Reagan and the New Conservatism

One of the main goals of the Reagan Administration was to do what?

• increase the size of the federal government

• decrease the size of the federal government

• increase taxes

• go to war with Iran

Which controversial organization officially backed Ronald Reagan, the first time it had endorsed any political candidate?

• NAACP

• The Black Panthers

• National Rifle Association (NRA)

• ERA

Which Fundamentalist Christian group was begun by evangelist Jerry Falwell?

• NAACP

• NRA

• Black Panthers

• The Moral Majority

Which of the following was NOT part of Reaganomics?

• Tax increases

• Tax Cuts

• Deregulation of businesses

• Increased military spending

Which legislation under Reagan "legalized" illegal immigrants who had lived continuously in the U.S. since 1981?

• The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

• The Mazzoli-Simpson Act

• The Chinese Exclusion Act

• The Equal Rights Amendment

Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice?

• Ruth Bader Binsburg

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Sarah Palin

Which phrase is most closely associated with the "Reagan Doctrine?"

• Peace with Honor

• Vietnamization

• Peace through Strength

• None of these

Which of the following terms describes the use of bombing, assassination, kidnapping, or other acts to ensure that a political group's voice is heard?

• Terrorism

• Vietnamization

• Nuclear warfare

• Trench warfare

Which event created a scandal in the Reagan Administration when the U.S. secretly provided aid to anti-Communists in Nicaragua?

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Iran-Contra Affair

• The Teapot Dome Scandal

• Watergate

Which Soviet leader introduced reforms inside the Soviet Union which eventually ended the Cold War?

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Vladimir Putin