US History 1302 Chapter 31

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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.
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One of President Bush's major domestic successes was:
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assisting people with disabilities.
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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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In Germany, a bloody revolution brought the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
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False
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Many of those who contracted AIDS in the early and mid-1980s:
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soon died.
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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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The reform-minded Soviet premier who emerged in the mid-1980s was:
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Mikhail Gorbachev.
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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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Revelations of the Iran-Contra affair indicated that Reagan had violated his pledge to never:
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negotiate with terrorists.
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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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The result of the 1984 election was:
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a landslide for Reagan over Mondale.
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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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Bush ultimately dealt with Noriega by:
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ordering a military invasion to arrest him
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Ronald Reagan made AIDS research a top priority of his administration.
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False
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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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The religious Right was a Protestant-dominated movement in which Catholics were not allowed to participate.
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False
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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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The Panamanian government of Manuel Noriega was at odds with the Bush administration because of its:
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involvement in the drug trade.
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The crucial development in the Soviet Union in August 1991 was:
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a failed Communist coup.
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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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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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During the Reagan administration, El Salvador fell to the Communists.
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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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Most likely to support the Moral Majority would be:
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evangelical Christians.
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Bush invaded Iraq in 1991 with Congress's approval.
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True
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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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The Reagan administration's initial response to AIDS was to:
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largely ignore it as a gay disease.
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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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The sunbelt includes the southern and western states.
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True
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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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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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Reagan's hope for Nicaragua was that the Sandinistas would:
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be overthrown by the Contras.