1980's to Present Review 2023

Members of the new conservative coalition that had come together by the late 1970s were united by a common belief that

• American society had lost its way
• American society was moving in a positive direction
• the United States was stronger than ever before
• increased government spending was needed

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

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

The collapse of the Soviet Union’s economy that began in the late 1980s was caused by

• President Reagan’s policies of “trickle-down” economics
• Boris Yeltsin’s outlawing of the Communist Party in Russia
• revolutions in Eastern Europe and the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
• inefficient central planning and huge expenditures in the arms race

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

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

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
• an arms race with the Soviets would reduce the likelihood of nuclear war
• massive defense spending would stimulate economic growth in the United States

Strategic Defense Initiative

• conservative movement founded by evangelical minister Jerry Falwell
• plan, nicknamed “Star Wars,” to develop weapons that could destroy incoming missiles
• policy of supporting guerilla groups fighting Communist or pro-Soviet governments

Oliver North

• first woman on the Supreme Court, appointed by President Reagan
• first African American to make a serious run for a presidential nomination
• chief figure in the Iran-Contra scandal who admitted to covering up illegal actions

Reagan's plan to create jobs & stimulate economic growth was also known as

• Supply-side economics
• Keynesian Ecomomics
• Demand-side economics
• Top-down economics

What outspoken leader of the New Right opposed the Equal Rights Amendment & feminism?

• Phyllis Schlafly
• Betty Friedan
• Gloria Steinem
• Dolores Huerta

What prominent political organization, founded by Jerry Falwell, was associated with the Christian right & Republican Party?

• Moral Majority
• NOW
• NAACP
• New Right