APUSH Period 9 Review

The top goal of the Reagan presidency included

• eliminating all social programs and balancing the federal budget

• reducing the size of the federal government and increasing defense spending

• using the federal government to enforce civil rights and reducing U.S. influence in Central America

• increasing income tax rates and strengthening environmental regulations

Since the end of the Cold War, the continuing American impulse to intervene in the economic & political affairs of other nations around the world is motivated by all of the following EXCEPT

• fears of renewed Soviet expansion

• the protection of human rights

• American economic interests

• the desire to promote and develop democratic institutions in former communist and Third World nations

All of the following acts of President Reagan's administration are characterized as a return to conservative political values EXCEPT

• cuts in the federal budget

• appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court

• tax cuts for corporations

• the loosening of government regulations

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the emergence of the New Right of the 1970s and 1980s?

• The Moral Majority Movement

• The popularity of Ronald Reagan

• The "stagflation" economic condition of the 1970s

• A sudden drop in the stock market

In his 1985 State of the Union Address, Reagan articulated his foreign policy goals in what has come to be known as the Reagan Doctrine. Like Truman, Reagan pledged to

• support anticommunist resistance movements, particularly in the Third World

• sponsor covert military operations to overthrow communist regimes in Eastern Europe

• ease tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States

• broker peace agreement between Palestinians and the Israelis

During the 1990s, President George H.W. Bush

• signed the welfare reform bill

• persuaded Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin to sing the Camp David Accords

• sent troops to fight in the Persian Gulf War

• raised taxes

Which of the following actions by the Clinton administration was most harmonious with Liberal Democrat values?

• Military peacekeeping interventions in the Balkans and Somalia

• Welfare benefit to encourage young mothers to reenter the work force

• Free trade agreements such as NAFTA and GATT

• The effort to pass a universal health care legislation in the Congress

Which one of the these presidents was best known for the campaign promise "Read my lips: No new taxes!"?

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• George H.W. Bush

• Bill Clinton

Despite Reagan's opposition to large government, which area did he choose not to cut?

• Medicare

• Air traffic controllers

• Regulatory agencies

• The Environmental Protection Agency

Which was true of Republicans in the 1980s?

• They supported quotas to ensure equal employment opportunities

• They opposed government inaction in social welfare issues

• Their core was upper-middle class white Protestants

• To save money, they wanted to cut defense spending