Ronald Reagan (11.1)

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What was Ronald Reagan's economic plan in the 1980s with regards to taxes and military spending?

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Reagan's plan involved tax cuts and increased military spending.

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President Reagan supported research on a system of orbiting satellites that would intercept and destroy enemy missiles with laser beams. The media dubbed the system

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Star Wars

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Which event greatly tested the balance of power between President Ronald Reagan and the United States Congress during his second term in office? Options: Vietnam War, Iran-Contra affair, Civil Rights Movement, Watergate scandal

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Iran-Contra affair

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This table describes the life of which of these conservative politicians? Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Ronald Reagan

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Ronald Reagan

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The "New Right" in American politics is associated with the 1980s and an overall ___ political philosophy.

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conservative

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Sandra Day O'Connor is significant because she

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was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Economic policies of Ronald Reagan, consisted of budget cuts, tax cuts, and

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Increased defense spending

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Reagan's plan to fix stagflation; lowered taxes for businesses

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Reaganomics

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What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?

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Reagan’s plan to weaponize space to protect against Soviet missiles

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Broad tax cuts, and financial deregulation, which would promote economic expansion, are examples of what policy's objective: nicknamed Reaganomics

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Supply-side Economics