The Reagan-Bush Years - 1981 - 1992 Review

How did President Ronald Reagan suggest balancing the budget while reducing taxes at the same time?

• by borrowing money from major corporations

• by borrowing money from allied nations

• by cutting spending on the military

• by cutting spending on social programs

Some historians claim that Reagan’s leadership and policies helped to revitalize national pride by restoring America as a world power. Which of the following economic actions by the Reagan administration would most likely support this claim?

• doubling the national deficit

• investing in military programs

• repeatedly raising taxes

• increasing the wage gap

Which statement best describes President Ronald Reagan's ideas on taxes and the economy?

• Taxes should be used to provide more social welfare programs.

• Lower income families should pay taxes at a higher rate.

• If taxes were cut, more people would invest their money in businesses

• If taxes were raised, the government could spend more.

Political Conservatives on the New Right

• supported school prayer
• supported traditional family values
• ?

Which of the following best completes the examples?

• opposed defense spending

• supported the expansion of welfare

• opposed abortion

• supported increased immigration

In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev, the new leader of the Soviet Union, introduced the policy of glasnost or "openness." Which statement best describes the result of Gorbachev's new policy in the Soviet Union?

• People began to engage in civil disobedience and rioted to gain new freedoms.

• People were unsure that the new policy would last and remained loyal to the central government.

• People began to speak more freely and question the authority of the central government.

• People were uncertain about the new policy and waited to see if it was really true.

The people of the Soviet Union were already frustrated with the bad economy. When they saw that the Soviet

Union could no longer keep the Soviet satellite states of Eastern Europe under its control, independence movements sprang up in the Baltic states, Belarus, and Ukraine. By the end of 1991 the Soviet Union no longer existed.

Based on the passage, what event inspired the Soviet states to break away and cause the end of the Soviet Union?

• the Soviet war in Afghanistan

• the end of the Warsaw Pact

• the Soviet intervention in Poland

• the end of reforms like Perestroika

What were two of the main causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union?

• a state-controlled economy and excessive military spending

• a poorly led military and excessive foreign aid programs

• a centralized government and excessive entitlement programs

• a huge bureaucracy and excessive spending on subsidies

In 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed a compromise bill with Democrats. The bill was designed as a move towards balancing the federal budget. Why did this compromise upset members of the Republican Party?

• because he did not want to increase military spending

• because he did not want to support higher interest rates

• because he broke his promise to not raise taxes

• because he broke his promise to not cut social services

The Strategic Defense Initiative was established to ______?

• create alliances with communist regions.

• invest in scientific space exploration.

• anticipate the threat of intercontinental ballistic missiles.

• design satellites that could destroy nuclear missiles from space

• Iraqi presence in Kuwait posed a threat to neighboring Saudi Arabia.

• Iraq violated the sovereignty of Kuwait by invading its borders.

• Saddam Hussein refused UN demands to withdraw Iraqi troops from Kuwait.

Which is the best title for this list?

• Reasons for the Persian Gulf War

• Economic Problems in the Middle East

• Economic Concerns of the Iraq War

• Reasons for the War in Afghanistan