Question 1

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 2

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)  separation of church and state. 
A)  cultural and social issues. 
B)  laissez-faire economics. 
C)  foreign policy. 
D)  the environment. 
E)  separation of church and state.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"supply-side" economics

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Supply-side economics is an economic the

Question 4

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 5

The neoconservatives of the 1980s believed in all of the following except

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A)  free-market capitalism. 
B)  détente with the Soviet Union. 
C)  a return to traditional values and the centrality of the family. 
D)  fewer government restraints on the economy. 
E)  strengthening the white working class. 
A)  free-market capitalism. 
B)  détente with the Soviet Union. 
C)  a return to traditional values and the centrality of the family. 
D)  fewer government restraints on the economy. 
E)  strengthening the white working class.

Question 6

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 7

Edward Kennedy's campaign to take the presidential nomination away from Jimmy Carter in 1980 was handicapped by

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A)  his poor performance as a senator. 
B)  a growing dislike for the Kennedys. 
C)  Carter's popularity. 
D)  lingering suspicions about his involvement in an automobile accident in which a young woman was killed. 
E)  his inability to reach beyond New England. 
A)  his poor performance as a senator. 
B)  a growing dislike for the Kennedys. 
C)  Carter's popularity. 
D)  lingering suspicions about his involvement in an automobile accident in which a young woman was killed. 
E)  his inability to reach beyond New England.

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

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 10

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

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Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics, a

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"boll weevils"

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The term "boll weevils" refers to a grou

Question 12

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Kuwait

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

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jimmy Carter

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

Question 14

Before being elected president,Ronald Reagan's experience in elected public office had been as

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A)  senator from California. 
B)  governor of California. 
C)  Orange County, California, supervisor. 
D)  governor of Nevada. 
E)  Washington lobbyist for General Electric. 
A)  senator from California. 
B)  governor of California. 
C)  Orange County, California, supervisor. 
D)  governor of Nevada. 
E)  Washington lobbyist for General Electric.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of

Question 16

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Saudi Arabia

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

Question 17

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)  Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. 
A)  anti-American terrorists. 
B)  the federal bureaucracy. 
C)  political liberalism. 
D)  the Soviet Union. 
E)  Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Question 18

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 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sandra Day O'Connor

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Sandra Day O'Connor is a retired Associa

Question 20

Many of the neoconservative intellectuals of the 1980s were reacting most strongly against

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A)  the decline of Protestantism as the major force in American religion. 
B)  the economic and social reforms of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. 
C)  what they saw as the moral and social excesses of 1960s liberalism. 
D)  the increasing control of society by technology and technocrats. 
E)  what they saw as an extremist environmental movement. 
A)  the decline of Protestantism as the major force in American religion. 
B)  the economic and social reforms of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. 
C)  what they saw as the moral and social excesses of 1960s liberalism. 
D)  the increasing control of society by technology and technocrats. 
E)  what they saw as an extremist environmental movement.

Exam 40: The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"supply-side" economics

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

The neoconservatives of the 1980s believed in all of the following except

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

Edward Kennedy's campaign to take the presidential nomination away from Jimmy Carter in 1980 was handicapped by

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.

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?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"boll weevils"

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Kuwait

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jimmy Carter

Before being elected president,Ronald Reagan's experience in elected public office had been as

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ronald Reagan

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Saudi Arabia

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sandra Day O'Connor

Many of the neoconservative intellectuals of the 1980s were reacting most strongly against

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