Modern Era Review

What word best describes Ronald Reagan?

• Liberal

• Conservative

• Progressive

• Socialist

Rebel forces in Nicaragua supported by Ronald Reagan's administration to overthrow the Sandinista Gov.

• Contras

• Anti-Sandista

• Desert Strom League

• Missile Crisis Oversion

The policy objectives of Reaganomics were based on the theory that —

• borrowing from foreign countries would help cover the costs of domestic programs

• significant increases in government spending would help reduce unemployment

• large tax cuts, less government spending and financial deregulation would promote economic expansion

• reducing trade barriers would result in a budget surplus

What was the nickname given to Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI), which proposed nuclear defence from space?

• Space Force

• Star Wars

• Star Trek

• Ender's Game

This was a conservative movement that promoted traditional family and "moral" values, lower taxes & deregulation of business.

• The New Left

• The New Right

• The Counter Culture

• The Grand Old Party

Proposed system to defend the United States against missile attacks

• Deregulation

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Supply-Side Economics

• Raeganomics

Which action did President Ronald Reagan support to achieve economic growth? 

• lowering taxes on corporations and individuals 
• increasing spending on social welfare programs
• cutting defense budgets
• increasing the regulation of industry

In the Iran-Contra affair, the Reagan administration
 

• used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to fund the Contras
• paid the Contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran
• secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the Contras
• hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the Contras.

President Reagan began a massive buildup of the U.S. military, in part because he believed that

• with a stronger military, the United States could defeat the Soviets in a nuclear war

• massive Soviet defense spending would cause the Communist system to collapse

• an arms race with the Soviets would reduce the likelihood of nuclear war

• massive defense spending would stimulate economic growth in the United States

This was the name given to religious leaders who would use T.V. to spread their message.

• Telearchs

• Tele-preachers

• Televangelists

• Tele-churches