1980s

Idea to fix stagflation with massive tax cuts

• REAGANOMICS
• PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH
• BIG STICK DIPLOMACY
• INFLATION

To resist the spread of Communism in Latin America and liberate American hostages, the several US officials became involved in what scandal?

• Watergate
• Whitewater
• Iran-Contra
• Benghazi 

Who ran as the Republican candidate in the election of 1980?

• Reagan
• Carter
• Ford
• Kennedy

What did Reagan do to taxes?

• Raise them
• Cut them

Which of the following actions occurred during the Iran-Contra affair?

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

Broad tax cuts, and financial deregulation, which would promote economic expansion, are examples of what policy's objective:

• Reaganomics
• Trade Imbalance
• Iran-Contra Affair
• Heritage Foundation

Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court, by President Reagan? 

• Sonia Sontamayor
• Ruth Bader Ginsberg
• Elana Kagen
• Sandra Day O'Connor

The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that —

• borrowing from foreign countries would help cover the costs of domestic programs
• significant increases in government spending would help reduce unemployment
• broad tax cuts and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion
• reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus

What Party Was Ronald Reagan?

• Independent

• Republican

• Democratic

• Whig

What word best describes Ronald Reagan?

• Liberal

• Conservative

• Progressive

• Socialist