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CHAPTER 31: CONSERVATIVE REVIVAL, 1977-1990   TRUE/FALSE        1

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CHAPTER 31: CONSERVATIVE REVIVAL, 1977-1990

 

TRUE/FALSE

 

     1.   The Camp David Accords were agreements between Iran and Iraq.

 

     2.   Ronald Reagan’s years as an actor proved to be a big advantage once he entered politics.

 

 

     3.   The Sunbelt includes the southern and western states.

 

 

     4.   The religious Right was a Protestant-dominated movement in which Catholics were not allowed to participate.

 

     5.   Despite Ronald Reagan’s poor church attendance the religious Right supported him over Jimmy Carter in 1980.

 

 

     6.   The Strategic Defense Initiative was also known as “Star Wars.”

 

     7.   During the Reagan administration, El Salvador fell to Communists.

 

     8.   President Bush ordered the invasion of Grenada, a small Pacific island, after its unstable government threatened to nationalize American-owned businesses located there.

 

 

     9.   The Iran-Contra affair involved the illegal sales of arms to the Contra rebels in Iran.

 

   10.   Ronald Reagan made AIDS research a top priority of his administration.

 

 

   11.   When AIDS emerged in the 1980s, many in the Reagan administration viewed it largely as a “gay” disease.

   12.   By 2000, the AIDS epidemic had disappeared.

 

   13.   The biggest domestic problem facing the Bush administration was the national debt.

 

 

   14.   In Germany, a bloody revolution brought the destruction of the Berlin Wall.

 

 

   15.   The 1991 Persian Gulf War was provoked by Iraq’s invasion of Saudi Arabia.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

     1.   Carter’s management of the economy resulted in:

a.

a sharp decline in unemployment

b.

unacceptably high rates of inflation

c.

a near collapse of the stock market and banking industry

d.

growing public confidence that the nation was recovering from the Nixon-Ford recession

e.

a surplus in the federal budget

 

 

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

a.

indecisive

b.

upbeat

c.

humorless

d.

to be a deep thinker and expert on the details of policy

e.

capable of getting Congress to pass a liberal reform program

 

 

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

a.

bailing out ailing banks and industries

b.

putting millions to work on government construction projects

c.

balancing the federal budget

d.

returning the country to the gold standard

e.

cutting taxes

 

 

 

     4.   Reagan first became a star in Republican politics when he:

a.

opposed Ford for the nomination in 1976

b.

led opposition to Roosevelt in the 1930s

c.

served in the Senate from California in the late 1960s

d.

campaigned for Eisenhower in the 1950s

e.

made a television speech for Goldwater in 1964

 

 

     5.   Reagan’s experience as an actor:

a.

was invaluable in a television age

b.

was irrelevant once he entered politics

c.

had been limited to a few performances on radio

d.

helped him master policy details

e.

caused conservative Christians to view him with suspicion given the immorality of Hollywood

 

 

 

     6.   A huge demographic factor behind Reagan’s electoral success was:

a.

the growth of the Hispanic population

b.

the baby boomers reaching retirement age

c.

the declining percentage of people who went to church

d.

population growth in the South and the West

e.

the growing number of Americans with graduate degrees

 

 

 

     7.   The leader of the Moral Majority was:

a.

Pat Robertson

d.

Jerry Falwell

b.

John Osteen

e.

Oral Roberts

c.

Billy Graham

 

 

 

 

     8.   Most likely to support the Moral Majority would be:

a.

science teachers

d.

college-educated women

b.

Californians

e.

Episcopalians

c.

Southern Baptists

 

 

 

 

     9.   The religious Right fervently supported Reagan because he:

a.

supported its conservative social values

b.

was active in his church as a deacon

c.

had memorized large sections of the Bible

d.

was a model family man

e.

was such a gifted actor

 

 

 

   10.   The anti-feminist women led by Phyllis Schlafly:

a.

helped keep the equal-rights amendment from being ratified

b.

succeeded in keeping abortion illegal

c.

believed Ronald Reagan was too liberal

d.

believed in total separation of politics and religion

e.

voted about equally for Democrats and Republicans

 

 

 

   11.   David Stockman is best known for being President Reagan’s:

a.

secretary of state

d.

attorney general

b.

secretary of defense

e.

chief of staff

c.

budget director

 

 

 

   12.   Early in Reagan’s presidency, all of the following were increasing EXCEPT:

a.

poverty levels

d.

cuts in social programs

b.

defense spending

e.

tax revenues

c.

budget deficits

 

 

 

 

   13.   During the 1980s, unions:

a.

became a vital part of Reagan’s political coalition

b.

managed to dramatically elevate wages

c.

finally began to gain strength in the South

d.

suffered steady declines in membership

e.

remained generally popular with the public

 

 

 

   14.   Ronald Reagan viewed the Soviet Union as:

a.

a close and trusted ally

b.

militarily weak

c.

a source of global stability

d.

an evil empire

e.

capable of becoming more democratic while remaining Communist

 

 

 

   15.   Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative:

a.

was inspired by a science-fiction movie

b.

forced the Soviets to spend extensively to keep pace

c.

made the United States invulnerable to attack

d.

involved the United States building even more powerful nuclear weapons

e.

went into operation in outer space in 1984

 

 

 

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

a.

