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 22 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

Volcker disinflation

2

September 11, 2001

3

NAFTA (1994)

4

Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

5

PATCO strike (1981)

6

End of the Cold War

7

Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986)

8

Bush v. Gore (2000)

9

Reagan Doctrine

10

Immigration and Nationality Act (1965)

11

Deindustrialization

12

Repeal of Glass-Steagall (1999)

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Affordable Care Act (2010)

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Iran-Contra affair

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Skill-biased technological change

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Globalization debate

3 pts

Free response

3 pts

SHORT-ANSWER QUESTION. No stimulus.

A. Briefly describe one cause of the growth of political conservatism in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s.

B. Briefly explain one effect of the end of the Cold War on United States foreign policy in the 1990s.

C. Briefly explain one way debates over immigration shaped United States politics after 1980.