Question 1

Answer the following  questions :
-Moral Majority

Accepted Answer

A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory. 
A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory. F

Question 2

Answer the following  questions :
-hostage crisis

Accepted Answer

A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory. 
A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory. D

Question 3

Which of the following was the central theme of Carter's foreign policy throughout his administration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Use of covert military action to overthrow communist regimes 
B)  Economic aid to noncommunist countries 
C)  A commitment to human rights 
D)  American control over the sources of imported petroleum 
A)  Use of covert military action to overthrow communist regimes 
B)  Economic aid to noncommunist countries 
C)  A commitment to human rights 
D)  American control over the sources of imported petroleum C

Question 4

Answer the following  questions :
-Contras

Accepted Answer

A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory. 
A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory.

Question 5

Ronald Reagan's 1980 victory can be attributed to

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans' frustrations over the nation's declining prosperity and power. 
B)  the ineptitude of his predecessor,Gerald Ford. 
C)  his adept handling of the hostage crisis during his first term. 
D)  Americans' frustrations over the Iran-Contra affair. 
A)  Americans' frustrations over the nation's declining prosperity and power. 
B)  the ineptitude of his predecessor,Gerald Ford. 
C)  his adept handling of the hostage crisis during his first term. 
D)  Americans' frustrations over the Iran-Contra affair.

Question 6

What factors led to Ronald Reagan's election in 1980?

Accepted Answer

The nation blamed Carter for failing to

Question 7

Answer the following  questions :
-family values

Accepted Answer

A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory. 
A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory.

Question 8

How did the conservatives of the Cold War era differ from the American conservatives of the early twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cold War conservatives embraced big government. 
B)  Cold War conservatives favored corporate regulation. 
C)  Cold War conservatives reversed their earlier isolationism. 
D)  Cold War conservatives supported civil rights. 
A)  Cold War conservatives embraced big government. 
B)  Cold War conservatives favored corporate regulation. 
C)  Cold War conservatives reversed their earlier isolationism. 
D)  Cold War conservatives supported civil rights.

Question 9

Which of the following was an outcome of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981?

Accepted Answer

A)  A return to the gold standard 
B)  A higher tax rate for millionaires 
C)  Corporate income tax increases to offset cuts in personal income taxes 
D)  A $200 billion cut in the federal government's annual revenue 
A)  A return to the gold standard 
B)  A higher tax rate for millionaires 
C)  Corporate income tax increases to offset cuts in personal income taxes 
D)  A $200 billion cut in the federal government's annual revenue

Question 10

Answer the following  questions :
-deregulation

Accepted Answer

A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory. 
A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory.

Question 11

Conservative Protestants and Catholics joined together as part of the Religious Right and condemned

Accepted Answer

A)  American poverty. 
B)  deregulation of transportation. 
C)  feminism. 
D)  welfare reform. 
A)  American poverty. 
B)  deregulation of transportation. 
C)  feminism. 
D)  welfare reform.

Question 12

Answer the following  questions :
-service industries

Accepted Answer

A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory. 
A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory.

Question 13

On which of the following issues would the conservative Cato Institute and Heritage Foundation have registered fierce opposition in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increasing corporate regulation 
B)  Federal funding for stem cell research 
C)  Abortion restrictions 
D)  A gay marriage ban 
A)  Increasing corporate regulation 
B)  Federal funding for stem cell research 
C)  Abortion restrictions 
D)  A gay marriage ban

Question 14

Answer the following  questions :
-Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA)

Accepted Answer

A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory. 
A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory.

Question 15

What distinguished Carter's conduct of foreign policy during his presidency?

Accepted Answer

Answer should ideally include:
- Emphasi

Question 16

The person who contributed most directly to the rise of conservatism in American politics after World War II was

Accepted Answer

A)  George H.W.Bush. 
B)  Barry Goldwater. 
C)  Nelson Rockefeller. 
D)  Gerald Ford. 
A)  George H.W.Bush. 
B)  Barry Goldwater. 
C)  Nelson Rockefeller. 
D)  Gerald Ford.

Question 17

In 1988,President George H.W.Bush selected which of the following individuals to be his vice presidential candidate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dan Quayle 
B)  Willie Horton 
C)  Sandra Day O'Connor 
D)  David Souter 
A)  Dan Quayle 
B)  Willie Horton 
C)  Sandra Day O'Connor 
D)  David Souter

