US History ch 33

In the late 1980s, challenges to communist rule were the least successful in

China

In 1986, the Reagan administration suffered a serious political scandal after the White House admitted the federal government had

All these answers are correct.

In the 1980 presidential campaign

Jimmy Carter had to hold off a strong challenge to his renomination

In the 1976 presidential election

Ronald Reagan called on Republicans to rally behind President Ford

In 1992, Ross Perot made the best third-party showing in American politics since

Theodore Roosevelt in 1912

The "supply-side" economic theory embraced by President Ronald Reagan called for

a reduction of personal and corporate taxes

A Ronald Reagan's nickname, "Teflon president," referred to his

ability to escape blame when things went wrong in his administration

In 1988, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signaled his desire to change past policies by

agreeing to a significant nuclear arms reduction treaty

In the 1980s, record national budget deficits resulted from large federal spending increases for

all of the above

As President, Gerald Ford angered many right-wing conservatives by

appointing Nelson Rockefeller as vice president

During the 1980s, the American economy benefited from

both A and B

In 1976, Jimmy Carter appealed to voters by emphasizing his

both A and B

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter

both A and B

In 1980, the "Sunbelt" region of the nation

both A and B

In his foreign policy, President Ronald Reagan

both A and B

The recession of 1990-1992

caused an unusually high number of bankruptcies

During the Reagan presidency, "neo-conservatives" were

engaged in a battle with the radical left to influence the American culture

The weakening of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s was encouraged by the Soviet policy of

glasnost and perestroika

In 1988, George Bush's presidential victory was the result of

his repeated attack on his opponent's "liberalism."

As president, Jimmy Carter called for a foreign policy that stressed the importance of

human rights

In 1979, the United States responded to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by

imposing economic sanctions on the Soviet Union

After the Gulf War, President George Bush's high popularity quickly faded because of his

inability to contain a worsening recession

In the late 1970s, "born-again" Christians

included the president of the United States

In tracing his relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev, President Ronald Reagan was

initially skeptical, but gradually concluded that Gorbachev was a sincere reformer

On the economic front, during the Carter administration,

interest rates rose to their highest level in American history

The Gulf War of 1991 had its origins in an Iraqi decision to

invade Kuwait

The Reagan Doctrine of opposing communism

led the United States to militarily intervene in many Latin American nations

In the late 1980s, in foreign affairs, President George Bush

moved toward far-reaching arms reduction agreements with the former Soviet Union

In the late 1970s, members of the so-called Sagebrush Rebellion

portrayed the West as a victim of government control

In 1978, Proposition 13 in California dealt with

property taxes

All of the following statements regarding the Gulf War of 1991 are true EXCEPT

the Allied ground offensive focused on dislodging Iraqi forces dug-in along the Kuwait border

All of the following were part of the 1984 election EXCEPT

the Republicans made large gains in the Senate and House

In the early 1980s, the country President Ronald Reagan described as an "evil empire" was

the Soviet Union

In 1979, Iranians who took American hostages demanded, in return for their release

the United States return the Shah of Iran

In 1992, Bill Clinton's presidential campaign focused on

the condition of the economy

During the Ford administration

the cost of oil rose dramatically

As president, Jimmy Carter's gave much of his attention to

the economy and energy

President Gerald Ford's foreign policy actions included

the signing of an arms control agreement with the Soviet Union

During President Ronald Reagan's first term, the course of the American economy

went through a severe recession which gave way to a strong recovery

In the late 1970s, the "Christian Right"

were alarmed by many Supreme Court rulings

In 1983, the Reagan administration responded to a terrorist bombing in Beirut of American Marine barracks by

withdrawing the remaining marines

Between 1980 and 1991, the accumulated national debt rose to

$3.5 trillion

The Reagan Doctrine was actively applied to all of the following nations EXCEPT

Cuba

The crisis of American hostages being held in Iran

both A and B

President Ronald Reagan argued that the Strategic Defense Initiative would

make nuclear war obsolete

In the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan

neither A nor B

All of the following foreign policy accomplishments occurred during the Carter administration EXCEPT the

ratification of a new SALT II arms agreement with the Soviet Union

As president, Ronald Reagan

succeeded in making his personality a central feature of his presidency

In the 1980s, the savings and loan industry

all of the above

In the Reagan administration, "deregulation" meant

reducing the role of government in the economy

In 1978, supporters of Proposition 13 in California successfully

separated the issue of taxes from the issue of what the taxes supported

In 1977, President Jimmy Carter supported treaties in which the United States gave up control of

the Panama Canal

In 1974, former President Richard Nixon was pardoned by

the President