HIS 112- Ch 31 – Flashcards
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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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