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