U.S. History Unit 9

What was the outcome of low wages and President Reagan's tax policy?

• stagflation in the economy

• widening of the gap between rich and poor

• a reduction in the national debt

• an increase in the standard of living

The "New Right" movement of the 1980s was most supported by

• fundamentalist churches

• women's rights activists

• the urban poor

• members of the counterculture

Which president:

-Helped end the Cold War

-Appointed first woman to the Supreme Court

-Favored "trickle down" economic principles

• Nixon

• Carter

• Reagan

• Ford

How can President Reagan's government policies best be described?

• liberal

• conservative

• moderate

• socialist

President Jimmy Carter negotiated a successful peace accord between what two nations?

• Ireland and Englan

• Saudi Arabia and Pakistan

• Iraq and Iran

• Israel and Egypt

Which president would most likely agree with Ronald Reagan's trickle-down economic policies?

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John F. Kennedy

What did the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade address?

• abortion

• equal pay

• health care

• suffrage

"Reaganomics" is a nickname given to what economic policy implemented in the 1980s?

• trickle down economics

• deficit spending

• capitalism

• socialism

Which statement best aligns with the ideologies of President Johnson and Nixon?

• Johnson was a political conservative while Nixon was a political liberal.

• Johnson pushed for civil rights legislation while Nixon limited civil rights legislation.

• Johnson pushed foreign reform policies while Nixon pushed domestic reform policies.

• Johnson promised to end the Vietnam War while Nixon pushed to continue the Vietnam War.

Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush both endorsed which supply side economics policy?

• raising tariffs to increase imports

• increasing taxes to support social welfare programs

• cutting taxes to stimulate business growth

• establishing government jobs programs for the unemployed.