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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWho was the president during majority of the 1980s?Bill ClintonJohn F. KennedyRonald ReaganDonald Trump
- 2. Multiple Choice
How was the Iran Hostage Crisis resolved?the hostages were all killedthe hostages were released as part of the agreement ending the Vietnam Warthe hostages were freed upon Reagan's inaugurationthe Camp David Accords led Israel to release the hostages - 3. Multiple ChoiceTo resist the spread of Communism in Latin America and liberate American hostages, the several US officials became involved in what scandal?WatergateWhitewaterIran-ContraBenghazi
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Reagan do to taxes?Raise themCut them
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat disease saw its first cases during Reagan's presidency?AIDSHepatitisCancerHerpes
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following actions occurred during the Iran-Contra affair?The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.The Reagan administration secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the contras.The Reagan administration paid the contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran.The Reagan administration hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the contras.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThis space shuttle exploded on January 26, 1987 and President Reagan addressed the nation.ChallengerColumbiaAtlantisDiscovery
- 8. Multiple ChoiceBroad tax cuts, and financial deregulation, which would promote economic expansion, are examples of what policy's objective:ReaganomicsTrade ImbalanceIran-Contra AffairHeritage Foundation
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWho was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, by President Reagan?Sonia SontamayorRuth Bader GinsbergElana KagenSandra Day O'Connor
- 10. Multiple ChoiceRonald Reagan Survived a ?Car WreckPlane CrashAssassination attemptTerrible Disease
- 11. Multiple Choice
Reagan was an ________ before he became President.
teacher
actor
football coach
- 12. Multiple Choice
After Reagan deregulated the savings and loans industry, the government had to step in to prevent a collapse during the HW Bush's administration which forced Bush to raise taxes
Savings and Loan Crisis
Shawshank Redemption
Loan Prevention Crisis
Trickle down Regulations
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which Soviet leader was crucial in the End of the Cold War happening when it did?
Khruschev
Lenin
Gorbachev
Stalin
- 14. Multiple Choice
Who is the United States' closest ally in the Middle East?
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Pakistan
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the United States' main economic interest in Southwest Asia?
oil
tourism
trade routes
selling American-made products
- 16. Multiple ChoiceReagan's plan to have a strong national defense in order to make the world a safer place from Communism and the Soviet Union.Iran-Contra AffairPeace Through StrengthMarshall PlanReaganomics
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe economic policy during Reagan's presidency that believed in tax cuts for the wealthy and reducing spending on government programs like foods stamps, social security, etc.ObamacareInflationStangationReaganomics
- 18. Multiple Choice
Treaty to reduce nuclear weapons
INF Treaty
perestroika
glasnot
contras
- 19. Multiple Choice
The cutting back of federal regulation of industry
environmental protection agency
strategic defense industry
raeganomics
deregulation
- 20. Multiple Choice
Rebel forces supported by Ronald Reagan to over throw the
Sandinistas
Contras
Anti-Sandista
Desert Strom League
Missile Crisis Oversion
- 21. Multiple ChoiceTwo main reasons for continued interest in Middle EastOil and terrorismoil and diamondsdiamonds and textilesland and religion
- 22. Multiple Choice
Reduce government spending
Reduce income taxes and capital gains taxes
Reduce government regulations
Reduce inflation by controlling the money supply
The characteristics listed in the box describe the economic policy of ~
perestroika
monetarism
Reaganomics
Keynesianism
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which disease that emerged in the 1980s led to a worldwide epidemic and one of the largest health concerns in regard to investigating its prevention and a possible cure?
Smallpox
West Nile virus
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIDS)
- 24. Multiple Choice
What areas does Reagan reduce in the government and what areas does he maintain or grow?
Expanded Social Security and reduced the US military
Reductions in welfare, food stamps, and student loans. Expands the military
Reduced medicare and expanded the national park system
Expanded the military and taxes on the middle class, did not reduce anything
- 25. Multiple Choice
How did Reagan change the military to end the Cold War?
He made it smaller and dismantled nuclear weapons along with the USSR
Reagan expanded the Air Force but no other area of the military
He expanded it so much that the Soviets could not keep up and they were forced to end the Cold War
Reagan allowed women to sign up in combat positions
- 26. Multiple Choice
How is HIV/AIDs spread?
Only through unprotected sexual activity
Found that it could infect anyone through Blood transfusion/transfer, Unprotected sexual activity, and Birth
Like the common cold, by shaking hands, or air born transfer
- 27. Multiple Choice
When was Georgre H. W. Bush first elected president? Who did he run against
1992, Bill Clinton
1988, Dukakis
1980, Reagan
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThe theory of supply-side economics involvedderegulating major industries in order to promote economic growthproviding tax incentives to businesses who hire low-income workers.lowering taxes for all Americans as a means of collecting greater revenue.raising taxes for wealthy Americans and lowering them for the middle class.
- 29. Multiple ChoicePresident Ronald Reagan supported supply-side economics through reduced tax rates toencourage economic growthcreate more public-works jobsincrease government regulation of businessdecrease defense spending
- 30. Multiple Choice
President Reagan thought that Americans were too
careless in their use of energy
dependent on the government
careless in the way they spent their money
- 31. Multiple Choice
Reagan's "New Federalism" tried to
cut the federal government's power
fight crime and drug abuse
reduce the defense budget
- 32. Multiple Choice
What did Reagan's policies of the war on drugs lead to
higher mandatory sentences for drug users
reduced drug use around the country
reduction incarceration rates for Americans
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