Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Grenada is a small island country in the

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-George Herbert Walker Bush

Accepted Answer

George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st

Question 3

What were the successes and failures of Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics (Reaganomics)?

Accepted Answer

Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics, a

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"ABC" movement

Accepted Answer

The "ABC" movement refers to the America

Question 5

To what extent did the United States and the administrations of Reagan and Bush contribute to the collapse of the Soviet Union? To what extent was it product of internal changes in the Soviet Union itself, especially those sponsored by Mikhail Gorbachev?

Accepted Answer

The collapse of the Soviet Union was a c

Question 6

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
​The Middle East During the Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991
-____ Lebanon

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

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

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "The greatest success of the conservative movement came in reversing the previously liberal direction of the Supreme Court." Explain your answer.

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The answer of Do you agree or disagree with the...

Question 9

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 10

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 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Saddam Hussein

Accepted Answer

Saddam Hussein was a prominent political

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Mikhail Gorbachev

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

In the 1980 national elections

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A) Edward Kennedy challenged incumbent President Carter for the nomination of the Democratic party. 
B) although Ronald Reagan won the presidency, both houses of Congress still had Democratic party majorities. 
C) third-party candidate John Anderson won three states and seventeen Electoral College votes. 
D) Ronald Reagan won the presidency by the closest margin since the Kennedy-Nixon election of 1960. 
E) Reagan led Republicans to majorities in both houses of Congress. 
A) Edward Kennedy challenged incumbent President Carter for the nomination of the Democratic party. 
B) although Ronald Reagan won the presidency, both houses of Congress still had Democratic party majorities. 
C) third-party candidate John Anderson won three states and seventeen Electoral College votes. 
D) Ronald Reagan won the presidency by the closest margin since the Kennedy-Nixon election of 1960. 
E) Reagan led Republicans to majorities in both houses of Congress.

Question 14

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
​The Middle East During the Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991
-____ Persian Gulf

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 15

The Americans With Disabilities Act

Accepted Answer

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 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-rainbow coalition

Accepted Answer

The term "Rainbow Coalition" has been us

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Margaret Thatcher

Accepted Answer

Margaret Thatcher, also known as the "Ir

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Clarence Thomas

Accepted Answer

Clarence Thomas is an Associate Justice

Question 19

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
​The Middle East During the Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991
-____ Kuwait

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 20

In contrast to the Old Right, many New Right activists of the 1980s were most concerned about

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A) cultural and social issues. 
B) laissez-faire economics. 
C) foreign policy. 
D) the environment. 
E) health care. 
A) cultural and social issues. 
B) laissez-faire economics. 
C) foreign policy. 
D) the environment. 
E) health care.

Exam 39: The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -George Herbert Walker Bush

What were the successes and failures of Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics (Reaganomics)?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"ABC" movement

To what extent did the United States and the administrations of Reagan and Bush contribute to the collapse of the Soviet Union? To what extent was it product of internal changes in the Soviet Union itself, especially those sponsored by Mikhail Gorbachev?

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​The Middle East During the Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991 -____ Lebanon

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

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "The greatest success of the conservative movement came in reversing the previously liberal direction of the Supreme Court." Explain your answer.

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.

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 the following: -Saddam Hussein

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mikhail Gorbachev

In the 1980 national elections

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​The Middle East During the Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991 -____ Persian Gulf

The Americans With Disabilities Act

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -rainbow coalition

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Margaret Thatcher

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Clarence Thomas

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​The Middle East During the Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991 -____ Kuwait

In contrast to the Old Right, many New Right activists of the 1980s were most concerned about

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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Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The Middle East During the Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991 -____ Lebanon

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The Middle East During the Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991 -____ Persian Gulf

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The Middle East During the Persian Gulf Crisis, 1990-1991 -____ Kuwait