EOC: Reagan, Bush, Clinton - 2000s

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Who ran against Carter in the 1980 election and won?

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Ronald Reagan

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What was the nickname given to Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI), which proposed nuclear defence from space?

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Star Wars

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The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that —

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broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion

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Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, by President Reagan?

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Sandra Day O'Connor

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Which of the following actions occurred during the Iran-Contra Affair? The Reagan administration paid the contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran. The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras. The Reagan administration secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the contras. The Reagan administration hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the contras.

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The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.

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Besides Iran who else involved in the Iran Contra Scandal? Options: Nicaragua, Russia, Mexico, Korea

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Nicaragua

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What was the main difference between East & West Germany?

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East Germany was communist and West Germany was democratic and capitalist.

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What did the destruction of the Berlin Wall symbolize? Options: the fall of communism, the fall of capitalism, the end of the Vietnam War, the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis

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the fall of communism

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What marked the end of the Cold War? Options: the rule of Gorbechev, the creation of Russia, the breakup of the Soviet Union, the destruction of the Berlin Wall

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the breakup of the Soviet Union

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What critical event affected both the Ford and Carter presidencies? Options: Watergate, the energy crisis, Iran hostage crisis, rise of Sandinistas in Nicaragua

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the energy crisis