Ch.20 Test

George H.W.bush promised Americans that he would continue Reagan's policy by stating,

"Read my lips: No new taxes"

Which group helped to increase the political influence of Senior Citizen's?

AARP

by the end of the 1970s, members of a new conservative coalition shared a common belief that

American society had lost its way

Investigations to the Iran Contra scandal revealed that Reagan had

Approved the sale of arms to Iran but not the diversion of money to the contras

Who was the republican party's presidential nominee in 1964?

Barry Goldwater

Supply - side economics believes that tax cuts would result in

Business expansion and new jobs

Reagan believed that massive Soviet defense spending would

Cause the communist system to collapse

Republicans learned through Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy that the best way to attract Southern votes was to support

Conservative policies

In May 1989, Chinese students and workers held demonstrations for

Democratic

Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative called for the

Development and weapons that could destroy in coming missles

Panama refuse to comply with the UN deadline for with drawl from Kuwait, and on January 16, 1991, the correlatio Panama refuse to comply with the UN deadline for withdraw from Kuwait, and on January 16, 1991, the coalition forces launched Operation Desert Storm

False, Iraq

The recession that began in 1990 was partly caused by the end of the Cold War, because the United States needed to build up it's military even more.

False, begin reducing its Armed Forces

Reagan believed that cutting taxes and shrinking the military or more important then balancing the budget.

False, building

believing it would boost the economy, President George H.W.Bush wanted a cut in income taxes, Paid by businesses and investors when they sell real estate or Stocks for a profit

False, capital gain taxes

When Chief Justice Warren Burger retired in 1986, Reagan appointed the most liberal associate justice, William Rehnquist, to succeed him.

False, conservative

Reagan wanted to appoint a Supreme Court justices who would

Follow the original intent of the constitution

In the Iran Contra scandal, officials sold weapons to Iran to

Gain freedom for American hostages being held in the Middle East

The united nations went to war in the Persian Gulf because

Iraq invaded Kuwalt

some Americans turn to conservatism during the cold war because they believed that

Liberal economic ideas or slowly leading the nation towards communism

When President George H.W.Bush took office, he try to improve the economy By cutting the capital gains tax, which

Lowered the tax rate paid by businesses and investors when they sell stocks for a profit

Reagan followed the foreign policy of

Peace through strength

What is one reason that Walter Mondale lost the 1984 presidential election to Ronald Reagan?

Reagan had a great personal popularity

California's proposition 13 was a conservative effort to

Reduce taxes

Reagan felt that the United States could ____________, but Americans must find solutions ______________.

Regain, for themselves and each other

which of the following resulted from Reagan's policy of deregulation?

Relaxed fuel efficiency requirements for cars

Which of President Reagan's nominations to the supreme court was not confirmed by the Senate?

Robert Burk

What was the nickname given to the north east, where industry was in decline and unemployment was high?

Rustbelt

Conservatives build a coalition that could elect a president when

Southerners began shifting their votes to the Republican party

Conservatives generally support

The split of government power between state and federal levels

After the field coup attempt against Gorbachev, The Soviet union broke apart.

True

Many of the religious right opposed the equal rights amendment because they viewed it as an assault on the traditional family

True

No one at the time realize that the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty signed by President Reagan and Mikal Gorbachev marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War

True

The portion of the nations wealth earned by the wealthy is 5% of Americans begin to rise in the late 1980s

True

The spreading peaceful revolution is in Eastern Europe soon reached east Germany, and at midnight on November 9, 1989, guards at the Berlin wall open the gates

True

Before Ronald Reagan became governor of California, he was

an actor

During the Reagan presidency, illegal payments were made to the

contras

To keep the deficit under control, Reagan proposed

cutting social programs

Liberals generally believe in

free speech and privacy

Supporters of deregulation believe that

government regulations hurt the economy

As opposition to reforms mounted in the Soviet union, Boris Yeltsin

resisted a coup

A "superstation" was a new innovation in

television