1980s

Who was the president during majority of the 1980s?

• Bill Clinton
• John F. Kennedy
• Ronald Reagan
• Donald Trump

Another name for the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was:

• Star Trek
• Star Wars
• Star Killer
• SALT

What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?

• a series of military actions to root out communism in Central America
• a coalition of nations that volunteered to police the Middle East
• a plan to defend Eastern Europe in the event of a Soviet attack
• a program to use laser technology to defend America against missiles

Which quotation could most likely be attributed to Sandra Day O’Connor?

•  “The power I exert on the Court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.”
•  “Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.”
• “I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.”

What was the importance of the appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor to the U.S. Supreme Court?

• It showed a desire to appoint a strongly anti-Communist justice
• It was the first time a woman was appointed to the Supreme Court
• It illustrated Reagan's intent to limit judicial activism on the Court.
• It showed a desire to appoint Justices without legal training.

The theory of supply-side economics involved

• deregulating major industries in order to promote economic growth
• providing tax incentives to businesses who hire low-income workers.
• lowering taxes for all Americans as a means of collecting greater revenue.
• raising taxes for wealthy Americans and lowering them for the middle class.

President Ronald Reagan supported supply-side economics through reduced tax rates to 

• encourage economic growth
• create more public-works jobs
• increase government regulation of business
• decrease defense spending

Which action did President Ronald Reagan support to achieve economic growth? 

• lowering taxes on corporations and individuals 
• increasing spending on social welfare programs
• cutting defense budgets
• increasing the regulation of industry

At the center of Reaganomics was a commitment to

• cut taxes. 
• increase domestic spending.
• raise taxes. 
• solve domestic problems by government action.

In the Iran-Contra affair, the Reagan administration
 

• used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to fund the Contras
• paid the Contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran
• secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the Contras
• hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the Contras.