Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-pro-choice/pro-life

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The terms "pro-choice" and "pro-life" re

Question 2

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.

Accepted Answer

The conservative right in America was ab

Question 3

In response to the collapse of the Soviet Union,President George Bush called for a "new world order" where

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A)  Russia would join the democratic West in containing communist China. 
B)  the United States would serve as policeman for the world. 
C)  the United Nations would assert sovereignty over the rival nation-states. 
D)  global capitalism would supersede all regional and local economies. 
E)  democracy would reign supreme and diplomacy would replace weaponry. 
A)  Russia would join the democratic West in containing communist China. 
B)  the United States would serve as policeman for the world. 
C)  the United Nations would assert sovereignty over the rival nation-states. 
D)  global capitalism would supersede all regional and local economies. 
E)  democracy would reign supreme and diplomacy would replace weaponry.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Anita Hill

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Anita Hill is an American attorney and a

Question 5

Solidarity was

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A)  the slogan of the southern Democrats who supported Reagan. 
B)  a massive working-class labor union of Polish dissidents. 
C)  the mutual pledge between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to confront the Soviet Union. 
D)  the slogan of the new religious right organization, the Moral Majority. 
E)  a song widely used by the revived U.S. labor movement of the 1980s. 
A)  the slogan of the southern Democrats who supported Reagan. 
B)  a massive working-class labor union of Polish dissidents. 
C)  the mutual pledge between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to confront the Soviet Union. 
D)  the slogan of the new religious right organization, the Moral Majority. 
E)  a song widely used by the revived U.S. labor movement of the 1980s.

Question 6

The United States joined its allies in the Persian Gulf War in order to

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A)  regain control of the Middle East oil supply. 
B)  roll back Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. 
C)  demonstrate that the U.S. military could conduct a major ground war thousands of miles from its home bases. 
D)  support Israel against the growing threat from the Arab states. 
E)  guarantee a permanent U.S. naval presence in the Middle East. 
A)  regain control of the Middle East oil supply. 
B)  roll back Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. 
C)  demonstrate that the U.S. military could conduct a major ground war thousands of miles from its home bases. 
D)  support Israel against the growing threat from the Arab states. 
E)  guarantee a permanent U.S. naval presence in the Middle East.

Question 7

Agree or disagree with the following statement: George H.W.Bush's administration was essentially the Reagan administration's third term in its policies and goals.Why or why not?

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I disagree with the statement that Georg

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"gender gap"

Accepted Answer

The term "gender gap" refers to the obse

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

Ronald Reagan began to abandon his liberal New Deal political philosophy and to espouse a conservative,antigovernment line

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A)  after being elected governor of California. 
B)  during World War II. 
C)  when he discovered communist infiltration in Hollywood. 
D)  when he became a wealthy movie star. 
E)  when he became a spokesman for General Electric. 
A)  after being elected governor of California. 
B)  during World War II. 
C)  when he discovered communist infiltration in Hollywood. 
D)  when he became a wealthy movie star. 
E)  when he became a spokesman for General Electric.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

The Sandinistas, formally known as the S

Question 14

Why was the United States more successful in dealing with the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe than with China? Why did President George H.W.Bush refuse to punish China after it brutally crushed the prodemocracy movement?

Accepted Answer

The United States was more successful in

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Perestroika, which means "restructuring"

Question 16

All of the following represent the furor over Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court except

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A)  many women were enraged by the all-male Senate Judiciary committee's behavior. 
B)  a gender gap emerged between the two political parties. 
C)  pro-choice women distanced themselves from the Republican party. 
D)  the social issues that helped elect Republicans were growing in their public appeal. 
E)  many women became increasingly critical of the president's stand on abortion. 
A)  many women were enraged by the all-male Senate Judiciary committee's behavior. 
B)  a gender gap emerged between the two political parties. 
C)  pro-choice women distanced themselves from the Republican party. 
D)  the social issues that helped elect Republicans were growing in their public appeal. 
E)  many women became increasingly critical of the president's stand on abortion.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Webster v.Reproductive Health Services

Accepted Answer

Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Jerry Falwell

Accepted Answer

Jerry Falwell was an influential America

Question 19

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 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Geraldine Ferraro

Accepted Answer

Geraldine Ferraro was an American attorn

Exam 40: The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -pro-choice/pro-life

In response to the collapse of the Soviet Union,President George Bush called for a "new world order" where

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Anita Hill

Solidarity was

The United States joined its allies in the Persian Gulf War in order to

Agree or disagree with the following statement: George H.W.Bush's administration was essentially the Reagan administration's third term in its policies and goals.Why or why not?

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"gender gap"

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

Ronald Reagan began to abandon his liberal New Deal political philosophy and to espouse a conservative,antigovernment line

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

Why was the United States more successful in dealing with the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe than with China? Why did President George H.W.Bush refuse to punish China after it brutally crushed the prodemocracy movement?

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

All of the following represent the furor over Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Webster v.Reproductive Health Services

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Jerry Falwell

In the 1980 national elections

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Geraldine Ferraro

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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