Reagan and the 1980s

1. The PATCO strike involved 2. The workers who refused to return to the job were 3. Sandra___ was the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.

1) air traffic controllers 2) fired 3) Day O'Connor

Put these events in the correct order that they would occur according to supply-side economics. Mark the first event with a 1, and the final event with a 5. Consumers and investors have more money Businesses prosper Taxes are lowered The economy grows Businesses expand

2 3 1 5 4

During Reagan's presidency, a new disease called affected over 100,000 people. In the 1980s, economic growth led to the rise of in the United States.

AIDS consumerism

Reagan's landslide victory in the presidential election of 1980 proved that

Americans were ready for a change in leadership.

What do the graphs show?

Federal spending was causing the national debt to grow.

Which best describes Reagan's beliefs about economic growth?

He believed that making government smaller would lead to growth.

From the list, identify programs or agencies whose budgets were cut under Reagan.

Medicaid food stamps the Environmental Protection Agency

Which changes were viewed as positive changes that took place during Reagan's presidency? Which were viewed as negative changes? Choose the correct label for each item. discount retailers the spread of AIDS increased national debt new technologies lower taxes

Positive negative negative Positive Positive

Which of the following statements are true of the 1980 election?

Regan won the large majority of states. Evangelical voters were an important source of Reagan's support.

1. 's campaign in 1980 struck a tone of optimism. 2. During the election of 1980, emphasized peacemaking. The map shows that won the election in a landslide victory.

Ronald Reagan, Reagan 2) Jimmy Carter, Carter Ronald Reagan, Reagan

Why was Sandra Day O'Connor important to Reagan's administration?

She was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

Reagan was a highly successful president in terms of his ability to generate public support. What do you think were the keys to his support? Using evidence from the lesson, write six to eight sentences that explain why you think Reagan was able to emerge from his two terms as a popular president.

The Reagan administration focused on Cold War tactics first convincing American citizens they were unsafe in a world with communism and the USSR. He then developed military focus and propaganda to prove his leadership was keeping Americans safe. This with large tax breaks and a sense of conservative 'normalcy' made him very popular with the majority of white America. Which did you include in your response? Reagan's optimism and strength Reagan's beliefs about government Reagan's beliefs about taxes Reagan's beliefs about national defense Reagan's high spending and growing debt The economy's growth in the 1980s

Reagan based his reelection campaign in 1984 on

a booming economy.

Which of the following changes contributed to Reagan's reelection in 1984? What best describes national finances during President Reagan's time in office?

an economic boom both federal spending and the national debt rose

Which of the following are examples of Reagan's conservative economic policies?

cutting school lunch programs reducing government regulation reducing funding for government agencies

Even though President Reagan campaigned on his plans to cut the size of government, government spending during his administration:

doubled.

Which of these conditions helped to make Carter an unpopular president?

energy crisis Iran hostage crisis high inflation

Ronald Reagan's first priority following his election in 1980 was

fixing the economy.

Before running for president, Reagan was a

governor

A criticism of President Reagan's economic policies during the 1980s was that his policies

helped only the wealthy.

A primary contributor to government spending under President Reagan was:

high defense spending.

This quote is from Reagan's announcement that he would be running for president. It shows that Reagan believed:

leaders such as President Carter were wrong about the nation's future.

The conservative movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s called for

lowering taxes.

Ronald Reagan's conservative message

made him popular with many Americans.

President Reagan's involvement in the strike by federal air traffic controllers in 1981

prompted the firing of controllers who refused to return to work.

The name for the theory illustrated in this diagram is Critics referred to this model as

supply-side economics. "trickle-down" economics.

According to Reagan, what is the step that sets this process in motion? What happens in box 2?

taxes are cut businesses prosper

When the AIDS crisis emerged in the early 1980s,

the Reagan administration was slow to respond.

President Reagan opposed the PATCO strike because: How did Reagan respond to the PATCO strike?

the strike was illegal. He fired those who did not obey his order to return to work.

Why did Reagan support deregulation of businesses?

to allow them to create more jobs

By the end of Carter's first term, many Americans had come to see their president as What was the main idea of President Carter's "Crisis of Confidence" speech?

weak and defeated. Americans expected the future to be worse than the past.