Question 1

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

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

Question 2

Compare and contrast Ronald Reagan as leader and agent of political change in the 1980s with that of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.

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Ronald Reagan and Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 3

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?

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Ronald Reagan's massive deficits were li

Question 4

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

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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.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Edward Kennedy

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Edward Moore Kennedy, commonly known as

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Walter Mondale

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Walter Mondale was an American politicia

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars")

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The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI),

Question 8

Besides cutting the federal budget, Reagan's other main domestic initiative when he took office was

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A) developing new programs to aid business. 
B) expanding federally funded social programs. 
C) making substantial reductions in marginal tax rates over a period of three years. 
D) privatizing the Social Security system. 
E) eliminating government regulation of food and drugs. 
A) developing new programs to aid business. 
B) expanding federally funded social programs. 
C) making substantial reductions in marginal tax rates over a period of three years. 
D) privatizing the Social Security system. 
E) eliminating government regulation of food and drugs.

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

Which of these is NOT a true statement about yuppies?

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A) "Yuppies" was a nickname for young, urban professionals in the 1980s. 
B) Yuppies symbolized the new income stratification in America. 
C) Yuppies were known for their materialism and conspicuous consumption. 
D) Yuppies showcased the pursuit of wealth that symbolized the 1980s. 
E) Yuppies represented the largest group of working Americans in the 1980s. 
A) "Yuppies" was a nickname for young, urban professionals in the 1980s. 
B) Yuppies symbolized the new income stratification in America. 
C) Yuppies were known for their materialism and conspicuous consumption. 
D) Yuppies showcased the pursuit of wealth that symbolized the 1980s. 
E) Yuppies represented the largest group of working Americans in the 1980s.

Question 11

Compare and contrast the ideologies, priorities, and constituents of the New Right of the 1980s from the Old Right of the 1930s? In which policy areas were they similar and in which policy fields did they have different approaches? What were the most important things that New Right conservatives wanted to conserve?

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The New Right of the 1980s and the Old R

Question 12

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 13

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 sixteen years? Explain.

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The conservative right in America was ab

Question 14

For the Soviet Union's new policies of Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) to work, it was essential that the

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A) Soviets keep control of Eastern Europe. 
B) Communist Party engage in democratic competition. 
C) United States and Western Europe sign free trade agreements with the Soviet Union. 
D) United States send economic and food aid to the Soviet Union. 
E) Cold War end. 
A) Soviets keep control of Eastern Europe. 
B) Communist Party engage in democratic competition. 
C) United States and Western Europe sign free trade agreements with the Soviet Union. 
D) United States send economic and food aid to the Soviet Union. 
E) Cold War end.

Question 15

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 16

Members of the religious right

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A) were an answer to sixties radicalism. 
B) were opposed to affirmative action. 
C) used prayer meetings as a political organizing tool. 
D) were also involved in the anti-abortion or "right-to-life" movement. 
E) All of these choices are correct. 
A) were an answer to sixties radicalism. 
B) were opposed to affirmative action. 
C) used prayer meetings as a political organizing tool. 
D) were also involved in the anti-abortion or "right-to-life" movement. 
E) All of these choices are correct.

Question 17

The strong tax revolt against extensive government programs and spending was spurred by the passage of Proposition 13 that severely limited property taxes in

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A) Arizona. 
B) Wisconsin. 
C) New Hampshire. 
D) California. 
E) Oregon. 
A) Arizona. 
B) Wisconsin. 
C) New Hampshire. 
D) California. 
E) Oregon.

Question 18

Why was the United States more successful in dealing with the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe than with China after the end of the Cold War? Why did President George H.W. Bush refuse to punish China after it brutally crushed the prodemocracy movement? Do you agree or disagree with President Bush's approach to relations with China after it crushed the prodemocracy movement? Why or why not?

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The United States was more successful in

Question 19

How did George W. Bush's election as the first popular-vote minority president in over a century affect his ability to lead the country? Why was he able to pursue a vigorously conservative political course despite the thinness of his mandate?

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George W. Bush's election as the first p

Question 20

How did the rise of social conservatism affect issues like affirmative action and women's rights?

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The rise of social conservatism, particu

Exam 39: The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

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

Compare and contrast Ronald Reagan as leader and agent of political change in the 1980s with that of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Edward Kennedy

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Walter Mondale

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars")

Besides cutting the federal budget, Reagan's other main domestic initiative when he took office was

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

Which of these is NOT a true statement about yuppies?

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

For the Soviet Union's new policies of Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) to work, it was essential that the

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

Members of the religious right

The strong tax revolt against extensive government programs and spending was spurred by the passage of Proposition 13 that severely limited property taxes in

How did George W. Bush's election as the first popular-vote minority president in over a century affect his ability to lead the country? Why was he able to pursue a vigorously conservative political course despite the thinness of his mandate?

How did the rise of social conservatism affect issues like affirmative action and women's rights?

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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