Chapter 31 Quiz: HIST-1302

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Reagan's experience as an actor:
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helps explain his skill as a public speaker.
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The Iran-Contra affair involved the illegal sales of arms to the Contra rebels in Iran.
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False
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By the fall of 1991, the most popular Soviet politician was:
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Boris Yeltsin.
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Ronald Reagan made AIDS research a top priority of his administration.
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False
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The religious Right fervently supported Reagan because he:
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supported its conservative social values.
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The result of the 1984 election was:
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a landslide for Reagan over Mondale.
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During the Reagan administration, El Salvador fell to the Communists.
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False
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Carter's management of the economy resulted in:
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unacceptably high rates of inflation.
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On the domestic front, Carter's most notable shortcoming was:
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failing to deal adequately with an energy crisis.
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Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative:
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forced the Soviets to spend extensively to keep pace.
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By the end of 1991, the Soviet Union:
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had fallen apart.
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The anti-feminist women led by Phyllis Schlafly:
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helped keep the equal-rights amendment from being ratified.
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To many voters in 1980, Ronald Reagan, in contrast to Jimmy Carter, seemed:
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upbeat.
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Despite his loss to Reagan in 1984, Walter Mondale made a close race of it.
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False
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Ronald Reagan viewed the Soviet Union as:
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an evil empire.
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The sunbelt includes the southern and western states.
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True
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The Camp David Accords were agreements between Iran and Iraq.
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False
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As he campaigned for president in 1980, Reagan promised to restore prosperity by:
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cutting taxes.
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The Tower Commission report blamed much of the Iran-Contra scandal on:
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Reagan's loose management style.
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A change in the cold-war climate was indicated in early 1989, when Soviet troops left:
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Afghanistan.
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Opposing Iraq in the Gulf War was:
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a coalition of over thirty nations.
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Reagan's experience as an actor:
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helps explain his skill as a public speaker.
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As he had predicted, Reagan's tax cuts helped reduce the federal deficit.
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False
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In late 1987, the United States and the Soviets signed a treaty to eliminate:
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intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
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By the end of his presidency, Reagan had:
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restored American confidence.
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Bush's goal as president seemed to be to:
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consolidate Reagan's policies and achievements.
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Most likely to support the Moral Majority would be:
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evangelical Christians.
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In late 1989, all the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe toppled bloodlessly EXCEPT that of:
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Romania.
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A high percentage of the homeless people of the 1980s were:
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mentally ill.
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A huge demographic factor behind Reagan's electoral success was:
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population growth in the South and West.
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On the domestic front, Carter's most notable shortcoming was:
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failing to deal adequately with an energy crisis.
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The Camp David Accords involved all of the following EXCEPT:
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the creation of a Palestinian state on the West Bank.
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Bush ultimately dealt with Noriega by:
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ordering a military invasion to arrest him.
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A crisis in Iran involved all of the following EXCEPT:
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the takeover of Iran's government by hard-line Communists.