U.S. History Week 31: From Cold War to Culture Wars 1980-2000

 

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U.S. History Week 31

From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980-2000

I designed a quiz related to chapter 31 at the bottom of this article.

Directions for the quiz:

1. Scroll down & click on the first thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
2. Choose an answer for each question.
3. Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
4. The correct answer is on the screen following the question.
5. Compare your answers with those provided.
6. If you cannot easily see the correct answer, check the captions.

An interactive version is available on Kahoot!
Search for this week’s topic by Katrena to find it.

Review the following Chapter 31 pages:

• Introduction
• The Reagan Revolution
• Political and Cultural Fusions
• A New World Order
• Bill Clinton and the New Economy
• Key Terms
• Summary

Practice learning Chapter 31 Key Terms on Quizlet.

Week 31 Videos:

• 40 Years Later: President Ronald Reagan’s Assassination Attempt (3:13)
• Why hasn’t the ERA been ratified? (6:10)
• Walter Cronkite: The Berlin Wall Falls (3:19)
• Crash Course: The Reagan Revolution (14:19)
• History Channel: What Happened in the Persian Gulf War? (4:13)
• NAFTA Explained (2:19)
• Crash Course: The War on Drugs (13:04)
• Crash Course: The Clinton Years (14:37)
• Crash Course: The Soviet Bloc Unwinds (13:58)

Review the following information featuring the U.S.:

• Virginia (7:46)

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 31 Review Questions
• Chapter 31 Critical Thinking Questions
• Chapter 31 Partial Answer Key

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U.S. History Week 31 From Cold War to Culture Wars 1980-2000 

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What was Ronald Reagan’s career before becoming a politician?
Answer choices include: architect, writer, actor, salesman

The correct answer is actor.

The typical supporters of Ronald Reagan’s political stance were ___.
Answer choices include: people of color,
income below $50,000, over age 45, all of these

The correct answer is over age 45.

During Reagan’s administration, American workers
enjoyed better conditions & higher income overall.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

Funding for ___ was decreased during Reagan’s administration.
Answer choices include: Job training programs,
Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Medicaid, All of these

The correct answer is all of these.

The Reagan Administration received significant support from the ___.
Answer choices include: Hippies,
Religious Right, Liberal Left, LGBTQ Community

The correct answer is Religious Right.

___ said ratifying the ERA would result in women losing
privileges such as separate restrooms & exemption from military drafts.
Answer choices include:
Phyllis Schlafly, Alice Paul, Jennifer McClellan, Ronald Reagan

The correct answer is Phyllis Schlafly.

The PMRC wanted labels to be added to ___.
Answer choices include:
online photos, campaign promotional items,
radio broadcasts, music with explicit lyrics

The correct answer is music with explicit lyrics.

BMHC and ACT UP! both sought to
help those diagnosed with ___.
Answer choices include:
influenza, HIV/AIDS, COVID, Breast Cancer

The correct answer is HIV/AIDS.

The ___ campaign, led by Nancy Reagan, 
was part of America’s War on Drugs.
Answer choices include: Let's do this together,
Praise the Lord (PTL), Act Up!, Just Say No

The correct answer is Just Say No.

Racial profiling & mass incarcerations led to a cycle of poverty
& social stagnation for many people of color in the 1990s.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

Who was tried for overseeing the sale of weapons to Iran
& using proceeds to support Nicaraguan Contras.
Answer choices include:
Daniel Ortega, Oliver North, Bryant Gumbel, George Bush

The correct answer is Oliver North.

What was the first novel written by an African American
woman to win the Pulitzer Prize?
Answer choices include: Uncle Tom's Cabin,
The House on Mango Street, The Color Purple, Kindred

The correct answer is The Color Purple.

Tax cuts in the 1990s significantly improved quality of life
for those living in poverty & decreased economic inequality.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

Who was a civil rights influencer who led PUSH, labor boycotts,
& successfully negotiated a hostage release?
Answer choices include: Jesse Jackson,
Rodney King, Lenora Fulani, Vanessa Williams

The correct answer is Jesse Jackson.

After promising “no new taxes,” George Bush’s
administration raised taxes.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

SALT Talks resulted in an agreement between the
U.S. & U.S.S.R. to reduce nuclear arsenals by ___%.
Answer choices include: 5, 15, 25, 35

The correct answer is 25.

America sent troops to participate in Operation Desert Shield
and Operation Desert Storm to combat ___.
Answer choices include:
Akbar Hashemi Rasanjani, Saddam Hussein,
Jabar Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud

The correct answer is Saddam Hussein.

What Texas billionaire won 19% of the popular
vote during the 1992 presidential election?
Answer choices include:
George Bush, Bob Dole, Bill Clinton, Ross Perot

The correct answer is Ross Perot.

Which of the following countries was
NOT part of the NAFTA agreement?
Answer choices include:
United States, Great Britain, Canada, Mexico

The correct answer is Great Britain.

