Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars").

Accepted Answer

A high-tech missile

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of George Herbert Walker Bush.

Accepted Answer

Ronald Reagan's Vice

Question 3

To President Reagan, "the focus of evil in the modern world" was

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A)  anti-American terrorists. 
B)  the federal bureaucracy. 
C)  political liberalism. 
D)  the Soviet Union. 
E)  Communist China. 
A)  anti-American terrorists. 
B)  the federal bureaucracy. 
C)  political liberalism. 
D)  the Soviet Union. 
E)  Communist China.

Question 4

In his second term, President Reagan departed from the militantly anti-Soviet stance of his first term by

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A)  joining with Soviet leader Gorbachev to end Soviet-American political and military conflicts in the Third World. 
B)  supporting Russia if it would let go of the territories held in its Soviet empire. 
C)  agreeing that the Soviet Union had a legitimate sphere of interest in Eastern Europe. 
D)  making the Soviet Union a major trading partner of the United States. 
E)  negotiating and signing nuclear arms reduction agreements with the new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. 
A)  joining with Soviet leader Gorbachev to end Soviet-American political and military conflicts in the Third World. 
B)  supporting Russia if it would let go of the territories held in its Soviet empire. 
C)  agreeing that the Soviet Union had a legitimate sphere of interest in Eastern Europe. 
D)  making the Soviet Union a major trading partner of the United States. 
E)  negotiating and signing nuclear arms reduction agreements with the new Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of Glasnost.
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A social reform in t

Question 6

Ronald Reagan's essential domestic goal as president was to

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A)  cut back on military expenditures. 
B)  remove government interference in people's private lives in such areas as abortion and pornography. 
C)  dismantle the welfare state and shrink the size of the federal government. 
D)  transfer welfare programs to the states. 
E)  reform public education. 
A)  cut back on military expenditures. 
B)  remove government interference in people's private lives in such areas as abortion and pornography. 
C)  dismantle the welfare state and shrink the size of the federal government. 
D)  transfer welfare programs to the states. 
E)  reform public education.

Question 7

The Iran-Contra investigations revealed Ronald Reagan as a president who

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A)  was an intellectual giant. 
B)  napped through cabinet meetings. 
C)  was losing his popularity. 
D)  paid too much attention to detail. 
E)  planned elaborate foreign-policy moves. 
A)  was an intellectual giant. 
B)  napped through cabinet meetings. 
C)  was losing his popularity. 
D)  paid too much attention to detail. 
E)  planned elaborate foreign-policy moves.

Question 8

The New Right movement that helped to elect Ronald Reagan was spearheaded by

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A)  fiscal conservatives. 
B)  evangelical Christians. 
C)  gold-standard advocates. 
D)  Midwesterners. 
E)  neoconservatives. 
A)  fiscal conservatives. 
B)  evangelical Christians. 
C)  gold-standard advocates. 
D)  Midwesterners. 
E)  neoconservatives.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Grenada.

Accepted Answer

A tiny island nation which fel

Question 10

Why did both the United States and Britain see such strong conservative leaders in the 1980s? Could Reagan have achieved his goals without such support from America's closest ally?

Accepted Answer

Both the United States and Britain saw s

Question 11

The Iran-Contra Affair essentially involved

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A)  hiring Iranian militants to fight for the Contra cause in Central America. 
B)  selling arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and using the profits to illegally fund the Nicaraguan Contras. 
C)  selling arms to both sides in the Iran-Iraq War. 
D)  secretly recognizing the Iranian regime while claiming to be boycotting it. 
E)  using both Iranian and Nicaraguan Contra agents to help free American hostages in Lebanon. 
A)  hiring Iranian militants to fight for the Contra cause in Central America. 
B)  selling arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and using the profits to illegally fund the Nicaraguan Contras. 
C)  selling arms to both sides in the Iran-Iraq War. 
D)  secretly recognizing the Iranian regime while claiming to be boycotting it. 
E)  using both Iranian and Nicaraguan Contra agents to help free American hostages in Lebanon.

Question 12

Conservative Democrats who helped Ronald Reagan to pass his budget and tax-cutting legislation were called

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A)  blue dogs. 
B)  sagebrush rebels. 
C)  scalawags. 
D)  neoconservatives. 
E)  boll weevils. 
A)  blue dogs. 
B)  sagebrush rebels. 
C)  scalawags. 
D)  neoconservatives. 
E)  boll weevils.

