Reagan Administration

Which event is most closely associated with the end of the Cold War

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

• Establishment of policy of Détente with the Soviet Union

• Passage of NAFTA

In response to the AIDS epidemic the Reagan administration

• Committed millions of dollars to help fight the disease and educate the public

• was in its approach and seemingly unsympathetic to homosexuals

• Cut all spending that Congress approved to fight the disease

• Immediately develops a cure by creating the CDC

How did Mikhail Gorbachev respond when many of the communist nations in Eastern Europe began to demand democracy in 1989?

• He ordered the invasion of Afghanistan

• He sent the Soviet military to crush the uprising

• He did not resist and allowed the Soviet satellite nations to hold free elections

• He created the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

Richard Nixon's cuts to social programs in 1970

Ronald Reagan's emphasis on a return to family values in 1980

George W. Bush tax cuts in 2001

Each of these actions would have had the support of?

• Liberals

• Socialists

• Federalists

• Conservatives

Soviet leader Gorbachev and President Reagan worked together to

• Create Al-Qaeda Alliance to protect the world from terrorist attacks

• Transformed NATO into a peace keeping organization

• Signed the INF Treaty which reduced Nuclear Weapons

• Got Egypt and Israel to sing the Camp David Accords

Which of the policies best describes a negative impact of President Reagan's policies?

• Reagan decreased defense spending which made America vulnerable to terrorist attacks

• His involvement in Watergate scandal lowered the people's confidence in the president

• The economy became so bad that few Americans were able to afford consumer goods

• There was an increase in high school dropouts, urban poverty, and homelessness

The main focus of Ronald Reagan's foreign policy was his belief that

• Israel could not be trusted

• The Soviet Union was a deadly enemy that threatened the U.S

• The USA would never trade arms for American hostages

• Watching his old movies was essential to growing a positive household environment

What three nations were the key players in the Iran-Contra Affair

• USA/Iran/Nicaragua

• USA/Israel/Lebanon

• Iran/Nicaragua/Soviet Union

• Soviet Union/Israel/Lebanon

Seven United States hostages were being held in ________________ by this terrorist organization ___________________

• Iran/Al Qadea

• Iraq/Taliban

• Lebanon/Hezbollah

• Afghanistan/ISIS

The United States supplied money to the Contra's in Nicaragua to defeat this Socialist group that gained power in 1979

• Sandinistas

• Contra

• Insurgencies

• Guerillas