US HISTORY REVIEW-TEST Modern America
1. Detente – President Nixon’s foreign policy to improve relations with the Soviet Union.
2. Watergate Scandal – President Nixon , Reduce people’s trust in the government. Set up illegal wire
taps.
3. Oil Embargo – OPEC and oil embargo from Iran led to an oil shortage and long gas lines in America
under President Carter.
4. Camp David Accords – Reduced tensions in the Middle East.
5. President Hoover and Ronald Reagan- Favored economic changes by favoring big businesses.
6. President Reagan- lowered federal income taxes.
7. NJ vs TLO (1985) – a student has no guaranteed rights in school.
8. Fall of the Berlin Wall- End of the Cold War.
9. Persian Gulf War: To create Stability in the Middle East, Protect US interests, Keep Oil flowing to the United
States.
10. President Carter and Clinton – attempted to bring peace to the Middle East.
11. Haiti & Bosnia- THE US intervened to stop conflicts within those nations.
12. NAFTA & GATT- encouraged countries to participate in the global economy.
13. September 11, 2001- Lead to war in Afghanistan, US overthrowing the Taliban, Passage of the Patriot Act,
Creation of the Homeland Security.
14. Cultural Pluralism- the existence of ethnic diversity within the population.
15.President Bush and Ronald Reagan- used tax cuts to encourage economic growth.
16. Federal Reserve Board – lowered interest rates to stimulate consumer spending and improve the economy..
17. Anti-Trust Acts- Antitrust laws against AT&T, Microsoft, were an effort to increase business competition by limiting
the power of trusts & monopolies.