Question 18

Answer the following  questions :
-The Conscience of a Conservative

Accepted Answer

A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory. 
A) A 1960 book that set forth an uncompromising conservatism and inspired a Republican grassroots movement in support of its author,Barry Goldwater. 
B) A conservative magazine founded in 1955 by editor William F.Buckley,who used it to criticize liberal policy. 
C) Politically active religious conservatives,especially Catholics and evangelical Christians,who became particularly vocal in the 1980s against feminism,abortion,and homosexuality and who promoted "family values." 
D) Crisis that began in 1979 after the deposed shah of Iran was allowed into the United States following the Iranian revolution.Iranians broke into the U.S.embassy in Teheran and took sixty-six Americans hostage.The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and contributed to President Carter's reelection defeat. 
E) A coalition supporting Ronald Reagan that included the traditional core of Republican Party voters,middle-class suburbanites and migrants to the Sunbelt states,blue-collar Catholics,and a large contingent of southern whites,an electorally key group of former Democrats that had been gradually moving toward the Republican Party since 1964.
F)A political organization established by evangelist Jerry Falwell in 1979 to mobilize conservative Christian voters on behalf of Ronald Reagan's campaign for president.
G)Blue-collar Catholics from industrialized midwestern states such as Michigan,Ohio,and Illinois who were dissatisfied with the direction of liberalism in the 1970s and left the Democratic Party for the Republicans.
H)Economic theory that tax cuts for individuals and businesses encourage investment and production (supply)and stimulate consumption (demand)because individuals can keep more of their earnings.In reality,this economic theory created a massive federal budget deficit.
I)Legislation introduced by President Reagan and passed by Congress in 1981 that authorized the largest reduction in taxes in the nation's history.
J)The cumulative total of all budget deficits.
K)The limiting of regulation by federal agencies.Prices in the trucking,airline,and railroad industries faced fewer regulations under President Carter in the late 1970s,and Reagan expanded this relaxation of regulations to include cutting back on government protections of consumers,workers,and the environment.
L)A deadly disease that killed nearly a hundred thousand people in the United States in the 1980s.
M)Term that includes food,beverage,and tourist industries,financial and medical service industries,and computer technology industries,which were the leading sectors of U.S.growth in the second half of the 1980s.This pattern represented a shift from reliance on the heavy industries of steel,autos,and chemicals.
N)The democratically elected group in Nicaragua that President Reagan accused of threatening U.S.business interests.Reagan attempted to overthrow them by ordering the CIA to assist an armed opposition group called the Contras.
O)An opposition group in Nicaragua that President Reagan ordered the CIA to assist.While Congress banned the CIA and all other government agencies from providing any military support to this group,a lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Marines,Oliver North,used the profits from the Iranian arms deal to assist the them,resulting in the Iran-Contra affair.
P)Reagan administration scandal that involved the sale of arms to Iran in exchange for its efforts to secure the release of hostages held in Lebanon and the redirection-illegal because banned by American law-of the proceeds of those sales to the Nicaraguan Contras.
Q)The policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that involved greater openness and freedom of expression and that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
R)The economic restructuring policy introduced by Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980s that contributed,unintentionally,to the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
S)Values promoted by the Religious Right,including support for the traditional nuclear family and opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
T)The 1991 war between Iraq and a U.S.-led international coalition that was sparked by the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.A forty-day bombing campaign against Iraq followed by coalition troops storming into Kuwait brought a quick coalition victory.

Question 19

For this question,refer to the following figure,The Annual Federal Budget Deficit (or Surplus),1940-2015:   Which of the following was the most direct cause of the trends depicted on the graph above?

Accepted Answer

A)  The deregulation of many industries 
B)  Moral and political debates that sharply divided the nation 
C)  The increase in economic inequality in the United States after 1980 
D)  The popularity and institutional strength of some government programs 
A)  The deregulation of many industries 
B)  Moral and political debates that sharply divided the nation 
C)  The increase in economic inequality in the United States after 1980 
D)  The popularity and institutional strength of some government programs

Question 20

Which of the following precipitated a crisis in American-Iranian relations in 1979?

Accepted Answer

A)  A communist revolution in Iran 
B)  President Carter's criticism of the Iranian secret police 
C)  American support for the deposed shah of Iran 
D)  Iranian terrorist activity in the United States 
A)  A communist revolution in Iran 
B)  President Carter's criticism of the Iranian secret police 
C)  American support for the deposed shah of Iran 
D)  Iranian terrorist activity in the United States

Exam 29: Conservative America in the Ascent, 1980-1991

Answer the following questions : -Moral Majority

Answer the following questions : -hostage crisis

Which of the following was the central theme of Carter's foreign policy throughout his administration?

Answer the following questions : -Contras

Ronald Reagan's 1980 victory can be attributed to

What factors led to Ronald Reagan's election in 1980?

Answer the following questions : -family values

How did the conservatives of the Cold War era differ from the American conservatives of the early twentieth century?

Which of the following was an outcome of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981?

Answer the following questions : -deregulation

Conservative Protestants and Catholics joined together as part of the Religious Right and condemned

Answer the following questions : -service industries

On which of the following issues would the conservative Cato Institute and Heritage Foundation have registered fierce opposition in the 1980s?

Answer the following questions : -Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA)

What distinguished Carter's conduct of foreign policy during his presidency?

The person who contributed most directly to the rise of conservatism in American politics after World War II was

In 1988,President George H.W.Bush selected which of the following individuals to be his vice presidential candidate?

Answer the following questions : -The Conscience of a Conservative

For this question,refer to the following figure,The Annual Federal Budget Deficit (or Surplus),1940-2015: Which of the following was the most direct cause of the trends depicted on the graph above?

Which of the following precipitated a crisis in American-Iranian relations in 1979?

Colliding Worlds, 1491-1600

American Experiments, 1521-1700

The British Atlantic World, 1607-1750

Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763

The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

Whose Government Politics, Populists, and Progressives, 1880-1917

An Emerging World Power, 1890-1918

Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938

The World at War, 1937-1945

Cold War America, 1945-1963

Triumph of the Middle Class, 1945-1963

Walking Into Freedom Land: the Civil Rights Movement, 1941-1973

Uncivil Wars:liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961-1972

The Search for Order in an Era of Limits, 1973-1980

Confronting Global and National Dilemmas, 1989 to the Present

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