO (B) SALT (C) OPEC (D) Helsinki Accords (E) all (F) none

6. What was Carter’s solution to the energy crisis? (A) government freeze prices (B) U.S. drill for own oil (C) have the people conserve/not use as much (D) suck it up and pay the price (E) all

7. Which type of energy did Carter push, which was dangerous to install and impractical in parts of the U.S.? (A) coal (B) oil (C) nuclear (D) solar (E) all (F) none

8. What took place in Harrisburg, which led activists to demonize an energy source that could cut costs for Americans? (A) meltdown at Three Mile Island nuclear plant (B) bat killed by windmill (C) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (D) miners trapped at Quecreek due to cave in (E) all (F) none

9. What were the Camp David Accords? (A) Carter’s peace agreement between Israel and Egypt (B) agreement in which the U.S. bribed with $5 billion foreign aid package (C) agreement that failed to address problem with Palestine (D) upset radical Muslims (E) all (F) none

10. Who was the Islamic radical who took over Iran and took Americans hostage? (A) the Shah (B) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (C) Muammar Qaddafi (D) Osama bin Laden (E) all (F) none

11. Why did the number of abortions skyrocket in the 1970s? (A) the Pill came out (B) sexual revolution (C) Roe v. Wade made abortion about choice, not murder (D) they didn’t (E) all

12. What led to a major increase in divorce? (A) soldiers returning home (B) abortion being legal (C) women in the workplace (D) Feminists pushed and got no-fault divorce leading older men to pursue younger women (E) all (F) none

13. Overall, how did the Feminist movement have a negative impact on the traditional American family?

14. What is the EPA? (A) government agency that sets regulations on businesses in terms of the environment (B) donates money to campaigns that favor environmental policies (C) interest group that promotes alternative energy (D) taxes oil and coal industries (E) all (F) none

15. Environmental regulations pushed for more fuel-efficient cars, made led to cars that were (A) environmentally friendly (B) used less gas (C) were made with cheaper materials and less safe (D) decreased fatalities in accidents since used plastics instead of steel (E) all (F) none

16. Environmental regulations got rid of leaded gas with the catalytic converter, but didn’t cut pollution since (A) unleaded gas didn’t get as good gas mileage and so people used more (B) needed to burn coal (C) unleaded gas creates smog (D) people illegally used lead (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">17. “Made in Japan” was (A) a negative, which led to more buying American made goods (B) a positive since we helped rebuild Japan (C) bad since Mao took over (D) something of good quality an inexpensive since Japan didn’t pay union wages or have environmental regulations

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">18. How did unions and government regulations have a negative effect on the auto and steel industries?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">19. What is affirmative action? (A) a positive change in society (B) giving jobs to those who are qualified (C) college and job preferences to minorities to make up for past discrimination (D) end of segregation and discrimination in the South (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">20. Bakke decision: P or P/why?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">21. What were 3 technological goods people could buy in the 70s?

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">22. Who were two key Reagan allies against the “Evil Empire?”

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">23. Why was Reaganomics a success? (A) increased government spending on industry (B) cut defense spending (C) raised taxes to redistribute wealth (D) cut taxes and encouraged investing

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">24. What was becoming the new cutting edge industry? (A) fuel-efficient cars in Detroit (B) new factories in the South (C) Northeast steel mills (D) technology in Silicon Valley (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">25. How did Reagan’s SDI help lead to Communism’s collapse? (A) created stronger weapons (B) forced the USSR into spending itself to collapse (C) showed the Soviets who was stronger (D) brought in more allies for the U.S. (E) all (F) none

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">26. Evaluate Ford:

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">27. Evaluate Carter:

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.33px;">28. Evaluate Reagan:

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