Question 1

Was the Persian Gulf War a complete American triumph or only a qualified success? What were its long-term consequences?

Accepted Answer

The Persian Gulf War, also known as Oper

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Jesse Jackson.

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights activis

Question 3

As one consequence of the demise of the Soviet Union

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A)  religious rivalries in Russia ended. 
B)  Solidarity rose in Poland. 
C)  the entire European continent became more stable. 
D)  long-suppressed ethnic hatreds flared in the former Soviet republics. 
E)  the rivalry between Russia and China ended. 
A)  religious rivalries in Russia ended. 
B)  Solidarity rose in Poland. 
C)  the entire European continent became more stable. 
D)  long-suppressed ethnic hatreds flared in the former Soviet republics. 
E)  the rivalry between Russia and China ended.

Question 4

The Americans With Disabilities Act

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A)  passed only when Congress overrode President George H. W. Bush's veto. 
B)  prohibited discrimination against 43 million citizens facing mental or physical challenges. 
C)  required the government to hire disabled Americans. 
D)  provided scholarships and student loans to people with physical or mental disabilities. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  passed only when Congress overrode President George H. W. Bush's veto. 
B)  prohibited discrimination against 43 million citizens facing mental or physical challenges. 
C)  required the government to hire disabled Americans. 
D)  provided scholarships and student loans to people with physical or mental disabilities. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 5

Ronald Reagan was similar to Franklin D. Roosevelt in that both men

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A)  disliked big business. 
B)  championed the common man against vast, impersonal menaces. 
C)  were raised in wealthy families. 
D)  favored social engineering by the government. 
E)  had run for vice president before being elected president. 
A)  disliked big business. 
B)  championed the common man against vast, impersonal menaces. 
C)  were raised in wealthy families. 
D)  favored social engineering by the government. 
E)  had run for vice president before being elected president.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of "supply-side" economics.

Accepted Answer

The argument that ta

Question 7

Argue for and against: Ronald Reagan's ability to negotiate successful arms agreements with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev could not have happened if he had not been so aggressively anti-Soviet in his first term.

Accepted Answer

Arguing for Ronald Reagan's aggressive a

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of pro-choice/pro-life.

Accepted Answer

Pro-choice refers to the belie

Question 9

The first results of Reagan's supply-side economics in 1982 were a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  sharp recession and rise in unemployment. 
B)  reduced federal deficit. 
C)  expansion of international trade. 
D)  economic boom. 
E)  wave of new business investment. 
A)  sharp recession and rise in unemployment. 
B)  reduced federal deficit. 
C)  expansion of international trade. 
D)  economic boom. 
E)  wave of new business investment.

Question 10

ethnic cleansing

Accepted Answer

The act of committin

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the Moral Majority.

Accepted Answer

A group of culturall

Question 12

In the cases of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court

Accepted Answer

A)  severely restricted abortion to the first two months of pregnancy. 
B)  permitted states to put some restrictions on abortion, while fundamentally upholding the abortion rights decision of Roe v. Wade. 
C)  overturned Roe v. Wade. 
D)  declared that the issue of legalized abortion should be completely determined by the states. 
E)  invalidated states' restrictions on abortion as contrary to the fundamental abortion rights decision of Roe v. Wade. 
A)  severely restricted abortion to the first two months of pregnancy. 
B)  permitted states to put some restrictions on abortion, while fundamentally upholding the abortion rights decision of Roe v. Wade. 
C)  overturned Roe v. Wade. 
D)  declared that the issue of legalized abortion should be completely determined by the states. 
E)  invalidated states' restrictions on abortion as contrary to the fundamental abortion rights decision of Roe v. Wade.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of Edward Kennedy.

Accepted Answer

Senator from Massach

Question 14

Were Ronald Reagan's massive deficits a deliberate strategy to bring an end to the expansion of the liberal welfare state or simply the necessary consequences of Reagan's massive tax cuts that he had to accept? What were the long-term consequences of the massive budget deficits for the liberal welfare state and its social programs?

Accepted Answer

Ronald Reagan's massive deficits were li

Question 15

The Democrats' hopes for the 1988 election rose sharply because of major scandals in the Reagan administration involving

Accepted Answer

A)  bribes involving business deals in the Soviet Union. 
B)  election fraud. 
C)  the Iran-Contra affair and savings-and-loan banks. 
D)  kickbacks for oil leases on federal lands. 
E)  payoffs for U.S. hostages and campaign contributions from foreign corporations. 
A)  bribes involving business deals in the Soviet Union. 
B)  election fraud. 
C)  the Iran-Contra affair and savings-and-loan banks. 
D)  kickbacks for oil leases on federal lands. 
E)  payoffs for U.S. hostages and campaign contributions from foreign corporations.

Question 16

Why did conservatism gain such strength in the 1980s and 1990s? Where did modern American conservatism come from?

Accepted Answer

Conservatism gained strength in the 1980

Question 17

Why, after the crushing defeat of its candidate in 1964, was the conservative right in America able to achieve a landslide victory for Ronald Reagan in 1980? Was this victory the result of a difference between Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan or of changes that had occurred in America and the world in the intervening 16 years? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The conservative right in America was ab

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of Manuel Noriega.
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Accepted Answer

Drug lord and dictat

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the Religious Right.

Accepted Answer

Evangelical and othe

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of Jerry Falwell.

Accepted Answer

Evangelical minister

Exam 38: The Resurgence of Conservatism

Was the Persian Gulf War a complete American triumph or only a qualified success? What were its long-term consequences?

Identify and state the historical significance of Jesse Jackson.

As one consequence of the demise of the Soviet Union

The Americans With Disabilities Act

Ronald Reagan was similar to Franklin D. Roosevelt in that both men

Identify and state the historical significance of "supply-side" economics.

Argue for and against: Ronald Reagan's ability to negotiate successful arms agreements with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev could not have happened if he had not been so aggressively anti-Soviet in his first term.

Identify and state the historical significance of pro-choice/pro-life.

The first results of Reagan's supply-side economics in 1982 were a(n)

ethnic cleansing

Identify and state the historical significance of the Moral Majority.

In the cases of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Supreme Court

Identify and state the historical significance of Edward Kennedy.

The Democrats' hopes for the 1988 election rose sharply because of major scandals in the Reagan administration involving

Why did conservatism gain such strength in the 1980s and 1990s? Where did modern American conservatism come from?

Identify and state the historical significance of Manuel Noriega. ​

Identify and state the historical significance of the Religious Right.

Identify and state the historical significance of Jerry Falwell.

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

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A Sea of Troubles

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