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Revelations of the Iran-Contra affair indicated that Reagan had violated his pledge to never:

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negotiate with terrorists

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By the time of his nomination for the presidency in 1988, George H. W. Bush had served as all of the following EXCEPT:

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secretary of the Treasury

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Opposing Iraq in the Gulf War was:

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a coalition of over thirty nations

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By the early 1980s, Lebanon:

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became an anarchic battleground for warring factions

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A change in the cold war climate was indicated in 1988 when the Soviets began withdrawing their troops from:

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Afghanistan

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A high percentage of the homeless people of the 1980s were:

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mentally ill

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The religious Right fervently supported Reagan because he:

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supported its conservative social values

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Which of the following dramatically decreased in the 1980s?

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personal savings

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Bush's goal as president seemed to be to:

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consolidate Reagan's policies and achievements

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David Stockman is best known for being President Reagan's:

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budget director

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The Tower Commission report blamed much of the Iran-Contra scandal on:

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Reagan's loose management style

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By the end of his presidency, Reagan had:

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restored American confidence

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During the 1980s, unions:

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suffered steady declines in membership

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Democratic candidate Walter Mondale most seriously damaged his presidential prospects when he:

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promised to raise taxes

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The anti-feminist women led by Phyllis Schlafly:

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helped keep the equal-rights amendment from being ratified

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By the end of 1991, the Soviet Union:

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had fallen apart

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The crucial development in the Soviet Union in August 1991 was:

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a failed Communist coup

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As he campaigned for president in 1980, Reagan promised to restore prosperity by:

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cutting taxes

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Carter's management of the economy resulted in:

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unacceptably high rates of inflation

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The 1991 Persian Gulf War resulted in:

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Saddam Hussein remaining in power

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A huge demographic factor behind Reagan's electoral success was:

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population growth in the South and the West

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In late 1987, the United States and the Soviets signed a treaty to eliminate:

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intermediate-range nuclear missiles

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One major factor working in Reagan's favor in his 1984 reelection bid was:

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a robustly growing economy

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The fall of the Berlin Wall was soon followed by:

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Germany's reunification

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One of President Bush's major domestic successes was:

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assisting people with disabilities

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Bush ultimately dealt with Noriega by:

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ordering a military invasion to arrest him

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The Grenada invasion resulted in:

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an easy American victory

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By the fall of 1991, the most popular Soviet politician was:

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Boris Yeltsin

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To many voters in 1980, Ronald Reagan, in contrast to Jimmy Carter, seemed:

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upbeat

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Reagan first became a star in Republican politics when he:

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made a television speech for Goldwater in 1964

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When Islamic fanatics bombed and killed 241 U.S. Marines in Lebanon in 1983, Reagan:

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soon pulled out the remaining marines

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Ronald Reagan viewed the Soviet Union as:

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an evil empire

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The marine lieutenant colonel at the center of the Iran-Contra affair, Oliver North, was using profits from the sale of arms to Iran to:

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finance the Nicaraguan Contras

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The collapse of stock prices that occurred on "Black Monday" (October 19, 1987):

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in percentage terms, was the worst in American history

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Many of those who contracted AIDS in the early and mid-1980s:

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soon died

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In late 1989, all the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe toppled bloodlessly EXCEPT that of:

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Romania

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The Reagan administration's initial response to AIDS was to:

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largely ignore it as a "gay" disease

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Eduard Shevardnadze was Gorbachev's:

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foreign minister

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Reagan's hope for Nicaragua was that the Sandinistas would:

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be overthrown by the Contras

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The Gulf War was triggered by Saddam Hussein's invasion of:

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Kuwait

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The leader of the Moral Majority was:

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Jerry Falwell

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The Panamanian government of Manuel Noriega was at odds with the Bush administration because of its:

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involvement in the drug trade

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Bush helped secure his victory in 1988 by:

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portraying the Democrat, Dukakis, as a liberal

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Reagan's experience as an actor:

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was invaluable in a television age

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Most likely to support the Moral Majority would be:

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Southern Baptists

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Early in Reagan's presidency, all of the following were increasing EXCEPT:

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tax revenues

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In Central America, the Reagan administration was seriously concerned that Communist-backed revolutionaries might take over in:

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El Salvador

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Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative:

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forced the Soviets to spend extensively to keep pace

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The reform-minded Soviet premier who emerged in the mid-1980s was:

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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As a result of the massive national debt:

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Bush had to recommend tax increases

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