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