In 2000, what state was required to recount ballets by hand
in the close presidential election race between George W. Bush and Al Gore?
Answer choices include: Virginia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida

The correct answer is Florida.

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Week 35 World History: Struggles for Democracy 1945-2012

 

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This world history resource focuses on struggles for
democracy from 1945 to 2012 and includes quiz questions
and answers and video links to related topics.

I utilized World History: Patterns of Interaction (Holt McDougal) for our world history textbook. It has multiple options for different learning styles and covers a wide array of information.

This quiz accompanies Chapter 35: pages 1030-1067.

Directions for the quiz:

• Scroll down and click on the thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
• Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
• Choose an answer for each question.
• Compare your answers with those provided.

If you are interested in a group and/or interactive version of this quiz,

log in to Kahoot! and search for Week 35 World History by Katrena.

Below are free videos to accompany chapter 35:

• Apartheid
• Nelson Mandela
• Perestroika & Glasnost
• Soviet Union Collapse
• Rise & Fall of Berlin Wall
• Yugoslavia Collapse
• Man Stops Tanks in China
• South Africa Voting Line

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A nation where citizens elect representatives to make laws is called a ____.
Answer choices include: monarchy, democracy, theocracy, socialist nation

The correct answer is democracy.

Which of the following does NOT help a democracy to be successful?
Answer choices include:
Shared belief that nobody is above the law with fair/equal treatment for all,
Stable economy with a strong middle class & opportunities for advancement,
Education & literacy available for all citizens,
Leaders are allowed to abuse power without fear of punishment

The correct answer is:
Leaders are allowed to abuse power without fear of punishment.

What happened in 1981 that cut Mexico’s revenue in half?
Answer choices include:
cotton prices fell, tourism declines, oil prices fell, tobacco prices fell

The correct answer is: oil prices fell

In 2002, ___ defaulted on its $132 billion debt,
the largest debt default to that date in history.
Answer choices include: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia

The correct answer is Argentina.

When Europeans established colonial boundaries in Africa,
they ignored existing ethnic or cultural divisions,
resulting in many conflicts.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

___ was a Nigerian writer/activist who
spoke out against the oil industry
& was later sentenced to death in
November 1995 for a crime he did not commit.
Answer choices include:
Abdulsalami Abubakar, Juan Peron, Ernesto Zedillo, Ken Saro-Wiwa

The correct answer is Ken Saro-Wiwa.

In South Africa, a small white minority ruled
a large black majority in
the early 1900s, leading to the establishment of ___.
Answer choices include:
dissidents, martial law, integration, apartheid

The correct answer is apartheid.

F.W. de Klerk and ___ were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
for their efforts to bring democracy to South Africa.
Answer choices include:
Yar' Adua, Sani Abacha, Moshood Abiola, Nelson Mandela

The correct answer is Nelson Mandela.

The ___ epidemic was a condition caused by HIV
affecting numerous countries in Africa in 2009.
Answer choices include: COVID, Influenza, AIDS, Zika

The correct answer is AIDS.

In 1985, ___ promoted a policy called glasnost,
or openness, in the Soviet Union.
 Answer choices include:
Mikhail Gorbachev, Leonid Brezhnev, Joseph Stalin, Boris Yeltsin

The correct answer is Mikhail Gorbachev.

By December 1991, how many of the Soviet Union’s
15 republics had declared independence?
Answer choices include: none, 5, 10, 15

The correct answer is 15.

In 1980, Polish workers that were part of a
union called ___ demanded government recognition.
Lech Walesa, their leader, later became president of Poland.
Answer choices include:
Solidarity, Eurocop, Society, Disharmony

The correct answer is Solidarity.

In June 1987, U.S. president ___ said,
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Answer choices include:
John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton

The correct answer is Ronald Reagan.

Many eastern European countries experienced a sharp rise
in unemployment resulting from an economic program based on “___.”
Answer choices include:
one for all & all for one, wait and see what happens,
shock therapy, divide & conquer

The correct answer is shock therapy.

What is the origin of the Romanian language?
Answer choices include: Greek, Arabic, Latin, Sanskrit

The correct answer is Latin.

In 1996, how many president(s) did Bosnia have?
Answer choices include: 1, 2, 3, none

The correct answer is 3.

In 1971, China invited an American ___ team to tour China,
beginning a new era of Chinese-American relations.
Answer choices include: soccer, basketball, pickleball, table-tennis

The correct answer is table-tennis.

Which of the following was NOT one of Deng Xiaoping’s
Four Modernizations goals for progress?
Answer choices include:
science & technology, industry, peace relations, agriculture

The correct answer is peace relations.

A demonstration & later attack at Tiananmen Square sparked the start
of ___’s brutal governmental campaign to stop political protests.
Answer choices include:
Japan, China, Taiwan, India

The correct answer is China.

Which of the following has China experienced due to
its economic growth in the early 2000s?
Answer choices include:
pollution and severe environmental problems, social peace,
abrupt changes by immediately selling state industries, all of these

The correct answer is pollution and severe environmental problems.

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