El Salvador

d.

Costa Rica

b.

Honduras

e.

Panama

c.

Guatemala

 

 

 

 

   17.   Reagan’s hope for Nicaragua was that the Sandinistas would:

a.

sign a free-trade agreement with the United States

b.

moderate their views and become democratic

c.

become a model for the rest of Central America

d.

give the United States land for military and naval bases

e.

be overthrown by the Contras

 

 

 

   18.   By the early 1980s, Lebanon:

a.

had become a model of Middle East stability and democracy

b.

expelled Palestinian radicals and recognized Israel

c.

became an anarchic battleground for warring factions

d.

cut off oil sales to the United States to protest Reagan’s pro-Israel policies

e.

was regularly sending troops into northern Israel

 

 

 

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

a.

froze Lebanese assets in the United States

b.

soon pulled out the remaining marines

c.

declared war on Islamic terrorists

d.

began to reassess U.S. support of Israel

e.

ignored what had happened

 

 

 

   20.   The Grenada invasion resulted in:

a.

a dangerous U.S.–Soviet confrontation

b.

massive anti-war protests across America

c.

a big drop in Reagan’s approval ratings

d.

an easy American victory

e.

the commitment of UN forces just as in Korea

 

   21.   One major factor working in Reagan’s favor in his 1984 reelection bid was:

a.

a robustly growing economy

b.

the collapse of the Soviet Union

c.

that the Democrats were deeply divided

d.

surpluses in the federal budget

e.

the support he received from minorities and organized labor

 

 

 

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

a.

picked a woman as a running mate

b.

promised to raise taxes

c.

described Reagan as a lunatic and a liar

d.

appeared to be soft on communism

e.

criticized Reagan’s handling of the economy

 

 

 

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

a.

raise taxes

d.

negotiate with terrorists

b.

work with Communists

e.

needlessly send troops into battle

c.

lie to the American people

 

 

 

 

   24.   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:

a.

finance the Nicaraguan Contras

d.

contribute to Republicans

b.

enrich himself and some corrupt friends

e.

pay for the release of American hostages

c.

buy new weapons for the Marine Corps

 

 

 

 

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

a.

Congress for cutting off funds to the Contras

b.

Reagan’s loose management style

c.

the Iranians for luring the United States into the arms deal

d.

Secretary of State George Shultz

e.

the psychiatric problems of Oliver North

 

 

 

   26.   Which of the following dramatically decreased in the 1980s?

a.

the number of homeless people

d.

all kinds of debt

b.

military spending

e.

Reagan’s personal popularity ratings

c.

personal savings

 

 

 

 

   27.   The collapse of stock prices that occurred on “Black Monday” (October 19, 1987):

a.

caused a depression

b.

continued for years

c.

affected only the United States

d.

caused Reagan to further reduce taxes

e.

in percentage terms, was the worst in American history

 

 

 

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

a.

Reagan supporters

d.

easy to lift out of homelessness

b.

formerly wealthy

e.

receiving large welfare payments

c.

mentally ill

 

 

 

 

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

a.

caught it through casual personal contact

b.

could be cured with prompt treatment

c.

were in monogamous relationships

d.

soon died

e.

were put in government detention centers

 

 

 

   30.   The Reagan administration’s initial response to AIDS was to:

a.

pour money into medical research

b.

give away condoms and clean hypodermic needles

c.

urge all Americans to get a vaccination

d.

crack down on people having sex outside of marriage

e.

largely ignore it as a “gay” disease

 

 

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

a.

Mikhail Gorbachev

d.

Boris Yeltsin

b.

Vladimir Putin

e.

Leonid Brezhnev

c.

Nikita Khrushchev

 

 

 

 

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

a.

conventional weapons

d.

long-range nuclear missiles

b.

intermediate-range nuclear missiles

e.

anti-missile systems in outer space

c.

submarine-based missiles

 

 

 

 

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

a.

Ukraine

d.

Turkey

b.

Cuba

e.

Afghanistan

c.

