Question 1

Under Reagan, the United States supplied military aid to oppose the pro-Cuban government in ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Argentina 
B)  Mexico 
C)  Peru 
D)  Nicaragua 
A)  Argentina 
B)  Mexico 
C)  Peru 
D)  Nicaragua

Question 2

According to advocates of supply-side economics, an increase in savings and investments by the upper classes and corporations would lead to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  An economic recession resulting from the withdrawal of money from circulation 
B)  The revival of heavy industry in the United States 
C)  A proliferation of small businesses that would increase competition within the economic system 
D)  Renewed prosperity as profits from the top trickled down to the middle and lower classes 
A)  An economic recession resulting from the withdrawal of money from circulation 
B)  The revival of heavy industry in the United States 
C)  A proliferation of small businesses that would increase competition within the economic system 
D)  Renewed prosperity as profits from the top trickled down to the middle and lower classes

Question 3

In 1981, when nearly 13,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization went on strike, President Reagan ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  refused to intervene 
B)  ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to cut air traffic controllers' working hours to reduce their stress and improve air safety 
C)  fired the strikers who refused to return to work and barred them from ever being rehired as federal air traffic controllers 
D)  ordered the National Labor Relations Board to mediate the strike 
A)  refused to intervene 
B)  ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to cut air traffic controllers' working hours to reduce their stress and improve air safety 
C)  fired the strikers who refused to return to work and barred them from ever being rehired as federal air traffic controllers 
D)  ordered the National Labor Relations Board to mediate the strike

Question 4

During the Reagan administration, those appointed to head federal regulatory agencies ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  were frequently opposed the federal regulations they were supposed to enforce 
B)  demanded rigorous enforcement of health and safety standards in the workplace 
C)  dismantled those agencies, thus leaving American industry to regulate itself 
D)  often changed their anti-regulatory views after learning of corporate abuses 
A)  were frequently opposed the federal regulations they were supposed to enforce 
B)  demanded rigorous enforcement of health and safety standards in the workplace 
C)  dismantled those agencies, thus leaving American industry to regulate itself 
D)  often changed their anti-regulatory views after learning of corporate abuses

Question 5

As a result of President Reagan's economic policies,____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the poverty rate declined 
B)  U.S. corporations suffered under the burden of higher tax rates 
C)  the United States became the world's largest debtor nation 
D)  the national debt declined 
A)  the poverty rate declined 
B)  U.S. corporations suffered under the burden of higher tax rates 
C)  the United States became the world's largest debtor nation 
D)  the national debt declined

Question 6

What was the response of the Chinese government to pro-democracy demonstrations, largely by students, in Tiananmen Square, Beijing in June 1989?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese leaders instituted reforms that would transform China into a parliamentary democracy by 1998. 
B)  A dialogue was opened between government officials and leaders of the pro-democracy movement. 
C)  The army cordoned off Tiananmen Square and, by denying the demonstrators food and water, starved them into submission. 
D)  The army stormed the square and massacred hundreds of demonstrators. 
A)  Chinese leaders instituted reforms that would transform China into a parliamentary democracy by 1998. 
B)  A dialogue was opened between government officials and leaders of the pro-democracy movement. 
C)  The army cordoned off Tiananmen Square and, by denying the demonstrators food and water, starved them into submission. 
D)  The army stormed the square and massacred hundreds of demonstrators.

Question 7

When the 1987 INF treaty was concluded between the United States and the Soviet Union, the two world superpowers agreed to _______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  limit the number of nuclear warheads on each intercontinental ballistic missile 
B)  limit their production of weapons-grade plutonium 
C)  demilitarize outer space 
D)  destroy all their land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe 
A)  limit the number of nuclear warheads on each intercontinental ballistic missile 
B)  limit their production of weapons-grade plutonium 
C)  demilitarize outer space 
D)  destroy all their land-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe

Question 8

President Reagan's popularity declined and his authority over foreign affairs was diminished after 1986, largely as a result of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the discovery of the administration's illegal diversion of money from a secret arms sale to Iran to fund the contras in Nicaragua 
B)  Supreme Court decisions that halted Reagan's efforts to impound funds approved by Congress for the expansion of social programs 
C)  mounting ridicule of the Strategic Defense Initiative that undermined public faith in the president's ability to make rational decisions 
D)  Mikhail Gorbachev's clear superiority as a negotiator 
A)  the discovery of the administration's illegal diversion of money from a secret arms sale to Iran to fund the contras in Nicaragua 
B)  Supreme Court decisions that halted Reagan's efforts to impound funds approved by Congress for the expansion of social programs 
C)  mounting ridicule of the Strategic Defense Initiative that undermined public faith in the president's ability to make rational decisions 
D)  Mikhail Gorbachev's clear superiority as a negotiator

Question 9

Which of the following was true of women in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They met with little success in getting elected to political office. 
B)  They witnessed the elimination of all barriers to equality. 
C)  They took advantage of new employment opportunities and worked in increasing numbers outside the home, often out of economic necessity. 
D)  They continued to have little success in enrolling in colleges, universities, and professional schools. 
A)  They met with little success in getting elected to political office. 
B)  They witnessed the elimination of all barriers to equality. 
C)  They took advantage of new employment opportunities and worked in increasing numbers outside the home, often out of economic necessity. 
D)  They continued to have little success in enrolling in colleges, universities, and professional schools.

