Lesson 20

_____, a disease that weakens the immune system and lowers resitanes to illnesses, became an epidemic during the 1980s.

AIDS

The rapid economic growth of the 1980s and the cultural emphasis on accumulating wealth was partly caused by

Baby boomers

Conservative Republican nominee for president in 1964

Barry Goldwater

The recession that began in 1990 was caused in part by the end of the Cold War, because the United States

Began reducing its armed forces and cut back on military spending

Protestant minister who built a national following

Billy Graham

Paid by businesses and investors when they sell stocks or real estate for profit

Capital gains tax

In May 1989, students and workers held demonstrations calling for democracy in

China

The tax cut President Reagan won from congress would increase the budget deficiet, so Reagan proposed _____ to keep the deficit under control.

Cutting social programs

Reagan's first act as president was to sign an executive order eliminating price controls on oil and gasoline, a step towards

Deregulation

Laying off workers and managers to increase a company's efficiency

Downsizing

The largest religious group within the social conservative movement that formed by the late 1970s was

Evangelical Protestants

Believers in supply-side economics supported higher taxes, allowing businesses and investors to use extra capital on new investments.

False

President Reagan believed the United States should oppose guerrilla groups fighting to overthrow Communist or pro-Soviet government, an approach that came to be known as the Reagan Doctrine.

False

"Openness," allowing more freedom of religion and speech in the Soviet Union

Glasnost

The strong economic growth of the 1980s mostly benefited

Middle- and upper-class Americans

Movement founded by Jerry Falwell that backed conservative candidiates and issues

Moral Majority

"Restructuring," allowing some private enterprise and profit making in the Soviet Union

Perestroika

Term used by presidential candidate Jesse Jackson for a broad group of minorities and the poor

Rainbow coalition

President Reagan encouraged the Federal Reserve to raise interests rates and asked Congress to pass a massive tax cut, in what critics called

Reaganomics

Who sent his army to invade oil-rich Kuwait in August 1990?

Saddam Hussein

During the 1980s, _____ citizens became vocal in the political arena, especially about issues such as Social Security and Medicare.

Senior

Although liberals tend to favor government interventino in the economy, they are generally suspicious of attempts to use the government to regulate

Social behavior

Which of the following developments was necessary for conservatives to build a coalition that could elect a president?

Southerners began shifting their votes to the Republican Party

Southern and Western regions of the United States

Sunbelt

For many Americans, the conservative idea that the government had become too big meant simply that

Taxes were too high

In late December 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev announced the end of

The Soviet Union

During his presidency, Reagan launched the largest peactime buildup of

The U.S military

Which of the following statements about discount retailers is accurate?

They sell large quantities of goods at low prices

The portion of the nation's wealth earned by the _____ five percent of Americans began to rise in the late 1980s.

Top

President Reagan believed cutting taxes and building up the military were more important than balancing the budget.

True

The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed by President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War.

True

The economic expansion the nation experienced during Reagan's first term as president mad ehim very popular, contributing to his reelection in 1984.

True

Which of the following entertainment thecnologies changed television viewing habits as well as teh movie industry in the 1980s?

Videocassette recorders

In 1975, entrpreneur Ted Turner launched the television station _____.

WTBS

Worked to spread conservative ideas to a wider audience by founding the magazine national review

William F. Buckley