Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Roe v. Wade is a landmark decision by th

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New Right

Accepted Answer

The New Right refers to a political move

Question 3

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 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Soviets keep control of Eastern Europe. 
B)  Communist Party engage in democratic competition. 
C)  Middle East oilfields be controlled by Soviet allies. 
D)  United States send aid to Russia. 
E)  Cold War end. 
A)  Soviets keep control of Eastern Europe. 
B)  Communist Party engage in democratic competition. 
C)  Middle East oilfields be controlled by Soviet allies. 
D)  United States send aid to Russia. 
E)  Cold War end.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Planned Parenthood v.Casey

Accepted Answer

Planned Parenthood v. Casey is a landmar

Question 6

Members of the religious right

Accepted Answer

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 
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

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Reaganomics refers to the economic polic

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Saddam Hussein was a prominent political

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

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?

Accepted Answer

There is ongoing debate among historians

Question 13

Many of the movement conservatives of the new religious right gained political effectiveness by imitating the methods of

Accepted Answer

A)  the prophets in the Bible. 
B)  the 1960s New Left. 
C)  corporate advertisers. 
D)  Third World guerrillas. 
E)  big city political machines. 
A)  the prophets in the Bible. 
B)  the 1960s New Left. 
C)  corporate advertisers. 
D)  Third World guerrillas. 
E)  big city political machines.

Question 14

Why did conservatism gain such strength in the 1980s and 1990s? Where did modern American conservatism come from?

Accepted Answer

Conservatism gained strength in the 1980

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Norman Schwartzkopf

Accepted Answer

Norman Schwarzkopf, also known as H. Nor

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Ronald Reagan's essential domestic goal as president was to

Accepted Answer

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 18

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

Describe President Reagan's approach to foreign affairs.Was it effective? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

President Reagan's approach to foreign a

Question 20

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

Exam 40: The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New Right

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?

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Planned Parenthood v.Casey

Members of the religious right

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Many of the movement conservatives of the new religious right gained political effectiveness by imitating the methods of

Why did conservatism gain such strength in the 1980s and 1990s? Where did modern American conservatism come from?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Norman Schwartzkopf

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

Ronald Reagan's essential domestic goal as president was to

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

Describe President Reagan's approach to foreign affairs.Was it effective? Why or why not?

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.

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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