Question 1

Democrats who opposed the reelection of President Carter complained that he

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A) had failed to control double-digit inflation. 
B) negotiated the Panama Canal Treaty. 
C) had not aggressively pursued civil rights. 
D) failed to rescue the hostages in Iran. 
E) had removed regulatory controls from major industries. 
A) had failed to control double-digit inflation. 
B) negotiated the Panama Canal Treaty. 
C) had not aggressively pursued civil rights. 
D) failed to rescue the hostages in Iran. 
E) had removed regulatory controls from major industries.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF)

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The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (I

Question 3

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?

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The Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill affair ex

Question 4

In the 1980s, for the first time in the twentieth century

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A) income gaps widened between the richest and the poorest Americans. 
B) middle-class incomes rose. 
C) the poor made economic gains. 
D) the economy was uniformly healthy. 
E) the majority of Americans were middle class. 
A) income gaps widened between the richest and the poorest Americans. 
B) middle-class incomes rose. 
C) the poor made economic gains. 
D) the economy was uniformly healthy. 
E) the majority of Americans were middle class.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Roe v. Wade

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Roe v. Wade is a landmark decision by th

Question 6

The first woman to receive the vice-presidential nomination of a major political party was

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A) Elizabeth Dole. 
B) Sandra Day O'Connor. 
C) Jeanne Kirkpatrick. 
D) Geraldine Ferraro. 
E) Janet Reno. 
A) Elizabeth Dole. 
B) Sandra Day O'Connor. 
C) Jeanne Kirkpatrick. 
D) Geraldine Ferraro. 
E) Janet Reno.

Question 7

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

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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 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-yuppies

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Yuppies is a term that stands for "young

Question 9

Among the Democrats whom Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis defeated for the party's nomination to run against George Bush in 1988 were

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A) Edward Kennedy and Jimmy Carter. 
B) Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro. 
C) Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson. 
D) Bill Clinton and Albert Gore. 
E) Paul Simon and Lloyd Bentsen. 
A) Edward Kennedy and Jimmy Carter. 
B) Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro. 
C) Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson. 
D) Bill Clinton and Albert Gore. 
E) Paul Simon and Lloyd Bentsen.

Question 10

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 11

What were Ronald Reagan's goals as he entered the presidency in 1981? How successful was he in implementing them? In what ways did he fail to achieve his goals? Why?

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Ronald Reagan's goals as he entered the

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Perestroika

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Perestroika, which means "restructuring"

Question 13

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 14

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 15

Which of the these social issues was not an important concern that the New Right hoped to constrict or eliminate through legal action?

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A) Divorce 
B) Pornography 
C) Homosexuality 
D) Abortion 
E) Affirmative action 
A) Divorce 
B) Pornography 
C) Homosexuality 
D) Abortion 
E) Affirmative action

Question 16

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

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The terms "pro-choice" and "pro-life" re

Question 17

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

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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 18

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 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-ethnic cleansing

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Anita Hill

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Anita Hill is an American attorney and a

Exam 39: The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

Democrats who opposed the reelection of President Carter complained that he

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF)

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?

In the 1980s, for the first time in the twentieth century

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Roe v. Wade

The first woman to receive the vice-presidential nomination of a major political party was

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -yuppies

Among the Democrats whom Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis defeated for the party's nomination to run against George Bush in 1988 were

The result of the Persian Gulf War was that

What were Ronald Reagan's goals as he entered the presidency in 1981? How successful was he in implementing them? In what ways did he fail to achieve his goals? Why?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Perestroika

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

Ronald Reagan's essential domestic goal as president was to

Which of the these social issues was not an important concern that the New Right hoped to constrict or eliminate through legal action?

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

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

The Iran-Contra Affair essentially involved

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -ethnic cleansing

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Anita Hill

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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