Name:______________________________ Date: ________ U.S. History 1970-Present Making Connections Directions: Pick one term that does not relate to the other terms in the Terms Group and write one or two sentences to show your reasoning. Terms Group Odd One Out Richard Nixon Watergate Vietnam War Resignation ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Cold War Ronald Reagan Reaganomics Trickle Down Economics ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Jimmy Carter Saddam Hussein Anwar Sadat Menachem Begin ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ United States Israel Contras Arab Oil Embargo OPEC ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Guns Cuba Iran Hostages Contra Freedom Fighters ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Jimmy Carter Ayatollah Khomeini Hostages Soviet Union ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Terms Group Bill Clinton George Bush Sr. Kuwait Iraq George W. Bush 9/11 Al Qaeda Iran Hostage Crisis PATRIOT Act Odd One Out ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Health Care Reform NAFTA Affordable Care Act Barack Obama ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Bill Clinton Balkans Crisis Impeachment Florida Recount ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ George W. Bush The Shah Iraq Saddam Hussein WMDs George W. Bush Congress Al Gore Election of 2000 ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
