US History Chapter 31 – Flashcards
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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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Carter's management of the economy resulted in:
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unacceptably high rates of inflation.
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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 Reagan administration's initial response to AIDS was to:
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largely ignore it as a gay disease.
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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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Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative:
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forced the Soviets to spend extensively to keep pace.
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Reagan's experience as an actor:
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helps explain his skill as a public speaker.
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By the end of his presidency, Reagan had:
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restored American confidence.
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A crisis in Iran involved all of the following EXCEPT:
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the takeover of Iran's government by hard-line Communists.
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The result of the 1984 election was:
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a landslide for Reagan over Mondale.
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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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The leader of the Moral Majority was:
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Jerry Falwell.
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By the end of 1991, the Soviet Union:
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had fallen apart.
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David Stockman is best known for being President Reagan's:
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budget director.
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A huge demographic factor behind Reagan's electoral success was:
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population growth in the South and West.
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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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The 1991 Persian Gulf War resulted in:
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Saddam Hussein remaining in power.
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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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One of President Bush's major domestic successes was:
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assisting people with disabilities.
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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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Bush ultimately dealt with Noriega by:
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ordering a military invasion to arrest him.
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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 crucial development in the Soviet Union in August 1991 was:
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a failed Communist coup.
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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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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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To many voters in 1980, Ronald Reagan, in contrast to Jimmy Carter, seemed:
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upbeat.
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The Camp David Accords involved all of the following EXCEPT:
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the creation of a Palestinian state on the West Bank.
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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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Ronald Reagan viewed the Soviet Union as:
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an evil empire.
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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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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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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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Most likely to support the Moral Majority would be:
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evangelical Christians.
