APUSH Chapter 31

In 1983 the reagan administration responded to a terrorist bombing of American Military barracks in Beirut by

withdrawing the remaining Marines

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

China

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

Glassnost and Perestroika

in the 1980 Presidential Campaign

Jimmy Carter to hold off a strong challenge to his renomination

In the 1976 presidential election

Ronald Reagan mounted a powerful challenge against 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

In his foreign policy President Ronald Reagan

accused the Soviet Union of sponsoring world terrorism. honored the provisions of SALT II. argued that armaments negotiations must be linked to good Soviet behavior in other areas. both denounced the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT II) and honored its provisions. All these answers are correct.

In 1988 soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signaled his desire to change past policies

agreeing to a significant nuclear arms reduction treaty

As president Gerald Ford angered many right wing conservatives by

appointing Nelson Rockefeller as vice president

In 1980 the sunbelt region of the nation

both was the most populous area of the country and contained a strong populist tradition

The recession of 1990-1992

caused an unusually high number of bankruptcies

In 1976 Jimmy Carter appealed to voters by emphasizing

his personal honesty. his lack of experience in federal government. his religious piety. both his personal honesty and his religious piety. All these answers are correct.

George H W Bush 1988 presidential victory was primarily the result of

his repeated attack on his opponent as a liberal

as president Jimmy Carter called fro a foreign policy that stressed the importance of

human rights

in 1979, the Carter administration responded to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by

imposing economic sanctions on the Soviet Union

after the gulf war President George H W Bush high popularity quickly faded because of his

inability to contain a worsening reccession

In the 1980s record national budget deficits resulted from

increased military spending. increased entitlement spending on programs such as Social Security. increased health care costs. large tax cuts. All these answers are correct.

Regarding his view in 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 crisis of American hostages being held in Iran

lasted over one year

The reagan doctrine of opposing communism

led the united states to intervene in several Latin America nations

President Ronald Reagan argued that the strategic defense initiative would

make nuclear war obsolete

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

portrayed the West as a victim of government control

Proposition 13 in California in 1978 dealt with

property taxes

In 1986 the Reagan administration suffered a serious political scandal after the White House admitted it had

secretly sold weapons to the revolutionary government of Iran. secretly helped finance anti-government rebels in Nicaragua. illegally funneled money from arms sales. both illegally funneled money from arms sales and secretly helped finance anti-government rebels in Nicaragua. All these answers are correct.

Supporters of the 1978 Proposition 13 in California successfully

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

President Gerald Ford foreign policy actions included

shifting away from the Nixon policies of engaging China in diplomacy

As President Ronald Reagan

succeeded in making his personality a central feature of his presidency

In 1977 President Jimmy Carter Supported treaties in which the US gave up control of

the Panama canal

All of the following were part of the 1984 election EXCEPT

the Republicans making large gains in the Senate and House

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

the United States return of the shah of Iran

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

During the Ford Administration

the cost of oil rose dramatically

In 1974, former President Richard Nixon was pardoned by

the president

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

went through a severere recession that gave way to a strong recovery

During the Reagan presidency neo conservatives

were a small but disproportionately influenced group of intellectuals

In the late 1970s the Christian Right

were alarmed by many Supreme Court Rulings

In the 1980 Presidential election ronald reagan

won a very slight popular vote margin over Carter. captured an overwhelming majority of electoral votes. won primarily as a result of third-party candidate John Anderson. did all of these: captured an overwhelming majority of electoral votes; won a very slight popular vote margin over Carter; and won primarily as a result of third-party candidate John Anderson. None of these answers is correct.

Of the following the Reagan Doctrine was most actively applied in the nation of

Grenada

In the late 1980s in foreign affairs President George H W Bush

moved toward a far reaching amrs reduction agreements with the former Soviet Union

All of the following foreign policy events occurred during the carter administration EXCEPT the

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

Early in his presidency Jimmy Carter gave priority attention to

energy and the economy

In 1979 President Jimmy Carter

fired his cabinet. gave a national address in which he criticized the spirit of the nation. went to Camp David for a month in the midst of an OPEC oil crisis. fired his cabinet and gave a national address in which he criticized the spirit of the nation. All these answers are correct.

The Country President Ronald Reagan described as an evil empire in the early 1980s was

the soviet union