New Conservatism

President Reagan encouraged and promoted deregulation because he believed that 

• government regulations were excessive and hurt the economy.
• the government must regulate key industries to maintain economic stability.
• removing government regulations would increase the prices of goods and services.
• free trade required effective regulation of major industries.

In January 1991, the United Nations went to war in the Persian Gulf for what reason?

• Iraq had invaded Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia had invaded Kuwait.
• Iraq had invaded Kuwait
• Kuwait had threatened Saudi Arabia.

In May 1989, student and workers held demonstrations calling for democracy in

• China.
• Germany.
• Panama.
• Iraq.

The tax cut President Reagan won from Congress would increase the budget deficit, so Reagan proposed _________________to keep the deficit under control.

• decreasing interest rates. 
• cutting social programs.
• issuing government bonds.
• increasing taxes. 

During his presidency, Reagan launched the largest peacetime buildup of 

• the U.S. military.
• government spending.
• the budget surplus.
• U.S. oil reserves.

In an approach to economic policy that came to be called "Reaganomics," President Ronald Reagan sought to keep interest rates high while 

• utting spending to reduce the budget deficit.
• increasing the amount of money in circulation.
• asking Congress to pass a huge tax cut. 
• borrowing heavily to build up the military.

President Reagan began a massive buildup of the U.S. military, in part because he believed that 

• with a stronger military, the United States could defeat the Soviets in a nuclear war.
• massive Soviet defense spending would cause the Communist system to collapse. 
• massive defensive spending would stimulate economic growth in the United States
• an arms race with the Soviets would reduce the likelihood of nuclear war

As cable television spread across the country in the late 1970s and 1980s, many of the new networks that appeared specialized in one type of broadcasting or

• focused on specific audiences. 
• sold low-cost programs via satellite. 
• broadcast music videos.
• promoted specific businesses. 

Reagan's first act as president was to sign an executive order eliminating price controls on oil and gasoline, a step towards

• "trickle-down economics." 
• deficit spending.
• cutting spending.
• deregulation.

In late December 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev announced the end of

• presetroika and glasnost.
• Operation Desert Storm.
• the Soviet Union. 
• the Berlin wall.