Question 1

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 2

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)  U.S. representative from California. 
A)  senator from California. 
B)  governor of California. 
C)  Orange County, California, supervisor. 
D)  governor of Nevada. 
E)  U.S. representative from California.

Question 3

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

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The Contras were a collection of rebel g

Question 4

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 5

Ronald Reagan's essential domestic goal as president was to

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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 6

Conservative Democrats who helped Ronald Reagan to pass his budget and tax-cutting legislation were called

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A)  blue dogs. 
B)  sagebrush rebels. 
C)  scalawags. 
D)  neoconservatives. 
E)  boll weevils. 
A)  blue dogs. 
B)  sagebrush rebels. 
C)  scalawags. 
D)  neoconservatives. 
E)  boll weevils.

Question 7

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 8

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 9

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 10

Ronald Reagan began to abandon his liberal New Deal political philosophy and to espouse a conservative, anti-government 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 decided to challenge President Gerald Ford for the Republican presidential nomination in 1976. 
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 decided to challenge President Gerald Ford for the Republican presidential nomination in 1976. 
E)  when he became a spokesman for General Electric.

Question 11

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 12

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

Accepted Answer

Planned Parenthood v. Casey is a landmar

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

All of the following represent the furor over Clarence 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 16

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 17

The Democrats' hopes for the 1988 election rose sharply because of major scandals in the Reagan administration involving

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A)  bribes involving business deals in the Soviet Union. 
B)  election fraud. 
C)  the Iran-Contra affair and savings-and-loan banks. 
D)  kickbacks for oil leases on federal lands. 
E)  payoffs for U.S. hostages and campaign contributions from foreign corporations. 
A)  bribes involving business deals in the Soviet Union. 
B)  election fraud. 
C)  the Iran-Contra affair and savings-and-loan banks. 
D)  kickbacks for oil leases on federal lands. 
E)  payoffs for U.S. hostages and campaign contributions from foreign corporations.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Iran-Contra Affair

Accepted Answer

The Iran-Contra Affair was a political s

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Saddam Hussein was a prominent political

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

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

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

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

Ronald Reagan's essential domestic goal as president was to

Conservative Democrats who helped Ronald Reagan to pass his budget and tax-cutting legislation were called

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

The Democrats' hopes for the 1988 election rose sharply because of major scandals in the Reagan administration involving

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Iran-Contra Affair

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

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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Exam 18: The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

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

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

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

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

Ronald Reagan's essential domestic goal as president was to

Conservative Democrats who helped Ronald Reagan to pass his budget and tax-cutting legislation were called

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

The Democrats' hopes for the 1988 election rose sharply because of major scandals in the Reagan administration involving

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Iran-Contra Affair

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

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

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

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

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