Ronald Reagan

 Between 1940-1990 the Federal Government funded military defense initiatives in response to-

• the federal government reducing the unfavorable balance of trade
• A.  increasing benefits to the military would be too expensive for American taxpayers.
• minimal public support for an emphasis in defense spending
• increased tensions with the Soviet Union as a result of the Cold War

Which phrase best sums up President Reagan's National Security Policy?

• STAR WARS
• Peace Through Strength
• Started from the bottom, now I am here...
• Reaganomics

Which of the following were significant social issues faced during the 1980s (The Reagan Era)?

• War on Drugs
• AIDS
• Homosexual Marriage
• War on Drugs, and AIDS

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

• Reaganomics
• Trade Imbalance
• Iran-Contra Affair
• Heritage Foundation

Which group assisted the conservative resurgence during the 1980s through supporting candidates' election campaigns if they embraced their political and religious values and beliefs:

• Heritage Foundation
• Moral Majority
• National Rifle Association
• All of These

What country did President Reagan send in troops 1983 in an international effort to stop a Civil War? 

• Libya
• Lebanon
• Iraq
• Iran

The perceived decline of what many considered family values in the early 1980s, led to the rise of what group:

• The Heritage Foundation
• The Moral Majority
• The National Rifle Associaton
• All of These

To resist the spread of Communism in Latin America and liberate American hostages, the several US officials became involved in what scandal?

• Watergate
• Whitewater
• Iran-Contra
• Benghazi 

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

• Sonia Sontamayor
• Ruth Bader Ginsberg
• Elana Kagen
• Sandra Day O'Connor

Dear Stop ERA Friend . . .
In the face of all the pressure the ERAers are exerting this month we need to remind all our Senators and Representatives that we are counting on them —
1) To vote NO on ERA, and
2) To resist all efforts to eliminate the 3/5th majority that the
Illinois Constitution requires for constitutional amendments.
—Letter from the National Chairman of Stop ERA, December 6, 1978

The author of this letter was —

• a leader of the Civil Rights movement
• the cofounder of the National Organization for Women
• a leader of a conservative interest group
• the cofounder of Ms. magazine