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Cards in this guide (18)
How did the tragedy of the Challenger space shuttle explosion affect the shuttle fleet

it was grounded

The action taken to stop the Soviets from sending missiles to Cuba was

Initial action was a blockade: the USA placed a naval quarantine around Cuba to stop further weapons from being conveyed to the island.

George McGovern won 49 out of the 50 states in the 1972 Presidential election

false

In 1983 the US Marines invaded the island of Grenada to defeat resistance forces from which country

Cuba

These two newspaper reporters kept the news about the Watergate break-in alive

carl burnstein and Robert woodward

How many days were the hostages held by the Iranians

444

The Saturday Night Massacre was the name given to the Watergate episode

false

=)

At the 1976 Republican convention Ronald Reagan barely defeated Gerald Ford

False

Who headed the revolution that overthrew the government of Iran

Ayatollah Khomeini.

Communist China is known as

the People's Republic of China

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was a joint effort between the US and what country

The Soviet Union

Which of these terms means to send goods for trade or to sell to other countries

Export

Which of these terms means the amount of goods sold abroad compared to what is bought abroad

a trade deficit

This amendment stated that incase of a vacancy in the office of vice president the president would nominate someone who would confirmed by both houses of congress

25th

Which party had control over both the House of Representatives and the Senate hindering President Ford in working with Congress

democratic party

The panama canal was built in the early 1900s to make easier from the coast to the west coast of the us

true

In later years a pipe line across which state led to numerous oil deposits

Alaska

What term means to charge a public official with misconduct before a competent tribunal

Impeach

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