The Reagan Era and the End of the Cold War

Who's considered to be the King of Pop?

• Elvis Presley

• Michael Jackson

• Elton John

• Paul McCartney

American attitudes in the early 1980's could be described as

• doing okay

• fed up and frustrated

• optimistic and cheerful

• gloomy and desperate

A decade is ___ years.

• 5

• 10

• 25

• 100

By 1980, people were unhappy with the ______ presidency.

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

• Richard Nixon

Some of the reasons Americans were so fed up included (check all that apply)

• the fall of Saigon, which indicated defeat for the United States in Vietnam

• continued tensions with the Soviet Union

• an overall feeling of "malaise,"

• the fantastic economy of the 1970s

Americans were primed for a change. ______, former actor and governor of California, would lead this change with his optimistic, charming personality.

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

• Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan had ______ ideals.

• conservative

• liberal

to "tout" means

• to talk and pout

• attempt to buy

• attempt to sell

• to carry

America's _____ population was one factor that worked in Reagan's favor.

• large

• rich

• young

• aging

_____ also played a major role in political realignment.

• Populism

• Religion

• Industry

• Democrats