Reagan Review

Supply-side economists and supporters of Reaganomics believed ____ would result in business expansion and new jobs

• increased corporate regulations

• government spending

• tax cuts

• social programs

What word best describes Ronald Reagan?

• Liberal
• Conservative

What did Reagan do to regulations of businesses?

• Increased them

• Reduced them

What event is being shown in this political cartoon?

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Watergate Affair

• Reagonomics

• Camp David Accords

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.

What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?

• a series of military actions to root out communism in Central America

• a coalition of nations that volunteered to police the Middle East

• a plan to defend Eastern Europe in the event of a Soviet attack

• a program to use laser technology to defend America against missiles

Broad tax cuts, and financial deregulation, which would promote economic expansion, are ideas of ...

• Conservatives

• Liberals

The perceived decline of what many considered family values in the early 1980s, led to the rise of what group:

• The Heritage Foundation

• The Moral Majority

• The National Rifle Associaton

• The America First Organization

Which Soviet Leader did Reagan challenge to "tear down this [Berlin] wall"?

• Gorbachev

• Putin

• Khrushchev

• Lenin

What option below is NOT part of Reaganomics?

• Tax Cuts
• Increased money to social domestic programs
• Increased Military Spending
• Budget Cuts