Question 10

What was America's fastest-growing ethnic minority in the 1970s and 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans 
B)  Asian Americans 
C)  Latinos 
D)  Native Americans 
A)  African Americans 
B)  Asian Americans 
C)  Latinos 
D)  Native Americans

Question 11

Many Americans were against the 1991 Persian Gulf War because ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  they were afraid that Iran would come to Iraq's aid and declare war against the United States 
B)  they accepted Saddam Hussein's claim that Kuwait was not a separate nation but merely a province of Iraq 
C)  they took seriously the Soviet Union's threat of nuclear retaliation if the United States used armed force against Iraq 
D)  they believed that economic sanctions against Iraq should be given more time to work 
A)  they were afraid that Iran would come to Iraq's aid and declare war against the United States 
B)  they accepted Saddam Hussein's claim that Kuwait was not a separate nation but merely a province of Iraq 
C)  they took seriously the Soviet Union's threat of nuclear retaliation if the United States used armed force against Iraq 
D)  they believed that economic sanctions against Iraq should be given more time to work

Question 12

The military buildup supported by the Reagan administration was based on the belief that ________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States had fewer nuclear warheads than the Soviet Union 
B)  the Soviet navy was far superior to the navy of the United States 
C)  Soviet weaponry was technologically more sophisticated than the weaponry of the United States 
D)  such a buildup of men and materiel would intimidate the Soviet Union 
A)  the United States had fewer nuclear warheads than the Soviet Union 
B)  the Soviet navy was far superior to the navy of the United States 
C)  Soviet weaponry was technologically more sophisticated than the weaponry of the United States 
D)  such a buildup of men and materiel would intimidate the Soviet Union

Question 13

As a believer in supply-side economics, President Reagan called for _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the expansion of federally guaranteed home mortgage programs 
B)  an extension of federal grants to state and local governments to stimulate spending 
C)  lower income-tax rates for individuals and corporations 
D)  increases in direct federal assistance to the poor and unemployed 
A)  the expansion of federally guaranteed home mortgage programs 
B)  an extension of federal grants to state and local governments to stimulate spending 
C)  lower income-tax rates for individuals and corporations 
D)  increases in direct federal assistance to the poor and unemployed

Question 14

What was the name of the U.S Marine Colonel who became a central figure in the Iran-contra, arms-for-hostages scandal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Oliver North 
B)  George Bush 
C)  Oliver Bush 
D)  George North 
A)  Oliver North 
B)  George Bush 
C)  Oliver Bush 
D)  George North

Question 15

In the late 1980s, Yasir Arafat, chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization, __________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  declared Lebanon to be the Palestinian homeland and gained control of the Lebanese government 
B)  publicly rejected terrorism and accepted the right of Israel to live in peace and security 
C)  accepted establishment of political autonomy for Palestinians in a territorial enclave within the state of Jordan 
D)  agreed to the establishment of a United Nations arbitration commission to settle the PLO's long-standing conflict with Israel 
A)  declared Lebanon to be the Palestinian homeland and gained control of the Lebanese government 
B)  publicly rejected terrorism and accepted the right of Israel to live in peace and security 
C)  accepted establishment of political autonomy for Palestinians in a territorial enclave within the state of Jordan 
D)  agreed to the establishment of a United Nations arbitration commission to settle the PLO's long-standing conflict with Israel

Question 16

Discuss the Reagan administration's policies with regard to the Middle East. What were the results of those policies? What criticisms were leveled against those policies?

Accepted Answer

The Reagan administration's policies wit

Question 17

Compare and contrast the opportunities available and denied to Asian immigrants, Latino immigrants, and African Americans in the 1980s.

Accepted Answer

In the 1980s, Asian immigrants, Latino i

Question 18

Discuss the major personalities and issues of the 1988 presidential election, and explain the outcome of the election.

Accepted Answer

The 1988 presidential election was a hig

Question 19

What sparked the 1991 Persian Gulf War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Syria's invasion of Israel 
B)  Saudi Arabia's invasion of Iraq 
C)  Iraq's invasion of Kuwait 
D)  Iran's battleships in the Persian Gulf 
A)  Syria's invasion of Israel 
B)  Saudi Arabia's invasion of Iraq 
C)  Iraq's invasion of Kuwait 
D)  Iran's battleships in the Persian Gulf

Question 20

Discuss the causes and consequences of the Persian Gulf War.

Accepted Answer

The Persian Gulf War, also known as the

Exam 28: Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992

Under Reagan, the United States supplied military aid to oppose the pro-Cuban government in ________________.

According to advocates of supply-side economics, an increase in savings and investments by the upper classes and corporations would lead to which of the following?

In 1981, when nearly 13,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization went on strike, President Reagan ______________________.

During the Reagan administration, those appointed to head federal regulatory agencies ____________________.

As a result of President Reagan's economic policies,____________________.

What was the response of the Chinese government to pro-democracy demonstrations, largely by students, in Tiananmen Square, Beijing in June 1989?

When the 1987 INF treaty was concluded between the United States and the Soviet Union, the two world superpowers agreed to _______________________.

President Reagan's popularity declined and his authority over foreign affairs was diminished after 1986, largely as a result of ____________________.

Which of the following was true of women in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s?

What was America's fastest-growing ethnic minority in the 1970s and 1980s?

Many Americans were against the 1991 Persian Gulf War because ___________________.

The military buildup supported by the Reagan administration was based on the belief that ________________________.

As a believer in supply-side economics, President Reagan called for _______________.

What was the name of the U.S Marine Colonel who became a central figure in the Iran-contra, arms-for-hostages scandal?

In the late 1980s, Yasir Arafat, chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization, __________________________.

Discuss the Reagan administration's policies with regard to the Middle East. What were the results of those policies? What criticisms were leveled against those policies?

Compare and contrast the opportunities available and denied to Asian immigrants, Latino immigrants, and African Americans in the 1980s.

Discuss the major personalities and issues of the 1988 presidential election, and explain the outcome of the election.

What sparked the 1991 Persian Gulf War?

Discuss the causes and consequences of the Persian Gulf War.

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