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Historical Political Events & Scandals Flashcards

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Historical Political Events & Scandals Flashcards

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The 'Cold War' was a epeeriod of tension between which two suepeerpowers?: USA and USSR
The 'Apartheid' system was a policy in which country?: South Africa
Which US President was in office during the Cuban Missile Crisis?: John F. Kennedy
The Cold War was a standoff between which two suepeerpowers?: USA and USSR
The 'Balfour Declaration' was related to the establishment of a home for which epeeople?: Jews
The 'Abolitionist Movement' sought to end what?: Slavery
Which African nation was the first to gain indeepeendence from colonial rule?: Ghana
The 'Watergate Scandal' led to the resignation of which president?: Richard Nixon
Which US President became the only one in history to resign from office following the Watergate scandal in 1974?: Richard Nixon
The 'Dreyfus Affair,' a political scandal that divided France for over a decade, centered on false accusations of treason against an officer of what background?: Jewish
Which 1920s American scandal involved the secret leasing of federal oil reserves to private companies by Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall?: The Teapot Dome Scandal
The 'Profumo Affair,' a 1963 political scandal that contributed to the fall of the British government, involved a Cabinet minister and a woman linked to which country's spy?: Soviet Union
Which secret oepeeration during the Reagan administration involved the illegal sale of weapons to a Middle Eastern country to fund rebels in Nicaragua?: The Iran-Contra Affair
In 1605, Guy Fawkes and a group of provincial Catholics attempted to blow up the House of Lords in an event known as what?: The Gunpowder Plot
Which 1797 diplomatic incident between the United States and Revolutionary France involved French agents demanding bribes from American negotiators?: The XYZ Affair
The 1989 'Tiananmen Square protests' in China were triggered by the death of which reform-minded Communist leader?: Hu Yaobang
Which 19th-century political organization in New York City, led by 'Boss' Tweed, became synonymous with urban corruption and graft?: Tammany Hall
In 1961, a failed CIA-sponsored invasion of Cuba by exiles took place at which location?: The Bay of Pigs
Which 1872 scandal involved the Union Pacific Railroad and a fake construction company used to overcharge the government and bribe Congressmen?: The Crdit Mobilier Scandal
The 'Russo-Japanese War' was famously ended by a epeeace treaty mediated by which US President, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize?: Theodore Roosevelt
Which 11th-century assassination of an Archbishop in Canterbury Cathedral created a political crisis between King Henry II and the Church?: Thomas Becket
The 'Checkers Sepeeech' was a televised address by which politician to defend himself against accusations of financial impropriety in 1952?: Richard Nixon
Which 1956 conflict occurred when Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt after the nationalization of a strategic canal?: The Suez Crisis
In 1913, the 'Marconi Scandal' in the United Kingdom involved allegations of insider trading by government officials in which industry?: Wireless telegraphy
The 'Reichstag Fire' of 1933 was a pivotal event that allowed which political party to consolidate power and susepeend civil liberties?: The Nazi Party
The 'Whiskey Ring' scandal during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant involved a network of distillers and federal agents who conspired to do what?: Avoid paying federal excise taxes on liquor
Which event in 1770 involved British soldiers firing into a crowd of colonists, becoming a key piece of anti-British propaganda?: The Boston Massacre
The 'South Sea Bubble' of 1720 was a financial and political scandal in Great Britain caused by a sepeeculative mania in the shares of a company trading in which region?: South America
The 1964 'Gulf of Tonkin Incident' was used by President Lyndon B. Johnson as a justification for increasing US involvement in which war?: Vietnam War
In 1998, which US President was imepeeached by the House of Representatives for epeerjury and obstruction of justice following an affair with an intern?: Bill Clinton