USH 10 Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush

Roe v. Wade deals with which controversial issue?

• abortion permitted

• desegregation of military

• disenfranchisement of minorities

• men and women equal pay for equal work

Effect of the Three Mile Island incident

• shut down all nuclear power plants

• increase in construction of nuclear power plants

• nuclear power plants were only permitted to be built in rural areas

• no more nuclear power plants were permitted to be built

Effect of the moral majority

• increase in social reform

• continued support for democratic candidates

• rise in the conservative movement

• more southern republicans changed to the democratic party

What steps did Reagan take to form is economic policy dubbed "Reaganomics"?

• promote literacy through more funding to schools

• provide more monetary aid to those in poverty

• decrease federal income taxes

• increase spending on environmental issues

What is the idea of trickle-down economics?

• if business taxes were cut, it would benefit American citizens

• more government programs would decrease unemployment

• more government regulation will prevent inflation

• if you tax the rich and use the money for social programs, you would eliminate poverty

Using supply-side economics, at what point would the economy begin to increase?

• when people begin receiving more unemployment benefits

• when business taxes are cut

• when the government begins enforcing antitrust laws

• when businesses stop investing in more capital

President whose economic belief is the direct opposite of Reagan's...

• Warren Harding

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

Why did the US send troops to Lebanon?

• provide aid to Palestinians

• start a war with Israel

• promote and establish peace

• stop the spread of communism

How did the SDI help cool tensions in the Cold War?

• made the US stronger and helped prevent the spread of communism

• the Soviets became more willing to negotiate with the US

• gave the US the upper hand on the Space Race

• created technology to prevent nuclear disasters

How did the Iran-Contra scandal affect Reagan's role?

• Reagan was compared to Nixon, so this created more distrust in the president

• created a sense of negativity among the American population

• Reagan took responsibility, so the people respected him more than Nixon

• the scandal had little effect on the president and the government