Unit 9: Period 9: 1980–Present
US History · Unit 9 · Paper 2

Period 9: 1980–Present unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 16 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 9, Paper 2” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 30 min 27 points0/17 attempted
1

Iran-Contra affair

2

Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

3

Contract with America

4

Globalization debate

5

Shelby County v. Holder (2013)

6

Great Recession (2007–09)

7

Affordable Care Act (2010)

8

Reagan Doctrine

9

Welfare reform (1996)

10

USA PATRIOT Act

11

End of the Cold War

12

September 11, 2001

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Reaganomics

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Immigration and Nationality Act (1965)

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Bush v. Gore (2000)

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: NAFTA (1994)

3 pts

Free response

3 pts

This course has no free-response prompt tagged to this unit, so one from elsewhere in the course is used. It is still worth writing — the skill transfers.

Answer the questions about the civil rights movement.

Briefly describe ONE specific tactic civil rights activists used between 1954 and 1965.

Briefly explain ONE specific reason that tactic was effective.

Briefly explain ONE specific way the movement changed after 1965.