Eastern Europe

 

 

 

 

   34.   By the end of his presidency, Reagan had:

a.

dramatically shrunk the federal government’s size

b.

abolished the Department of Education

c.

privatized Social Security

d.

restored American confidence

e.

fulfilled the religious Right’s agenda on issues such as school prayer

 

 

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

a.

director of the CIA

d.

ambassador to the United Nations

b.

vice president

e.

secretary of the Treasury

c.

envoy to China

 

 

 

 

   36.   Bush helped secure his victory in 1988 by:

a.

portraying the Democrat, Dukakis, as a liberal

b.

saying how much he would change Reagan’s policies

c.

promising to be flexible on tax policy

d.

carrying most regions except for the South

e.

promising to get tough on the Russians

 

 

 

   37.   Bush’s goal as president seemed to be to:

a.

pursue his own ambitious legislative agenda

b.

wipe out the Democratic opposition

c.

consolidate Reagan’s policies and achievements

d.

be a Kennedy-like inspirational leader

e.

establish a dynasty of Bushes in the White House

 

 

 

   38.   As a result of the massive national debt:

a.

the United States lost its ability to obtain credit

b.

double-digit inflation returned

c.

the United States had to reduce its involvement in global affairs

d.

members of Congress had to reduce their own salaries

e.

Bush had to recommend tax increases

 

 

 

   39.   One of President Bush’s major domestic successes was:

a.

eliminating poverty

d.

reducing taxes

b.

significantly reducing drug use

e.

paying off the deficit

c.

assisting people with disabilities

 

 

 

 

   40.   Eduard Shevardnadze was Gorbachev’s:

a.

foreign minister

d.

minister of territories

b.

interior minister

e.

minister of health

c.

director of the KGB

 

 

 

 

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

a.

East Germany

d.

Czechoslovakia

b.

Poland

e.

Romania

c.

Hungary

 

 

 

   42.   The fall of the Berlin Wall was soon followed by:

a.

Soviet military intervention in East Germany

b.

the threat of war in Central Europe

c.

the formal dissolution of NATO

d.

Germany’s reunification

e.

the Communists constructing an even stronger one

 

 

 

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

a.

Gorbachev’s assassination

d.

the collapse of the Soviet economy

b.

a failed Communist coup

e.

Gorbachev’s reelection

c.

revolution in the Baltic republics

 

 

 

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

a.

Mikhail Gorbachev

d.

Dmitry Medvedev

b.

Vladimir Putin

e.

Andrei Sakharov

c.

Boris Yeltsin

 

 

 

 

   45.   By the end of 1991, the Soviet Union:

a.

remained firmly under Communist control despite communism’s collapse in Eastern Europe

b.

had fallen apart

c.

still had the world’s largest nuclear arsenal

d.

enjoyed a booming economy due to trade with the United States

e.

was torn by civil war

 

 

 

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

a.

Communist leanings

b.

threat to shut down the Panama Canal

c.

aggressive actions toward its Central American neighbors

d.

involvement in the drug trade

e.

boycott of banana shipments to the United States

 

   47.   Bush ultimately dealt with Noriega by:

a.

cutting off foreign aid to Panama

b.

funding his political opposition

c.

ordering a military invasion to arrest him

d.

having Panama expelled from the United Nations

e.

persuading him to change his policies

 

 

   48.   The Gulf War was triggered by Saddam Hussein’s invasion of:

a.

Saudi Arabia

d.

Israel

b.

Iran

e.

Kuwait

c.

Egypt

 

 

 

 

   49.   Opposing Iraq in the Gulf War was:

a.

a coalition of over thirty nations

d.

China and the Soviet Union

b.

the United States and Britain alone

e.

Israel and India

c.

an army composed of Arab soldiers

 

 

 

 

   50.   The 1991 Persian Gulf War resulted in:

a.

massive American casualties

d.

trench warfare

b.

the U.S. capture of Baghdad

e.

Bush’s guaranteed reelection

c.

Saddam Hussein remaining in power

 

 

 

 

MATCHING

 

Match each description with the item below.

a.

championed women’s roles as wives and mothers

b.

was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1980

c.

led the Moral Majority

d.

was the former governor of California

e.

was budget director in the Reagan administration

f.

was the main actor in the Iran-Contra affair

g.

was a Supreme Court justice

h.

was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1988

i.

was a vice-presidential candidate in 1984

j.

said, “[My opponent] will raise taxes, and so will I. He won’t tell you. I just did.”

 

 

     1.   Phyllis Schlafly

 

     2.   David Stockman

 

     3.   George H. W. Bush

 

     4.   Jerry Falwell

 

     5.   Michael Dukakis

 

     6.   Walter Mondale

 

     7.   Oliver North

 

     8.   Sandra Day O’Connor

 

     9.   Ronald Reagan

 

   10.   Geraldine Ferraro

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