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Philadelphia Tribune - Spring 2009 Education Guide - Index

QUIZ
The 1980s!
Each question will list a year and three significant events that happened during that
year. Select the event that did not take place during the year listed. Good luck!
1. Which event did NOT take place in 1980?
A) On Nov. 4, Ronald Reagan was elected 40th
President of the United States, defeating incumbent
Jimmy Carter.
B) On Jan. 25, in his State of the Union address
President Ronald Reagan called for budget cuts of $100
billion over three years, but opposed increased taxes.
C) On Dec. 8, former Beatle John Lennon was shot
and killed outside his apartment building in New York
City.
D) On May 18 in Washington, Mt. St. Helens erupted
in a violent blast estimated to be 500 times as powerful
as the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
2. Which event did NOT take place in 1981?
A) On Aug. 3, federal air traffic controllers began an
illegal nationwide strike after their union rejected the
government’s final offer for the new contract.
B) On April 12, the world’s first reusable spacecraft, the Space Shuttle
Columbia, was sent into space and completed its successful mission two
days later.
C) On Sept. 21, by a 99-0 vote, the Senate confirmed the appointment of
Sandra Day O’Connor as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
She was the first woman appointed to that body.
D) On Dec. 20, United States troops invaded Panama, overthrowing the
government of Manuel Noriega, who eluded capture, took refuge in the
Vatican mission, then surrendered to the U.S. on Jan. 3 of the next year.
3. Which event did NOT take place in 1982?
A) On Jan. 5, President Reagan produced the nation’s first trillion-dollar
budget.
B) The Equal Rights Amendment was defeated after a 10-year struggle for
ratification.
C) On Dec. 2, a retired dentist, Dr. Barney B. Clark, 61, became the first
recipient of a permanent artificial heart during a 7-hour operation in Salt
Lake City.
D) On June 12, in New York City’s Central Park, hundreds of thousands
demonstrated against nuclear arms.
4. Which event did NOT take place in 1983?
A) On April 20, President Regan signed a compromise, bipartisan bill
designed to rescue the Social Security System from bankruptcy.
B) On June 18, Sally Ride became the first American woman to travel in
space when the space shuttle Challenger was launched from Cape
Canaveral, Fla.
C) On Jan. 20, for the first time, the United States officially observed
Martin Luther King Day.
D) On May 24, in an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the
Ronald
Reagan
Internal Revenue Service could deny tax exemption to
private schools that practiced racial discrimination.
5. Which event did NOT take place in 1984?
A) On April 24, eight Americans were killed and
five wounded in an ill-fated attempt to rescue the
hostages held by Iranian militants at the U.S.
Embassy in Teheran, Iran.
B) During March 22, the U.S. Senate rejected
two Constitutional amendments that would have
permitted prayer in the public schools.
C) From April 26 to May 1, President Reagan
visited China for the first time, holding discussions
with Chinese leaders.
D) On May 7, American veterans of the Vietnam
War reached an out-of-court settlement with seven
chemical companies in their class action suit over
the herbicide Agent Orange.
6. Which event did NOT take place in 1985?
A) On July 13, Live Aid, a 17-hour rock concert broadcasted on radio
and TV from London and Philadelphia to 152 countries, raised $70 million
for the starving peoples of Africa.
B) On Nov. 8, George H.W. Bush, vice-president under Reagan, was
elected 41st U.S. President. Bush defeated the Democratic nominee,
Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts.
C) The controversial MX missile survived critical votes in the Senate
and House. The Senate, Mar 19 and 21, voted to authorize the missiles
and to appropriate 1.5 million for the construction of 21 missiles. The
House gave its endorsement March 26 and 28.
D) On May 2, E.F. Hutton, one of the nation’s largest brokerage companies,
pleaded guilty to 2,000 federal charges related to the manipulation
of its checking accounts.
7. Which event did NOT take place in 1986?
A) U.S. Marines, Rangers and a small force from six Caribbean
nations invaded the island of Granada in response to a request from the
O.E.C.S.
B) On April 14, U.S. warplanes struck targets in Tripoli and
Benghazi, Libya in retaliation against the Libyan bombing of a West
Berlin disco that killed two and injured 200 on April
5.
C) On Jan. 28, moments after liftoff, the space
shuttle Challenger exploded, killing six astronauts
and Christa McAuliffe, a New Hampshire teacher.
D) On Sept. 18, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. reached tentative
agreement on a worldwide ban of mediumrange
missiles.
Answers:
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. A
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