APUSH Chp 31

In the 1980's, conservatives found the LEAST amount of success at the national level in which area?

• Tax Policy.

• Presidential Politics.

• Derugulation.

• Efforts to promote morality.

Despite Ronald Reagan's stated opposition to large government, which area did he choose not to cut?

• Medicare.

• Air traffic controllers.

• Regulatory agencies.

• The Environmental Protection Agency.

Which of the following did President Reagan declare as the most important budget priority early in his first term?

• Environmental.

• Military spending.

• Social Security.

• Assistance to cities.

During his second term (1984-1988) Reagan's relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev resulted in

• both sides increasing funding of guerilla movements in less developed nations.

• heightened tensions between NATO and WARSAW Pact nations.

• increased joint oil exploration in the Arctic.

• better relations, allowing the Soviets to begin a process of internal reform.

Which of the following presidential administrations led an international coalition to liberate Kuwait from an Iraqi invasion?

• George H. Bush

• Bill Clinton

• George W. Bush

• Ronald Reagan

Which of the following most clearly showed the limits of President Reagan's success by the end of his second term in 1988?

• Higher Taxes.

• The lack of women appointed to the courts.

• The growing national debt.

• Military preparedness.

Which 1988 campaign promise did President George H. Bush reverse in 1992, damaging his reelection bid?

• Aggressively confronting the Soviet Union and China.

• No tariff increase on imported automobiles.

• Welfare reform.

• No new income taxes.

Beginning in the 1980's, conservatives supported deregulation of business to

• promote economic growth.

• create stronger connections between business and government.

• lower corporate taxes.

• improve workplace safety.

In 1994, congressional conservatives launched which new agenda to try and take back governmental control from President Clinton and the Democrats?

• The Contract with America.

• The New Nationalism.

• The Southern Strategy.

• The Tea Party.

Which of the following events led to the other three?

• The 9/11 attacks.

• The War on Terror.

• The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.

• The U.S invasion of Iraq.