The Conservative Resurgence

Which group described itself as a political organization with religious goals in the 1970s and 1980s?

• The Moral Majority

• The Reagan Majority

• The Religious Right

• The New Right

What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?

• A coalition of nations who volunteered to police the Middle East.

• A plan to defend Eastern Europe.

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

• A program to use laser technology to defend America against missiles.

Ronald Reagan convinced many Americans that he would...

• focus on practical action rather than on idealistic optimism.

• end the Cold war with the Soviet Union.

• use lower taxes to increase the public welfare.

• usher in a new era of prosperity.

Supply-side economics rest on the theory that if taxes are reduced,

• people will horde their money slowing down the economy.

• people will have more incentive to work and more money to spend.

• the role and size of the federal government will expand.

• the federal government will collect less money in taxes.

President George H.W. Bush came to the White House with...

• experience in foreign policy.

• little experience in government.

• little experience in foreign affairs.

• a lack of military experience.

How do some scholars believe Ronald Reagan helped bring an end to the Cold War?

• By limiting American military spending, Reagan forced the Soviets to do the same.

• Reagans policy of glasnost promoted peace.

• Reagan supported a massive arms buildup that accelerated the collapse of the Soviet economy.

• Mikhail Gorbachev and Reagan negotiated the end of the soviet Union by signing the START I Treaty.

Which event symbolized the end of communism in Europe?

• The introduction of glasnost in the Soviet Union.

• The fall of the Berlin Wall.

• The first Reagan-Gorbachev summit.

• The introduction of perestroika in the Soviet Union.

Why did Saddam Hussein's troops invade Kuwait?

• Hussein wanted to end Kuwait's illegal oil reserves.

• Hussein wanted to punish Kuwait for its support of terrorism.

• Hussein wanted Iraq to have access to the Persian Gulf.

• Hussein wanted control of Kuwait's oil reserves.

During his election campaign in 1988 George H.W. Bush promised not to...

• raise taxes.

• engage in foreign conflicts.

• cut funding for welfare programs.

• increase the minimum retirement age.

In 1989, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing...

• to protest the U.S. invasion if Panama.

• to condemn the United States for breaking off relations with China.

• to demand that China break off relations with the United States.

• to protest the lack of democracy in China.