Question 13

The result of the Persian Gulf War was that

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A)  Kuwait was liberated but Saddam Hussein stayed in power. 
B)  the United States and Iraq bogged down in a stalemate in the desert. 
C)  the United States won the war with air power alone. 
D)  Saddam Hussein retained political control of Kuwait but was prevented from overthrowing the rulers of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 
E)  Saddam Hussein was overthrown by rebel Iraqis who received American aid. 
A)  Kuwait was liberated but Saddam Hussein stayed in power. 
B)  the United States and Iraq bogged down in a stalemate in the desert. 
C)  the United States won the war with air power alone. 
D)  Saddam Hussein retained political control of Kuwait but was prevented from overthrowing the rulers of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 
E)  Saddam Hussein was overthrown by rebel Iraqis who received American aid.

Question 14

President Ronald Reagan and the new British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, shared all of the following goals EXCEPT

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A)  limiting the role of government, especially in regulating business. 
B)  shrinking the power of labor unions. 
C)  strengthening the Anglo-American alliance. 
D)  enhancing the role of religion in public life. 
E)  promoting a muscular foreign policy, especially against the Soviet Union. 
A)  limiting the role of government, especially in regulating business. 
B)  shrinking the power of labor unions. 
C)  strengthening the Anglo-American alliance. 
D)  enhancing the role of religion in public life. 
E)  promoting a muscular foreign policy, especially against the Soviet Union.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of yuppies.

Accepted Answer

Young urban professi

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of Ronald Reagan.

Accepted Answer

Former actor from California w

Question 17

All of the following represent the furor over Clarence Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court EXCEPT

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A)  many women were enraged by the all-male Senate Judiciary committee's behavior. 
B)  a gender gap emerged between the two political parties. 
C)  pro-choice women distanced themselves from the Republican party. 
D)  the social issues that helped elect Republicans were growing in their public appeal. 
E)  many women became increasingly critical of the President's stand on abortion. 
A)  many women were enraged by the all-male Senate Judiciary committee's behavior. 
B)  a gender gap emerged between the two political parties. 
C)  pro-choice women distanced themselves from the Republican party. 
D)  the social issues that helped elect Republicans were growing in their public appeal. 
E)  many women became increasingly critical of the President's stand on abortion.

Question 18

Why did the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill affair expose such a sharp and often bitter gender gap in American politics? How did the specific issue at stake in the hearings--allegations of sexual harassment--relate to the wider set of issues that divided many men and women in this period?

Accepted Answer

The Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill affair ex

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of Sandra Day O'Connor.

Accepted Answer

Arizona judge who be

Question 20

One of the greatest consequences of Reagan's expansion of the federal debt was to

Accepted Answer

A)  make it harder to get private loans. 
B)  make foreigners reluctant to accept American bonds. 
C)  make new social spending practically and politically impossible. 
D)  undermine the value of the dollar overseas. 
E)  make further military spending impossible. 
A)  make it harder to get private loans. 
B)  make foreigners reluctant to accept American bonds. 
C)  make new social spending practically and politically impossible. 
D)  undermine the value of the dollar overseas. 
E)  make further military spending impossible.

Exam 38: The Resurgence of Conservatism

Identify and state the historical significance of the Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars").

Identify and state the historical significance of George Herbert Walker Bush.

To President Reagan, "the focus of evil in the modern world" was

In his second term, President Reagan departed from the militantly anti-Soviet stance of his first term by

Identify and state the historical significance of Glasnost. ​

Ronald Reagan's essential domestic goal as president was to

The Iran-Contra investigations revealed Ronald Reagan as a president who

The New Right movement that helped to elect Ronald Reagan was spearheaded by

Identify and state the historical significance of Grenada.

Why did both the United States and Britain see such strong conservative leaders in the 1980s? Could Reagan have achieved his goals without such support from America's closest ally?

The Iran-Contra Affair essentially involved

Conservative Democrats who helped Ronald Reagan to pass his budget and tax-cutting legislation were called

The result of the Persian Gulf War was that

President Ronald Reagan and the new British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, shared all of the following goals EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of yuppies.

Identify and state the historical significance of Ronald Reagan.

All of the following represent the furor over Clarence Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court EXCEPT

Why did the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill affair expose such a sharp and often bitter gender gap in American politics? How did the specific issue at stake in the hearings--allegations of sexual harassment--relate to the wider set of issues that divided many men and women in this period?

Identify and state the historical significance of Sandra Day O'Connor.

One of the greatest consequences of Reagan's expansion of the federal debt was to

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