Unit 9: Period 9: 1980–Present
US History · Unit 9 · Paper 3

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 3” 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 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted
1

September 11, 2001

2

End of the Cold War

3

Reaganomics

4

Shelby County v. Holder (2013)

5

Iran-Contra affair

6

Globalization debate

7

Bush v. Gore (2000)

8

Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

9

Immigration and Nationality Act (1965)

10

NAFTA (1994)

11

Reagan Doctrine

12

Welfare reform (1996)

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

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Great Recession (2007–09)

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Contract with America

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: USA PATRIOT Act

3 pts

Free response

6 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.

Evaluate the extent to which the Civil War was a turning point in the role of the federal government in American life.